Nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability is fundamental in the regulation of redox balance and functionality endothelium, especially case umbilical cord (UC), which has no innervation. The analysis UC vessel-related complications could serve as a useful tool understanding pathophysiological mechanisms leading to neonatal cardiovascular disorders. Therefore, aim this study was characterize that rule se...

BACKGROUND Data on quit rates among diabetes patients are limited. PURPOSE To find whether positive change in knowledge on smoking-related complications is associated with increased quit rates among diabetes patients. METHODS We randomized 224 male diabetes patients into intervention groups 1 and 2. Both groups received a standard diabetic-specific smoking cessation message from a doctor. I...

Introduction: In Iran little attention has been paid to the important role of husband’s support in promoting maternal health. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between perceived social support from family in pregnant women and pregnancy-related factors. Methods: The study included 358 postpartum women in the second half of the year 2014 in Fatemiyeh Hospital in Shahroud, North Ea...

Smoking is an important and preventable lifestyle factor that affects both the rate and quality of wound healing, and it significantly increases the risk of postoperative, wound-related complications (Manassa et al, 2003). Since the 1940s, there has been increasing evidence that smoking has a negative impact on both wound healing and tissue repair (Sorensen, 2012), with longer-term complication...

Objective. To explore risk factors for macro- and microvascular complications in a nationally representative sample of adults aged 50 years and over with type 2 diabetes in Ireland. Methods. Data from the first wave of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) (2009-2011) was used in cross-sectional analysis. The presence of doctor diagnosis of diabetes, risk factors, and macro- and microv...

introduction: in iran little attention has been paid to the important role of husband’s support in promoting maternal health. this study aimed to investigate the relationship between perceived social support from family in pregnant women and pregnancy-related factors. methods: the study included 358 postpartum women in the second half of the year 2014 in fatemiyeh hospital in shahroud, north ea...