Is high waist circumference and body weight associated with high blood pressure in Iranian primary school children?
This study showed a high prevalence of hypertension and obesity in a school-based population in Tehran, Iran, in which the prevalence of hypertension was significantly and positively correlated with weight and WC.
Sensitivity of intestinal afferents to mechanical and chemical stimuli is reduced following treatment with the herbal preparation STW 5. This mechanism may help to explain why STW 5 relieves dyspeptic and bowel symptoms in patients.