[Effect of drinking Ziziphora tenuior on total antioxidant capacity, total tiol and malondiadehyde serum after one session exercise inactive women]

Background: Ziziphora tenuior have high levels of phenolic and flavonoid antioxidant compounds able be for prevention with oxidative stress

Objective: In accordance with the limited studies about the effect drinking Ziziphora tenuior on exercise- induced oxidative stress response, this study was conducted to identify the effect of drinking Ziziphora tenuior and one bout aerobic exercise on serum total antioxidant capacity [TAC] and malondiadehyde [MDA] in inactive women

Methods: Twenty inactive girls [aged 22 +/- 2 years, body fat 17 +/- 2. %, and VO[2max] 35 +/- 2 ml/kg/min] in a randomized and double-blind design were allocated in two equal groups: were used Drinking Ziziphora tenuior the infusion for 48 hours before exercise, every 24 hours, 3 meals morning, noon and night [2gr per serving in 200 ml of boiling water for each person] in Ziziphora tenuior. were consumed The control group coincides with the group Ziziphora tenuior-like beverages. After a 48-hour all subjects were participated protocol with Bruce on the treadmill. Blood samples obtained before the drinking Ziziphora tenuior along with before and after the exercise protocol. The normal data were expressed as mean [ +/- SD] and analyzed by repeated measure ANOVA, Bonferroni and independent t test at alpha

Results: results show that the short drinking Ziziphora tenuior has not significant effect on oxidative stress index [MDA] [P>0.05]. Moreover, increased the serum MDA was significantly [P<0.05] decreased one bout aerobic exercise, the serum TAC was significantly [P<0.05]. However, the increased serum MDA and reduced TAC in the placebo group was significantly more than in supplement group [P<0.05]

Conclusion: The present results show that the increased resting total antioxidative capacity following drinking Ziziphora tenuiorcan, decrease the undesirable alterations of serum MDA in male inactive after one one bout aerobic exercise

[Progress of hospital information systems in Kerman teaching general hospitals in 2012]

Introduction: Health care facilities have intended to mechanize their information systems. The rate of mechanization of information systems is not similar within these organizations. The study aimed to assess the mechanization rate of hospital information system among four teaching- general hospitals in Kerman in 2012

Methods: This applied research was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in four teaching general hospitals. A Ministry of Health and Medical Education checklist on "Health Information System evaluation" was used for data gathering. Data was analyzed using SPSS 13 and Excel through descriptive statistics

Results: The Findings of this study revealed that the highest and the lowest mechanization progress rate of hospital information system were concerned to medical record information system and decision support with 91.66 per cent, and 15. 62 per cent, respectively

Conclusion: It is recommended that executives establish a committee to plan, organize, supervise and hold training courses and conduct periodic assessment of hospital information system in order to identify and amend weaknesses and also allocate adequate budget to hospital information system

Epilepsy in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Background: regarding the unexpected frequency of epilepsy in patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy [DMD], this study was conducted to assess the impression of Duchenne - related epilepsy

Methods: after definite diagnosis of DMD in 57 children attended to neurology clinics, a questionnaire including demographic variables and data related to symptom presentations was completed for each one. If history of epilepsy was present, complementary information on the background of epilepsy [based on history taking and Paraclinical data] was obtained

Results: among 54 patients with DMD, seven cases [12.3%] had the history of epilepsy versus 0.4 - 0.5% in general population [p<0.001]. Known causes of epilepsy were ruled out in these patients. From 7 patients with epilepsy, 6 cases had mild mental retardation and one of them had normal mental status

Conclusion: our data suggests that epilepsy may be a rare associated feature of DMD. Absence of dystrophin in the central nervous system [CNS] may cause suppression of inhibitory synapses in cortex and hypocampus which in turn brings epileptic foci into play