18. ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Background: Aging exerts a number of deleterious changes in the cardiovascular system, and, in particular, on the large arteries.Previous studies have Braid Yarn suggested that augmentation index (Aix) and aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV) increase linearly with age, yet epidemiological data concerning arterial stiffness suggest that large artery s

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The effects of tualang honey on female reproductive organs, tibia bone and hormonal profile in ovariectomised rats - animal model for menopause

Abstract Background Honey is a highly nutritional natural product that has been widely used in folk medicine for a number of therapeutic purposes.We evaluated whether Malaysian Tualang honey (AgroMas, Malaysia) was effective in reducing Birthday Card menopausal syndrome in ovariectomised female rats; an animal model for menopause.Methods The rats w

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The Permotriassic branchiosaurid Tungussogyrinus Efremov, 1939 (Temnospondyli, Dissorophoidea) from Siberia restudied

The enigmatic temnospondyl amphibian Tungussogyrinus bergi Efremov, 1939 shares clear synapomorphies with other branchiosaurids indicated by an anteriorly elongated infratemporal fossa and small branchial denticles.Therefore Tungussogyrinus clearly belongs to the dissorophoid family Branchiosauridae.This species is characterized by a number of deri

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