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NEW MATERIAL:A compound expressed by formula I (R is 3-10C hydrocarbon group or aromatic group-substituted 1-5C hydrocarbon group). EXAMPLE:gamma-L-Glutamyl-L-cysteine n-hexyl ester. USE:An improver for tissual glutathione level useful in treating cataract and hepatopathy. PREPARATION:gamma-L-Glutamyl-L-cysteine expressed by formula II is esterified with alcohols, containing an acid (e.g. hydrochloric acid) and expressed by the formula R-OH as a solvent at -20-+80 deg.C, preferably 0-40 deg.C for about 30min-2 days to afford the aimed compound expressed by formula I. The amount of the above-mentioned alcohols used as the solvent for the reaction is 2-50 times (weight ratio), preferably 10-30 times based on the raw material.
The present invention relates to a pain relief composition comprising paramagnetic silver nanoparticles. More specifically, the composition is characterized in that it comprises from 0.03 to 0.05% by weight of paramagnetic silver nanoparticles having specific properties that were not revealed by conventional diamagnetic silver nanoparticles. The pain relief composition according to the present invention shows excellent effect of relieving pain of arthritis due to antibiotic property and anti-toxicity of paramagnetic silver nanoparticles. By using the paramagnetic silver nanoparticles having small particle size, the composition is rapidly absorbed into cells upon being applied to skin. In addition, by virtue of using silver (Ag), no complication such as skin coloration or edema was observed. According to the present invention, pain is relieved by simple application, so that the usage is easy as compared to surgical treatment such as arthroscopic operation to provide high satisfaction to a patient.
Preparing a composition which release nitric oxide when consumed by humans or animals, comprises providing food, nitrate reducing enzymes or bacteria and acid or providing food containing 5-35% of nitrite of nitrate content and acid; contacting food with nitrate-reducing enzyme or nitrate-reducing bacteria at pH of greater than 4; acidifying the solution to a pH value of greater than 3; determining free nitric oxide amount; and selecting food or combinations of food, which has at least one of the following properties e.g. (a) greater than 5 mg of nitric oxide. Preparing a composition which release nitric oxide when consumed by humans or animals, comprises providing food, nitrate reducing enzymes or bacteria and acid or providing food containing 5-35% of nitrite of nitrate content and acid; contacting food with nitrate-reducing enzyme or nitrate-reducing bacteria at pH of greater than 4; acidifying the solution to a pH value of greater than 3; determining free nitric oxide amount; and selecting food or combinations of food, which has at least one of the following properties (a) greater than 5 mg of nitric oxide, (b) high nitric oxide release than the of the sum of the individual components or (c) greater than 10 mg of release of nitric oxide. An independent claim is included for a selective agent with nitric oxide release properties of (a)-(c) comprising at least one component from red beet Chinese cabbage parsley zucchini and one at least one component from green tea rosemary oregano red wine olive juice. ACTIVITY : None given. MECHANISM OF ACTION : None given.
South African adolescent girls experience high rates of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections including HIV. To inform culturally-tailored dual protection interventions to prevent both unintended pregnancy and STIs/HIV, this study qualitatively examined girls' sexual health intervention preferences. Participants were aged 14-17 years old and Sesotho-speaking (N = 25). To elucidate shared cultural beliefs, individual interviews examined participants' perceptions about other adolescent girls' pregnancy and STI/HIV prevention intervention preferences. Interviews were conducted in Sesotho and translated into English. Two independent coders identified key themes in the data using a conventional content analysis approach with discrepancies resolved by a third coder. Participants indicated that intervention content should include efficacious pregnancy and STI/HIV prevention methods and ways to navigate peer pressure. Interventions should be accessible, avoid criticism and provide high-quality information. Preferred intervention formats included online, SMS/text, or delivery by social workers or older, knowledgeable peers, with mixed acceptability for delivery by parents or same-age peers. Schools, youth centres and sexual health clinics were preferred intervention settings. Results highlight the importance of cultural context in tailoring dual protection interventions to address the reproductive health disparities among adolescent girls in South Africa.
