BACKGROUND As insomnia is common, especially among the elderly in the nursing homes, we aimed to estimate insomnia prevalence among the elderly residing in nursing homes as well as to determine factors associated with insomnia in the elderly. METHODS This cross-sectional study was carried out in 2009 on 772 elderly residents at Kahrizak Nursing Home, Tehran Iran. The information was gathered ...

Blood is promptly affected by environmental pollutants and toxicants that can cause many metabolic disorders. The high level of fluoride acts as a potential pollutant, insecticide and rodenticide with very high toxicity, associated with the hematological damage. This study aimed to determine the toxicity of Sodium Fluoride on hematological parameters in Oryctolagus cunniculus. Twenty rabbits we...

Methods 50 male patients (age 56 ± 10 years) underwent CMR on a 1.5T Siemens Avanto within 7 days of MI, and 47 returned for a follow-up scan after 6 months. The protocol included cine, DENSE (2D) and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) imaging. Cine images were used to assess cardiac function by calculating LV ejection fraction (LVEF) and end-systolic volume (LVESV). DENSE and LGE were compared ...

OBJECTIVE In the recent years, herbal oral hygiene products have gained increasing attention. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of three types of mastic gums on the level of Mutans streptococci, Lactobacilli and pH of the saliva. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-two students in the age range of 20-30 years were divided into three parallel groups; each of them separately used pure mas...

Most studies dealing with the caries preventive action of Nd:YAG laser have been done in permanent teeth and studies on primary teeth are still lacking. The aim of this study was to evaluate in vitro the effect of Nd:YAG laser combined or not with fluoride sources on the acid resistance of primary tooth enamel after artificial caries induction by assessing longitudinal microhardness and deminer...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the features of different footwork (walk, run and jump in different intensities) by accelerometer and gyro. The features of footwork are determined by observing the characteristic of digital signal. Fifteen healthy male college students were recruited in this study. A self-made wireless inertial measurement unit (200 Hz) was attached to the participa...

BACKGROUND This study was to investigate the health literacy and influencing factors of older population in pension institution of Xinjiang, China. METHODS Elderly people were selected from 44 pension institutions in Urumqi, Changji, Karamay and Shihezi and from September 2011 to June 2012 using random layer sampling method. The investigation was carried out by Chinese citizen health literacy...

Objective. Previous work identified synovial sublining macrophage numbers as a potential biomarker for clinical efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Therefore, we investigated the association between changes in synovial macrophages infiltration and clinical improvement after antirheumatic treatment. Methods. 88 patients who participated in various clinical trials were studied. All patients un...

Materials and methods Design: analysis of a prospective and randomized collected database. Patients: A total of 40 patients (23M; 17F) aged >65 (ASA II-III) submitted to elective on-pump myocardial revascularization from September 2007 to May 2009. Randomization: on ICU admission, once obtained a preoperative informed consent, the patients were randomly assigned to Group 1 (intensive insulinoth...