background: helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) infection is a major cause of chronic gastritis, especially in metabolic syndrome patients. the use of a accessible and easy diagnostic method, can speed up the treatment of this infection this study compared two methods of histology and serology for diagnosis of h. pylori in metabolic syndrome patients. methods : this study was done on 175 metabolic ...

background: it has been shown that life style modification may decrease the prevalence of metabolic syndrome, but this intervention has not been reported in community setting. objectives effect of lifestyle modification on prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components were assessed in an urban population. materials and methods: in 6870 participants of tehran lipid and glucose study aged 2...

polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos), or stein-leventhal syndrome, is a common endocrine disorder defined by two of the three following features: i) oligoovulation or anovulation, ii) clinical and/or biochemical signs of hyperandrogenism, or iii) polycystic ovaries, once the related endocrinological and gynaecological disorders have been excluded. pcos does not exclusively involve the reproductive ...

background: tumor lysis syndrome caused by widespread tumor cell damage may lead to electrolyte imbalances and express as metabolic disturbance causing clinical abnormalities. patients and methods: all patients younger than 16 years with documented malignancy candidate for chemotherapy, in hamedan province of iran were enrolled. results: out of 69 cancer patients the laboratory form of tumor ly...

Background: Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the most prevailing type of progressive hair loss. Thus far, some previous studies have investigated the correlation between AGA and metabolicsyndrome (MetS). However, due to the inconsistency of their results, our study aims at evaluating the association between AGA and MetS.Methods: Fifty two male patient...

cardiotoxicity is one of the most important adverse event related to anthracycline therapy and can lead in about 1-5% of cases to the occurrence of heart failure. in a higher percentage of patients treated with these drugs asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction can occur, so that guidelines recommend a strict clinical and echocardiographic monitoring. however, the occurrence of left ventricu...

the month of ramadan, as a model of intermittent fasting, is a valuable opportunity to investigate the effects of dietary modifications on human metabolism. fasting improves insulin sensitivity, reduces atherogenic risk, oxidative stress, and inflammation. inflammation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of different disorders including atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular di...

fructose consumption has increased dramatically in the last 40 years, and its role in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome has been implicated by many studies. it is most often encountered in the diet as sucrose (glucose and fructose) or high-fructose corn syrup (55% fructose). at high levels, dietary exposure to fructose triggers a series of metabolic changes originating in the liver, le...

background: obesity and metabolic syndrome are serious public health problems. it is suggested that high calcium diet can improve lipid profile, blood pressure and insulin resistance. methods: in this clinical trial, 75 healthy overweight or obese premenopausal women were randomly allocated to one of the following dietary regimens for 8 weeks: 1) a control diet 2) a calcium-supplemented diet co...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: obesity in accordance with metabolic syndrome (mets) confronts populations at the higher risk of morbidity and mortality of chronic diseases including, chronic kidney diseases (ckd). the renal complication of obesity and mets has been less debated in young adolescents. the objective of this study was to assess the kidney function in obes...