the effects of probiotic yoghurt consumption on blood pressure and serum lipids in type 2 diabetic patients: randomized clinical trial ejtahed h1, mohtadi nia j*2, homayouni rad a3, niafar m4, asghari jafarabadi m5, mofid v6 1- m.sc in nutrition science, faculty of health and nutrition, tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran. 2-*corresponding author: associate prof, dept. of food s...

introduction: controlling and reducing serum uric acid levels may have beneficial effects on blood pressure control. the current study was carried out to assess the effects of allopurinol administration on serum uric acid and arterial blood pressure among the patients under hemodialysis.  methods: this double-blind clinical trial was conducted on 132 hemodialysis patients (two separate groups) ...

an experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of using different levels of ginger rhizome powder (grp) and turmeric rhizome powder (trp) on production performance and some blood metabolites in laying hens. ninety 103-week old laying hens were divided into 5 treatments in a completely randomized design with 3 replicates and 6 birds in each cage. the birds were fed a corn-soybean meal ba...

conclusions smokers with a higher bp and/or serum ggt may be at a higher risk of developing ckd. the associations of bp and serum ggt with ckd in smokers are not entirely mediated by increased insulin resistance or chronic inflammation caused by smoking. patients and methods renal functions and cvd risk factors were assessed in middle-aged male workers. the patients were comprised of 336 nonsmo...