The term resistant hypertension (RH) is defined as clinic blood pressure (BP) that remains above goal (e.g., systolic blood pressure \[SBP\]\>140 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure \[DBP\]\>90 mm Hg), despite adherence to a regimen of 3 or more antihypertensive medications of different classes, one of which is a diuretic.

With the growing prevalence of hypertension (HTN) in this country, RH is a major public health concern, affecting more than 7.5 million Americans. Patients with RH are 50% more likely to experience a CVD event, including stroke, kidney failure, myocardial infarction, and death, compared to patients with controlled BP. There is an urgent need for developing RH management strategies to lower BP as well as to reduce the high risk of CVD-related events. Lifestyle modifications, including exercise training and dietary modification, are of proven efficacy in lowering BP in unmedicated patients with HTN and are often recommended as the first step for treating high BP. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet has been shown to lower BP in HTN patients who are not treated with drugs. Moreover, when the DASH diet is combined with exercise and caloric restriction, even greater, and quite marked, BP reductions can be achieved. However, the efficacy of these lifestyle modifications in HTN patients who are refractory to medical therapy is unknown. This application aims to build upon evidence supporting the value of lifestyle modifications in unmedicated patients with HTN by proposing a randomized clinical trial (RCT) that will evaluate whether an intensive, medically-supervised lifestyle intervention can successfully lower BP in medicated patients with RH.
The triad of ischaemia, neuropathy, and infection are among the principal causes of lower extremity wounds that are commonly prevalent in patients with diabetic foot (DF) a condition in which peripheral arterial disease commonly co-exists. The prevalence of this condition is increasing globally and with it, the mounting costs of its management. One aspect of management is saving limbs and or digits, a crucial part of this process is assessing tissue viability of skin which is a focus of this review: there are other aspects which are well described in the literature. Amputations are offered to limit the damage resulting from acute/chronic ischaemia. Holstein measured skin perfusion pressure using a radioisotope clearance technique to describe critically ischaemic skin; he found 30 mm Hg as the threshold above which healing may reliably be expected. Recent advances in vascular surgery and related technology have informed evidence-based advice to revascularize and save limbs; in practice, this may leave a wound in the distal skin unhealed; managing these raises questions of tissue viability. Much effort has been made to manage, prevent and to better understand these lower extremity wounds using measurements of tissue oxygen, oxygen saturation and skin imaging. The measurement techniques and their relevant merits are examined in this article. Advances in wound management systems and protocols can also facilitate the repair processes, and those which can have a particular impact on restoring or maintaining tissue perfusion are also discussed in the article.
The CoQ10 spray contains a high quality Kaneka A10 containing CoQ10 trans-isomers which is embedded in a matrix out of water, phospholipids and glycerine. Adana Pharma GmbH is processing the CoQ10 substance into the matrix. One application contains 7 mg CoQ10.
The present invention is in the area of biomaterials, i.e. materials that are used in contact with living tissue and biological fluids for prosthetical, therapeutical, storage and the like. In particular, the invention relates to a novel approach of creating biocompatible surfaces, said surfaces being capable of functionally interacting with biological material. Said biocompatible surfaces comprise at least two components, such as a hydrophobic substratum and a macromolecule of hydrophilic nature, that cooperatively form a novel biocompatible surface. The novel approach is based on contacting said hydrophobic substratum with a laterally patterned monomolecular layer of hydrophilic and flexible macromolecules that exhibit a pronounced excluded volume. The surface is, in respect to polarity and morphology, a molecularly heterogeneous surface. Structural features of said macromolecular monolayer (as e.g. the layer thickness or its lateral density) are determined by, i) the structural features of the layer forming macromolecules (as e.g. their MW or their molecular architecture) and, ii) the method of creating said monomolecular layer (as e.g. by physi- or chemisorbing, or by chemically binding said macromolecules). The structural features of the layer forming macromolecule(s) is in turn determined by synthesis.
The effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) for heart failure patients was heterogeneous. Candidate selection was important before intervention. The underlying mechanical dyssynchrony of left ventricular bundle branch block was insufficiently descripted. Earlier study of investigators found novel imaging methods such as cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging including T1 Mapping and feature tracking imaging can provide more detailed information about regional and global LV function in patients. While the role of new cardiac MR imaging techniques in predicting CRT responses, especially in LBBB patients, is still insufficient. Z Chen et al used T1 mapping technique to quantitatively assess the diffuse fibrosis burden of myocardial in heart failure patients. But they found focal fibrosis burden, not diffuse burden, is associated with a poor response to CRT. Other cardiac MR imaging parameters also showed potential predictors of CRT, such as 16 segment time-to-maximum radial wall thickness , scar locations and RV septal lead placement.In this study cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (including T1 Mapping combined with feature tracking imaging ) will be applied to follow up LV function in LBBB patients (with or without intervention) in 10 years to find out prognostic predictors and time point or CMR parameters for cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with CLBBB.
The true prevalence and cardiovascular comorbidities of resistant hypertension (RH) in Nigeria and Africa are not known. We sought to determine the prevalence and cardiovascular comorbidities of resistant hypertension in a treated Nigerian hypertensive population. We analyzed 1,378 patients with essential hypertension from a prospective clinical registry, the Federal Medical Centre Abuja Hypertension Registry. Resistant hypertension was defined as blood pressure ≥140/90 mmHg despite the use of ≥3 guideline-recommended antihypertensive medications including a diuretic, reninangiotensin system blocker and calcium-channel blocker at optimal or best-tolerated doses or blood pressure <140/90 mmHg on ≥4 antihypertensive medications. Resistant hypertension was confirmed with the use of home blood pressure monitoring while adherence was determined by monitoring prescription orders. The prevalence of resistant hypertension was 15.5%, with 12.3% as controlled resistant hypertension and 3.3% as uncontrolled resistant hypertension. Risk factors independently associated with the odds of resistant hypertension were male sex (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 1.62, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.19-2.21, p = 0.002), obesity, and diabetes mellitus. Furthermore, patients with resistant hypertension were more likely to have heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (AOR: 3.36, 95% CI 1.25-9.07, p = 0.017), cerebrovascular disease, and chronic kidney disease. In our treated hypertensive cohort, resistant hypertension was associated with an increased risk of cerebrovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, and it appears this burden maybe 2-3 times more in those with resistant hypertension compared to those without. Concerted efforts to prevent or promptly treat resistant hypertension in our population will reduce cardiovascular comorbidities.
PCT No. PCT/SE96/00727 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 12, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 12, 1996 PCT Filed Jun. 3, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/38475 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 1996The present invention relates to recombinant polypeptides which constitute Helicobacter pylori surface-exposed antigens with an approximate molecular weight of 29 kDa. The invention furthermore provides nucleic acid molecules coding for the said polypeptides, as well as vectors and host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules. The said recombinant polypeptides are useful for the diagnosis of H. pylori infections and for the manufacture of vaccine compositions which will elicit a protective immune response against such infections, said vaccine compositions being suitable for both therapeutic and prophylactic use.
OBJECTIVE: Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) loss is the optimal outcome for patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) but this rarely occurs with currently approved therapies. We aimed to develop and validate a prognostic model for HBsAg loss on treatment using longitudinal data from a large, prospectively followed, nationwide cohort.
DESIGN: CHB patients receiving nucleos(t)ide analogues as antiviral treatment were enrolled from 50 centres in China. Quantitative HBsAg (qHBsAg) testing was prospectively performed biannually per protocol. Longitudinal discriminant analysis algorithm was used to estimate the incidence of HBsAg loss, by integrating clinical data of each patient collected during follow-up.
RESULTS: In total, 6792 CHB patients who had initiated antiviral treatment 41.3 (IQR 7.6-107.6) months before enrolment and had median qHBsAg 2.9 (IQR 2.3-3.3) log10IU/mL at entry were analysed. With a median follow-up of 65.6 (IQR 51.5-84.7) months, the 5-year cumulative incidence of HBsAg loss was 2.4%. A prediction model integrating all qHBsAg values of each patient during follow-up, designated GOLDEN model, was developed and validated. The AUCs of GOLDEN model were 0.981 (95% CI 0.974 to 0.987) and 0.979 (95% CI 0.974 to 0.983) in the training and external validation sets, respectively, and were significantly better than those of a single qHBsAg measurement. GOLDEN model identified 8.5%-10.4% of patients with a high probability of HBsAg loss (5-year cumulative incidence: 17.0%-29.1%) and was able to exclude 89.6%-91.5% of patients whose incidence of HBsAg loss is 0. Moreover, the GOLDEN model consistently showed excellent performance among various subgroups.
