OBJECTIVE To examine the patterns of herbal therapy use among adults in the United States and to describe factors associated with herb use. DESIGN We examined the use of natural herbs from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). We analyzed factors associated with herb use and reasons for herb use with logistic regression. RESULTS Factors associated with herb use include the follo...

Objective: This study was designed to investigate the effect of camel milk and Tarangabin (manna of Alhagi maurorum) combination therapy in addition to conventional treatments in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).  Material and Methods: Forty-four patients of 15 to 70 years old, with CKD due to hypertension or diabetes, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 15–60 ml...

PURPOSE The objective of the study reported here was to evaluate the outcome of a modified filtering trabeculotomy (FTO) without iridectomy in open-angle glaucoma compared with that of conventional trabeculectomy (trab). PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty eyes of 30 patients who underwent modified FTO were prospectively followed for 1 year and were compared with 87 conventional trab patients (87 eye...

purpose : to evaluate the efficacy and safety of subconjunctival oculusgen implantation when used during trabeculectomy methods : in this prospective, nonrandomized, interventional case series, 10 eyes of 10 patients with medically uncontrolled open angle glaucoma were enrolled. conventional fornix based trabeculectomy with implantation of subconjunctival biodegradable collagen implant (oculusg...

Introduction: Although patients do not experience sever pain after laparoscopic surgery, most of them experience acute or chronic pain afterward. While conventional pain killers including NSAID and narcotics in laparoscopic surgery have specific side effects, their application is inevitable. This study compares the efficacy of local anesthetic drugs and conventional pain killers in post-operati...

objectives: homeopathy is the most important field of alternative medicine. at present, over 3000 organic medications have been registered in the homeopathy pharmacopeia; out of which, 70% have herbal, 20% have mineral and the remaining have animal origins. evidence shows that homeopathy may be beneficial in dentistry and oral medicine. however, this is a less known field for dentists. therefor...