Breast feeding, obesity, and asthma association: clinical and molecular views.

Asthma is a chronic condition that affects children worldwide. Accumulating number of studies reported that the prevalence of pediatric obesity and asthma might be altered through breastfeeding. It has been proposed that Leptin, which exists in human milk, is oppositely associated with weight increase in newborns.

The Role of p66Shc in Diabetes: A Comprehensive Review from Bench to Bedside.

It is well-documented that diabetes is an inflammatory and oxidative disease, with an escalating global burden. Still, there is no definite treatment for diabetes or even prevention of its harmful complications. Therefore, understanding the molecular pathways associated with diabetes might help in finding a solution.

Accuracy of Paris 2016 System for Non-invasive Diagnosis Bladder Malignancy.

Background & Objective: The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology (TPS) is a new method for evaluating urinary cytology designed to reduce unreproducible reports. The aim of this study was to reclassify and compare urinary cytology reports with TPS criteria to determine the frequency of unreproducible reports compared to the previous system.

Methods: In this study, the laboratory electronic registration system analyzed patients' urine samples taken by voided or washing and brushing methods.

Effects of Ketamine and Lidocaine Infusion on Acute Pain after Elective Open Abdominal Surgery, a Randomized, Double-Blinded Study.

Most patients suffer from moderate to severe pain after elective laparotomy. They often require opioids to alleviate their pain. Opiates invariably induce certain side effects and, occasionally, dependence.

Emotional impact on healthcare providers involved in medical assistance in dying (MAiD): a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.

Background: Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) traverses challenging and emotionally overwhelming territories: healthcare providers (HCPs) across jurisdictions experience myriad of affective responses secondary to possible tensions between normative and interwoven values, such as sanctity of life, dignity in death and dying and duty to care.

Objective: To determine the emotional impact on HCPs involved in MAiD.

Methods: Inclusion restricted to English language qualitative research studies from four databases (OVID Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL and Scopus), from beginning until 30 April 2021, and grey literature up to August 2021 were searched.

Fair prioritization of casualties in disaster triage: a qualitative study.

Background: Disasters may result in mass casualties and an imbalance between health care demands and supplies. This imbalance necessitates the prioritization of the victims based on the severity of their condition. Contributing factors and their effect on decision-making is a challenging issue in disaster triage.

Perceptions on principle of priority setting in disaster triage: A Q-method study.

Introduction: An ethical plan is required to make decisions regarding setting the priority for assisting injured patients through triage. The aim of this study was to explore the measures used to sort patients for ethical decision-making in disaster triage.

Method: The participants were 54 clinicians and non-clinicians among the Iranian experts.

Family medicine ethical issues regarding physician-patient interactions from patients' perspectives: A qualitative study.

Background: The physician-patient relationship is important because the patient's satisfaction affects trust in physician and accepting physician's recommendations in medical treatment decisions. Understanding a patient's opinion about a trustworthy and friendly physician as well as ethical issues regarding family medicine, therefore, gains double importance. This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the subject.

Effect of an Interactive Training on Choosing Delivery Method among Primiparous Pregnant Women: An Interventional Study.

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of interactive training conducted during pregnancy on choosing delivery method among primiparous women.

Methods: Quasi-experimental study carried out in 2017 in two hospitals in the city of Bushehr (Iran), with the participation of 108 primiparous pregnant women in an educational program consisting of eight 2-hour sessions every two weeks in which interactive training activities were performed (group discussions, classroom sessions, and delivery of printed educational material) on themes related with physiological delivery, painless vaginal delivery methods, and complications of cesarean delivery without indication, among others. Before and after the intervention, the Knowledge and Preferred Method of Delivery Questionnaire by Moradabadi et al.

The effect of acetazolamide on the improvement of central apnea caused by abusing opioid drugs in the clinical trial.

Purpose: Acetazolamide is utilized as a treatment which falls effective in treating some type of CSA. Hence, it might be effective as far as opium addicts who suffer from CSA are concerned.

Materials And Method: The current study was a double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study ( clinicalTrials.

Enemy release from the effects of generalist granivores can facilitate invasion in the Great Basin Desert.

The enemy release hypothesis (ERH) of plant invasion asserts that natural enemies limit populations of invasive plants more strongly in native ranges than in non-native ranges. Despite considerable empirical attention, few studies have directly tested this idea, especially with respect to generalist herbivores. This knowledge gap is important because escaping the effects of generalists is a critical aspect of the ERH that may help explain successful plant invasions.

