Hyperglycemia in pregnancy, or formerly known as gestational diabetes mellitus, is defined as carbohydrate intolerance of variable severity with onset or first recognition uring pregnancy. The classical screening and diagnosis of hyperglycemia in pregnancy is the twosteps screening, consists of 50 gram glucose load and follow by 3-hour 100 gram oral glucose test for those who were screening pos…
One of the natural materials as potentially efficacious chemopreventive agents are Ciplukan (Physalis angulata L.). Several previous studies reported that Physalis angulata L. herbs ethanolic extract (PEE) has cytotoxic activity and induction of apoptosis in breast cancer cells MCF-7 and HeLa cervical cancer cells. This study aims to determine the effects of PEE as an chemopreventive agent on …
Aim: to assess the effect of breathing exercises on fatigue level of the patients with COPD. Methods: this quasi-experimental research was conducted on 60 COPD patients hospitalized at hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The subjects were randomized into “experience” and “control” groups. Data were gathered by interview and data registration from the files.…
Hesperidin, a flavonoid, shows strong cytotoxic effect in several cancer cell lines. The aim of this research was to investigate cytotoxic activities of hesperidin alone and in combination with doxorubicin. Cell viability assay of hesperidin, doxorubicin, and combination treatments were carried out by using 11 MTT assay. Apoptosis assay was done using double staining method using Ethidium Brom…
Gestation transient thyrotoxicosis refers to nonautoimmune hyperthyroidism in pregnant women and it is associated with hyperemesis gravidarum. During pregnancy, there are some alterations in thyroid gland, such as elevation of thyroxine binding globulin, increased iodium clearance in kidneys, and stimulation of thyroid gland by human chorionic gonadotropin. Hitherto, the patholphysiology underl…
Adrenal Incidentaloma is an adrenal tumor, which is unidentified before the imaging procedures conducted for an abnormality which is initially unforeseen as an adrenal disease. Symptoms and/or clinical signs of adrenal Incidentaloma can be divided into non-hypersecreting adrenal adenoma, hypersecreting tumor, primary adrenal carcinoma, other adrenal mass, and metastases. The majority of adrena…