BACKGROUND The evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance, as well as the evolution of new strains of disease causing agents, is of great concern to the global health community. Our ability to effectively treat disease is dependent on the development of new pharmaceuticals, and one potential source of novel drugs is traditional medicine. This study explores the antibacterial properties of pl...

To live together in a social setting people must be able to relate properly to one another. That calls for an understanding of what the other is thinking and sensing what he or she is feeling. These capacities—to understand and feel—are called empathy, a translation of the German einfūling (literally, feeling into) first introduced into English by the psychologist Edward Titchener (1909). Empat...

BACKGROUND In order to verify the infectivity of rodents with endoparasites in Germi (Dashte-Mogan, Ardabil Province) the current study was undertaken. METHODS Using live traps, 177 rodents were trapped during 2005-2007. In field laboratory, all rodents were bled prior to autopsy, frozen at -20°C, and shipped to the School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. In para...

Phytochemical investigation of a dichloromethane-methanol (1:1) extract of the fruit pericarp of Omphalocarpum procerum which exhibited antiplasmodial activity during preliminary screening led to the isolation of the new fatty ester triterpenoid 3β-hexadecanoyloxy-28-hydroxyolean-12-en-11-one (1), together with five known compounds 2-6. The structure of the new compound as well as those of the ...

Background Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a complication of anaesthesia appearing as an acute potentially lethal hypermetabolic state in people carrying a genetic anomaly expressed in the skeletal muscle. Clinical guidelines aim to help health professionals and patients make the best decisions about treatment or care for a particular condition or situation. The guidelines are typically written ...