abstract background: premenstrual syndrome (pms) can cause problems in daily work and relationships. materials and methods: eighty‑six women were randomly assigned to two intervention groups and one control group. patients were asked to fill out the pms daily symptoms record for 2 months, and then the participants were randomly assigned to one of the three study groups. medical intervention was...

conclusions the study demonstrated that 1000 iu vitamin d supplementation for 3 months can decrease the insulin resistance in individuals with prediabetes; however, it has no significant effect on body fat mass percentage. background low serum levels of vitamin d are supposed to contribute to the incidence of diabetes; therefore, vitamin d supplementation may reduce the incidence of diabetes in...

abstract backgrounds: subacromial impingement is a common cause of shoulder pain and many patients with this condition recover with conservative management. the most commonly used modalities of nonoperative treatment include activity modification, anti-inflammatory medication and subacromial injection of steroid and ultrasound and physical therapy programs. this study assessed the value of phys...

lamotrigine has been used widely in the treatment of partial and secondary generalized seizures. in this study use of lamotrigine as monotherapy for the newly diagnosed primary generalized tonic–clonic seizure has been investigated and compared with carbamazepine. after dose escalation (3 weeks for carbamazepine and 6 weeks for lamotrigin), patients were followed every 4 weeks for the first 16 ...

a recent randomized clinical trial showed buspirone efficacy in the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) in children. however, results from a recent multi-site controlled clinical trial of transdermal buspirone failed to separate it from placebo in a large sample of children with adhd. therefore, due to these inconsistent findings, this study was designed to assess the e...

background irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is one of the common gastrointestinal disorders with unknown etiology. in experimental models, it is proposed that soy isoflavones may suppress the clinical and psychological symptoms of ibs by alteration of gut barrier tight junctions. methods we conducted this study to evaluate the effects of soy isoflavones on ibs symptoms and patients’ quality of li...

background corticosteroids are used to induce remission in auto-immune hepatitis. they are not universally effective; therefore, alternative treatments are needed. in this study cysclosporine-a has been compared with prednisolone as an alternative treatment in a randomized controlled trial. this paper is an interim analysis of an ongoing clinical trial. methods sixteen years and older consentin...

background: oral health education for the mothers of very young children is important in reducing the risk of early childhood caries. this study aimed to evaluate the impact of an oral health intervention among mothers of 1-2 years old children. methods: this cluster randomized controlled trial (2012) was conducted among ninety mothers of 1-2 year old children. the setting of study was 10 child...