the aim of the study was to investigate the improving effect of garcinia cambogia extract on performance metrics, and serum non-esterified fatty acids (nefa) and c-reactive protein (crp) levels in rats fed with atherogenic diet. thirty, one-year-old, female sprague-dawley rats were randomly assigned to threeexperimental groups of ten animals each. control group was fed with basal diet (2% liqui...

introduction: adenotonsillectomy is one of the most frequent surgical operations on children, which may result in weight gain in a number ways, for instance, by increasing igf-1 or decreasing respiratory hyperactivity. materials and methods: this was an intervention study with a control group, conducted on fifty 3-10-year-old children who had undergone adenotonsillectomy and on fifty children a...

abstract background: hypertension is very common in patients with end-stage renal disease and accelerates cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. the most important factor in achieving normal blood pressure in these patients is reaching dry weight. sodium and extracellular fl uid balance play a vital role in this regard. considering the lack of consensus about the effi cacy of stepwise sodium p...