Farnaz Farshidfar

University of Manitoba | UMN · George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation

Objectives To provide a comprehensive systematic overview of current evidence from pooled analyses/meta-analyses and systematic reviews (PMASRs) pertaining to dairy consumption and incident cancer and/or all-cause or cancer-specific mortality. Design Overview of reviews. Setting Community setting. Participants The unit of analysis is PMASRs. A t...

Background Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating bone marrow stem cell (BMSC) therapy in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients have reported conflicting results. Our main objective was to critically appraise and meta-analyze best-available evidence on efficacy and safety of intracoronary administration of autologous BMSC t...

Creatine, a very popular supplement among athletic populations, is of growing interest for clinical applications. Since over 90% of creatine is stored in skeletal muscle, the effect of creatine supplementation on muscle metabolism is a widely studied area. While numerous studies over the past few decades have shown that creatine supplementation has...

In 1989 Irwin Rosenberg coined the term “sarcopenia”, which is derived from Greek roots, i.e. sarx: flesh and penia: loss [1]. Rosenberg’s intent was to use the term sarcopenia to provide a distinct classification for age-related muscle mass loss in order to increase awareness of this condition’s impact on aging [2]. Sarcopenia is a common geriatri...

Besides mental dysfunctions, Alzheimer's disease (AD) may impair muscle function. Creatine supplementation (CR) can enhance skeletal muscle mass and function in sarcopenia and muscular dystrophies, but has yet to be studied in AD. We examined the effect of oral CR on muscle amino acids (AA) level in an AD model. 24 triple transgenic (3×Tg, ~8 mo ol...

To evaluate the effect of metformin treatment on the risperidone-induced body weight gain in patients. In a 12-weeks, double-blind, placebo controlled, randomized trial between October 2006 and October 2007 which was conducted in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Consultation Center of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 49 patients were ent...

Background: The effects of bupropion in control and treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) patients is not cleared yet. The aim of this study was to check its effects on control of ADHD signs and symptoms. Methods: In a Randomized, double blind, placebo control clinical trial (which take 4 weeks), 40 ADHD children were divide...

A 14 year old male was referred to a CT scan at our hospital for evaluation of headache. The patient was a known case of cervical soft tissue primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) who has undergone surgery and radiotherapy 4 years ago. CT scan showed a large solitary extra axial, epidural lesion in the right parietal region, with mass effect and b...