Introduction: Affordable basic semen analysis remains a fundamental procedure to be performed routinely during the diagnosis of male infertility. Advanced semen analyses, provide valuable clinical insights in treatment ...

Introduction: HIV/AIDS mortality is declining due to successful highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). However, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in treated ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Obesity is an important risk factor for the development of insulin resistance, the metabolic syndrome and diabetes and has also been implicated as one of the major risk factors for coronary heart disease. ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Introduction: Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is an autosomal, recessive disorder that is caused by mutations in the ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) gene. The gene product, ATM, is a 350 kDa serine/threonine ...

ENGLISH SUMMARY: Polyphenols have a range of health promoting effects against chronic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Previous research in our group showed that Cyclopia species (honeybush), endemic ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Introduction and aims: Cigarette smoking is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and nicotine, the addictive substance in tobacco, is implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : In diabetics, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and inflammation potentiates the development of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). These conditions provoke excessive generation of oxidative stress that has been ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: X-linked disorders are more expressed in male offspring and prevention of these hereditary diseases is the only recourse to date. Influencing conception towards female offspring can circumvent this problem; ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to provide better insight into the effects of Neisseria gonorrhoea, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Trichomonas vaginalis on semen characteristics. In addition, a crucial focus was ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: The South African public sector antiretroviral therapy (ART) roll-out has been associated with emergence of HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) in therapy-naïve and treated patients. These drug-resistant ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Endothelial injury and dysfunction precede the development of cardiovascular diseases. The endothelium may be regarded as the first line of defence against inflammation / obesity-induced vascular injury, ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Vascular endothelium forms the first line of defence against harmful stimuli in the circulation. Endothelial dysfunction is a valuable predictor of cardiovascular disease and therapies aimed at improving ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Insights into the role of oxidative stress and pancreatic β-cell dysfunction in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) reveals an opportunity for the development of novel therapeutics that directly ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction and aims: The use of herbal preparations for the treatment of various ailments has gained enormous prominence. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a plant-derived product, ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Ischaemic heart disease is a major contributor to global morbidity and mortality rates. Manoeuvres such as ischaemic preconditioning confer cardioprotection against ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: The cardioprotective actions of the hormone melatonin against myocardial ischaemiareperfusion injury (IRI) are well-established. It has recently been shown to prevent the harmful effects ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Exposure to harmful stimuli can render vascular endothelial cells dysfunctional, characterised by reduced nitric oxide (NO) bioavailibility. Endothelial dysfunction (ED) is a reversible precursor ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death worldwide with 3.8 million men and 3.4 million women dying globally each year. Although existing myocardial reperfusion strategies ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this study the author presents new data that will shed light on the fairly nebulous knowledge of intracellular pathways involved in the physiologically induced acrosome reaction and the subsequent ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Although there is evidence for a protective role of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in cardiovascular disease, their mechanism of action as well as their participation in intracellular ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: Myocardial oxidative fuel supply is increased in obese conditions. How this metabolic environment and altered cardiometabolic phenotype associated with prediabetic obesity impacts on cardiac ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Mechanism of -adrenergic preconditioning ( -PC) Ischaemic preconditioning (IPC), a potent endogenous protective intervention against myocardial ischaemia, is induced by exposure of the heart to ...

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: There has been a dramatic increase in the use of dietary creatine supplementation among sports men and women, and by clinicians as a therapeutic agent in muscular and neurological diseases. ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Psychosocial stressors have frequently been associated with an increased risk for developing The contributions of the cholinergic (Lobeline) and opioid (Naltrexone) systems in place preference behaviour ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Adverse experiences during early life causes alterations in the development of the central nervous system structures that may result in abnormal functioning of the brain. It is well known that, in humans, ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In recent years there has been an increase in obesity and diabetes mellitus (DM). These conditions have for a long time been associated with infertility. Obesity is characterized by high levels of ...

The overall objective of this thesis is to provide additional data to assist clinicians and experimental neurologists alike in the quest for better understanding, more accurately diagnosing and more successfully treating ...

Early life trauma leads to behavioural abnormalities later in life. These include mood and anxiety disorders such as depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This association may be due in part to the effects ...

Nitric oxide (NO) is a major signaling molecule in the heart with various biological effects. The putative role of NO as a cardioprotective agent against ischaemiareperfusion injury and in ischaemic preconditioning (IP) ...