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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a main and growing worldwide prevailing disease that has lacking consideration from medical practitioners. COPD is self-imposed by cigarette smoking and underlying pathology is commonly irreparable. This is main reason of morbidity and mortality in
Respiratory muscles are as vital as the heart and can be susceptible to fatigue under certain conditions. Therefore, evaluation of the performance of respiratory muscles is critical in the event of impaired respiratory function. Respiratory muscle strength and respiratory muscle endurance tests are
The subjects were instructed to maintain their usual dietary habits in addition to drinking VAAM® (two cans every day) for 10 weeks. In detail, on the 6 days/week of supervised running tests, participants were instructed to consume one drink before their warm-up exercise and the other drink while
Patients diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease (PD) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) frequently experience increased levels of muscle weakness and fatigue; This impairment is exacerbated with onset of exercise and alleviated with rest or sleep . Importantly, in about 1/3 of PD patients, fatigue is
Anaerobic glycolysis quickly provides adenosine triphosphate (ATP) for muscular contraction during high intensity, short duration exercise. The fast rate of glycolysis during anaerobic exercise results in pyruvate formation exceeding pyruvate oxidation resulting in a build up of lactic acid. Lactic
A. Introduction and Review of literature
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is broadly defined as an alteration in mental status and cognitive function occurring in presence of liver failure. The clinical picture of HE arises as a complication of chronic and, more rarely, acute liver disease. HE occurs in
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- To determine whether live freeze-dried lactic acid bacteria probiotic (VSL#3®) is effective in reducing the acute treatment-related bowel function disturbances, as measured by the FACIT-D diarrhea subscale score in patients receiving concurrent chemotherapy and pelvic RT as
Background:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), also sometimes known as chronic asthma, bronchitis or emphysema, is an important health problem. Many people with COPD are admitted into hospital with a worsening of their symptoms, known as an exacerbation. Hospitalisations for acute
The major aims of this study are to evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of lamivudine therapy and the possibility of stopping therapy in a cohort of patients with chronic hepatitis B who have a maintained response to treatment. Lamivudine is a nucleoside analogue with potent activity against