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Dietary supplementation of 100 g butter in 20 healthy male volunteers for 7 days was found to enhance platelet aggregation to a significant extent (P < 0.001). Addition of 5 g of dry ginger in two divided doses with fatty meal (in 10 individuals) significantly (P < 0.001) inhibited the platelet aggregation induced by ADP (adenosine diphosphate) and epinephrine, while in the placebo control group (10 individuals), there was no significant alteration in platelet aggregation. Serum lipids, however, remained unchanged in both the groups.
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Adult , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Platelet Aggregation/drug effects , Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/pharmacology , SpicesABSTRACT
A case exhibiting recurrent fainting associated with particular acupuncture point needling is reported and the possible mechanism discussed. The phenomenon is very unusual and has not been described in the literature.
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Acupuncture Analgesia/adverse effects , Adult , Humans , Male , Recurrence , Syncope/etiologyABSTRACT
215 patients of different communities were selected randomly to predict the correlation between the ear-lobe crease, ear-canal hair and coronary artery disease. On analysis, it was found that prevalence of the ear-lobe crease increases with advancing age, and the incidence was much more higher in Sindhis in whom the overall incidence of CAD is also significantly high. Bilateral diagonal ear-lobe crease was found to be significantly (P less than 0.001) associated in patients with documented CAD, and a significant difference was also observed between men with and without CAD in the presence of ear-canal hair with age matched group. The combined presence of ear-lobe crease and ear-canal hair was more definite and more sensitive index of underlying CAD.