Identifying and assessing views among physically-active adult gym members in Israel on dietary supplements.

Background: Sports dietary supplements are available for sale in public places including sports clubs. Although there is uncertainty regarding their safety, many gym members who regularly work out consume them. The present study aimed to identify the approaches and perspectives of the public who work out in gyms and take dietary supplements.

Changes in lymphocyte subpopulations in peripheral blood of splenectomized patients.

Twenty-five patients who had undergone splenectomy were investigated. Splenectomy was performed in 16 patients because of traumatic rupture of the spleen, in 6 due to idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and in 3 because of other causes. The absolute numbers of T-cell subclasses--helper/inducer (CD4+) and suppressor/cytotoxic (CD8+)--and of B-cells were determined in peripheral blood.