BACKGROUND Despite widespread cultural vilification, lactation-pregnancy overlap remains common. Its actual adverse effects remain uncertain. PURPOSE This study compared rates of success in reaching full-term delivery and newborn birth weights between two groups of multiparous pregnant women: those who breast-fed during pregnancy and those who did not. METHODS This was a comparative study c...

OBJECTIVE To study narcotic drug abuse, particularly opiate addiction, and other risk factors in patients with acute cholecystitis. METHODS In this prospective cross sectional study, variables such as age, gender, weight, narcotics drug abuse, hormone taking, number of pregnancies, and coexistent disease(s) were recorded in pre-designed forms for 100 consecutive patients who underwent operati...

BACKGROUND Diabetic men have been claimed to have lower serum free testosterone (FT) concentrations than non-diabetic men. The aim of this study was to investigate if serum FT, luteinizing hormone (LH), and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) concentrations are different in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus compared with healthy men and to identify factors associated with low serum testoste...

Atopy can be defined as the genetically determined risk to develop allergic disease. Avoidance of one specific allergen may decrease the risk for sensitization against this allergen, but it will not affect atopy. Our aim was to investigate if exclusive breast-feeding is associated with atopic dermatitis during the first 5 years of life. Data on 200 children were taken from parental-administered...

Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C) is a rare neurovisceral and irreversible disease leading to premature death and disabling neurological signs. This autosomal recessive disease with incidence rate of 1:120000 is caused by mutations in either the NPC1 or the NPC2 gene, which leads to accumulation of cholesterol in body tissues especially brain and progressive neurological symptoms. NP-C is char...

Background: Despite locating in a dry region with mostly homogeneous ethnic group, South Khorassan province has high diversity of medicinal plant uses and rich cultural background. The current study was conducted Birjand (South province) its 18 adjacent villages to document information concerning the plants used introduce important species using ethnobotanical indices. Methods: In total, 59 peo...

OBJECTIVE Recently application of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasing in children worldwide. The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence, related factors, types, the sources of information and knowledge of mothers for the possible side effects. METHODS This descriptive and analytical study carried out within three months from April-June 2012 through oral...

BACKGROUND Recreational drugs have a significant impact on the lives of drug users, their close families andfriends, as well as their society. Social, psychological, biological, and genetic factors could make a personmore prone to using recreational drugs. Finger and A-B ridges (dermatoglyphics) are formed during the firstand second trimesters of fetal development, under the influence of enviro...

Aim of study: Comparison saffron flowering between open field and controlled environment. Possibility transplanting.Area University Birjand (Iran)Material methods: In a first experiment, yield quality produced by traditional production system (TPS) soilless one (SPS) were compared. second the effects method, direct planting (DP) or transplanting plant (TP) in studied.Main results: Percentage co...