Jugular Vein Thrombosis after Dental Extraction, from Lemierre's Syndrome to Behcet's Disease.

In this report, we describe a 48-year old non-smoker man who presented with dyspnea, light headedness, plethoric facies, neck swelling and swollen collateral veins on the front of the chest wall after extracting his molar tooth due to dental caries and tooth pain. Right internal jugular vein thrombosis was seen on the neck CT angiography. Lemierre's disease was suspected and systemic antibiotics in addition to anticoagulant were started.

Effect of Aerobic Exercises on Serum Levels of Apolipoprotein A1 and Apolipoprotein B, and Their Ratio in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Background: Cardiovascular disease is one of the most common disorders associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There are few studies on the effects of physical exercises, especially aerobic exercises, on serum levels of apolipoprotein A1 and apolipoprotein B in patients with COPD. The current study aimed at determining the effect of aerobic exercises on serum levels of apolipoprotein A1 and B and apo-A1/apo-B ratio.

Child organ trafficking: global reality and inadequate international response.

In organ transplantation, the demand for human organs has grown far faster than the supply of organs. This has opened the door for illegal organ trade and trafficking including from children. Organized crime groups and individual organ brokers exploit the situation and, as a result, black markets are becoming more numerous and organized organ trafficking is expanding worldwide.

A 58-year-old woman with recurrent hemoptysis after successful bronchial artery embolization.

Massive hemoptysis is a life-threatening complication of respiratory disease. It is an emergency requiring immediate medical attention. A 58 year-old woman with bronchiectasis was admitted to the hospital following episodes of massive hemoptysis.

Patient's rights charter in Iran.

Given the importance of patient's rights in healthcare, special attention has been given to the concept of patient's rights by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in Iran. Iranian patient's rights charter has been compiled with a novel and comprehensive approach. This charter aims to elucidate rights of recipients of health services as well as observing ethical standards in medicine.

Global initiatives to tackle organ trafficking and transplant tourism.

The increasing gap between organ supply and demand has opened the door for illegal organ sale, trafficking of human organs, tissues and cells, as well as transplant tourism. Currently, underprivileged and vulnerable populations in resource-poor countries are a major source of organs for rich patient-tourists who can afford to purchase organs at home or abroad. This paper presents a summary of international initiatives, such as World Health Organization's Principle Guidelines, The Declaration of Istanbul, Asian Task Force Recommendations, as well as UNESCO's and the United Nation's initiatives against trafficking of human organs, tissues, cells, and transplant tourism.

Embryo donation in Iran: an ethical review.

Iran is the only Muslim country that has legislation on embryo donation, adopted in 2003. With an estimated 10-15% of couples in the country that are infertile, there are not any legal or religious barriers that prohibit an infertile couple from taking advantage of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs). Although all forms of ARTs available in Iran have been legitimized by religious authorities, there is a lack of legislation in all ARTs except embryo donation.

Hydroxyurea-induced hematological response in transfusion-independent beta-thalassemia intermedia: case series and review of literature.

Background: Hydroxyurea (HU) may improve the symptoms in thalassemia patients by increasing gamma-globin chain expression. However, the efficacy of HU in beta-thalassemia intermedia (TI) is unclear.

Methods: The authors treated 16 transfusion-independent TI patients (8 males) aged 10.

Regulating medical futility: neither excessive patient's autonomy nor physician's paternalism.

In the era of an aging population and escalating healthcare costs, the futility debate has become the object of extended critical attention. The issue has divided experts in relevant fields into two camps. The proponents of medical futility defend the physician's exclusive right to determine the futility of treatment and decide whether treatment should be withheld or withdrawn.

Brain death and organ transplantation: knowledge, attitudes, and practice among Japanese students.

Objective: To investigate the knowledge, attitudes and practice of Japanese students regarding brain death and organ transplantation.

Methods: A 22-item questionnaire was handed out among 383 Japanese students during the 2002 academic year. The data was finally analyzed using a statistical package for social sciences, SPSS.

Compensated kidney donation: an ethical review of the Iranian model.

Iran has a program of compensated kidney donation from living unrelated (LUR) donors since 1997. The aim of the program was to address the increasing demand for kidney transplantation in a morally sound manner. The program was successful in terms of increasing the number of kidneys available for transplantation.