primary dysmenorrhea is a prevalent issue and it can reduce the quality of life in many females worldwide. based on the properties of teucrium polium as a herbal medicine with analgesic and inflammatory properties, this triple-blind, randomized, placebo controlled trial was performed. the study aimed to evaluate the effects of teucrium polium on the severity of primary dysmenorrhea in students....

how to cite this article: abbaskhanian a, ehteshami s, sajjadi s, rezai ms. effects of piracetam on pediatric breath holding spells: a randomized double blind controlled trial. iran j child neurol autumn 2012; 6(4): 9-15.   abstarct: objective breath holding spells (bhs) are common paroxysmal non-epileptic eventsin the pediatric population which are very stressfull despite their harmlessnature....

background and aims: osteoarthritis is one of the most common arthritis in elderly. we evaluated to compare the effect of topical application of eugenia caryophylata extract and topical diclofenac in primary knee osteoarthritis.methods: this randomized double-blind clinical trial study was carried out upon 105 patients with primary knee osteoarthritis. patients were selected randomly and divide...

The ethics of placebo research have been of paramount concern since the discovery of the phenomenon. To address these ethical concerns, Miller and colleagues (PLoS Med 2005 Sep;2(9):e262, 0853-0859) propose an alternate approach to placebo research, called "authorized deception", in which participants are alerted of the use of deception in the research prior to study enrollment and thus knowing...

OBJECTIVE Glutamine has been proposed as a preventive treatment for toxicity related to cancer therapies. The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of glutamine in the prevention of radiation enteritis. METHODS A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was performed including 69 patients who were assigned to receive either glutamine (Gln, 30 g/d) or placebo while they were receiving a...

Empirical findings have identified spirituality as a potential health resource. Whereas older research has associated such effects with the social component of religion, newer conceptualizations propose that spiritual experiences and the intrapersonal effects that are facilitated by regular spiritual practice might be pivotal to understanding potential salutogenesis. Ongoing studies suggest tha...

as the most common male sexual disorder premature ejaculation (pe), also referred to as early ejaculation (ee) or rapid ejaculation (re), affects 30%-40% of sexually active men. despite the limited number of available studies comparing the efficacy of selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (ssri) they have been thought to have beneficial effects for the treatment of patients with pe. in the p...

purpose: in this study the effect of iron supplmentation on hemoglobin and hematocrit in pregnant women with hb>13.2 g/dl was investigated. material and methods: in this experimental clincal study, the effect of iron supplementation on hemoglobin and hematocrit in pregnant women with hb>13.2 g/dl and ferritin> 14.3 μg/l during the 13th- 18th pregnancy week was studied. eighty seven women havin...

Placebo appears to be a real neurobiological phenomenon that has evolved through the selection pressure to be able to heal ourselves. The complex language and social structures of humans means that we can attribute meaning to therapeutic encounters with culturally sanctioned authority figures and we can use our attachment to such figures to generate hope for recovery. Different mechanisms may b...