A 50-year-old south Indian male weighing 50 kg was admitted to the hospital with fever, loose stools, cough, breathlessness and upper abdomen tenderness over the preceding week. Three years back he was diagnosed to have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection with pulmonary tuberculosis. Following the completion of tuberculosis treatment for six months, he was initiated on antiretroviral t...

The influence of prolactin (PRL) and corticosterone on insulin binding to purified rat Leydig cells was assessed in vitro. The lowest dose of PRL (50 ng/ml) increased (p<0.05) and the remaining PRL concentrations (100, 150, 200, 250 ng/ml) decreased (p<0.05) the insulin binding to Leydig cells. All doses of corticosterone (150, 200, 250, 300 ng/ml) except the lowest one (100 ng/ml) decreased th...

development of new cultivars with high seed yield and desirable characteristics are major goals of lentil program for moderate and semi warm climate of iran. kimiya is a new lentil (lens cultivars medik) cultivar with high-yield, yield satability and adaptability to rainfed conditions. the iranian agricultural research, education and extension organization issued registration for kimiya on 9 au...

The cyclophosphamide is used in cancer treatment. The aim of this study was evaluating the effect of different doses of this drug on male mice reproductive parameters. The cyclophosphamide was administered in the doses 100, 150, 200 e 250 mg.kg-1, intraperitoneal route, for six weeks. As a result, it was observed a decrease in body mass and a decrease in testicles and kidney’s weight, in all an...

Twenty-four hour intragastric acidity and nocturnal acid secretion were measured in 10 males with duodenal ulcer in four separate 24 hour studies, during which the subjects ate normal meals, had unrestricted physical activity, and consumed their customary quantities of tobacco. The medication consisted of either placebo, cimetidine 200 mg tds and 400 mg at night, or ranitidine 150 mg bd, or 200...

BACKGROUND indacaterol is a novel, inhaled once-daily ultra-long-acting β(2)-agonist for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). OBJECTIVES this study compared the onset of action of single doses of indacaterol 150 and 300 μg with salbutamol 200 μg, salmeterol-fluticasone 50/500 μg, and placebo in moderate-to-severe COPD patients. METHODS this was a multicenter, rando...