CONCLUSION: The novel GOLDEN model, based on longitudinal qHBsAg data, accurately predicts HBsAg clearance, provides reliable estimates of functional hepatitis B virus (HBV) cure and may have the potential to stratify different subsets of patients for novel anti-HBV therapies.
Disclosed is a method and composition for treating CNS disorders in a subject. In an embodiment, the method preferably comprises the ordered steps of identifying a subject having or being predisposed to epilepsy, and orally administering to the subject an AED. The administration preferably comprises an administration regimen of a predetermined quantity of the AED, at a predetermined frequency, and for a predetermined duration. The subject preferably comprises a subject experiencing seizure clusters, WWE, and more especially a WWE of childbearing age. The composition preferably comprises a NAS, and more especially an ENAS. The method preferably results in the prevention, or reduced frequency or magnitude of epileptic seizures.
The present invention discloses one kind of nanometer liver targeting floxuridine for injection. The nanometer liver targeting floxuridine for injection consists of floxuridine diester 1-5 wt%, galactoside 0.5-1 wt%, soybean lecithin 10-20 wt% and mannitol for the rest. It is prepared through film ultrasonic and other process, and has medicine carrying amount of 8.2-10.0 %, encapsulating rate 90-98.5 % and granularity of 90-150 nm. Animal test shows that it has targeting efficiency of vein administration over 10. The present invention is used in treating primary liver cancer, and the effective medicine molecules are concentrated in liver. Compared with common preparation, the present invention has reduced medicine consumption and reduced toxic side effect.
BACKGROUND: Access to medicines is a serious problem globally and in Chile. Despite the creation of coverage policies, part of the population with chronic conditions of high prevalence, still does not have access to the medicines it requires and disease control continues to be low. The objective of the study was to estimate the medication use and effective coverage for diabetes, dyslipidemia and hypertension in Chile, analyzing them according to sociodemographic variables and social determinants of health.
METHODS: Cross-sectional analytical study with information from the 2016-2017 National Health Survey (sample = 6,233 people aged 15 years or older, expanded = 14,518,969). Descriptive analyses of medication use and effective coverage for hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia were carried out, and multivariate logistic regression models were developed to analyze possible associations with variables of interest.
RESULTS: 60% of people with hypertension or diabetes use medications and only 27.7% in dyslipidemia. While 54.2% of those with diabetes have their glycemia controlled, in hypertension and dyslipidemia the effective coverage drops to 33.3% and 6.6%, respectively. There are no differences in use by health system, but there are differences in the control of hypertension and diabetes, favoring beneficiaries of the private subsystem. Effective coverage of dyslipidemia and hypertension also increases in those using medications. The drugs coincide with the established protocols, although beneficiaries of the private sector report greater use of innovative drugs.
CONCLUSION: A significant proportion of Chileans with hypertension, diabetes or dyslipidemia still do not use the required medications and do not control their conditions.
FIELD: medicine. ^ SUBSTANCE: medicinal agent for inhibiting Helicobacter pylori bacteria represents a coniferous chlorophyll carotene paste. A pharmaceutical composition for inhibition for inhibiting Helicobacter pylori bacteria contains the coniferous chlorophyll carotene paste in therapeutically effective amount and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and/or solvents. The coniferous chlorophyll carotene paste is applied as an active component of the pharmaceutical composition for inhibition for inhibiting Helicobacter pylori bacteria. The coniferous chlorophyll carotene paste is applied as a Helicobacter pylori bacteria inhibitor. ^ EFFECT: said agent and pharmaceutical composition based on this agent provides effective inhibiting Helicobacter pylori bacteria. ^ 5 cl, 4 tbl, 3 ex
BACKGROUND: Interventional therapies for severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) can provide right ventricular (RV) decompression and preserve cardiac output. Transcatheter stent placement in a residual ductus arteriosus (PDA) is one potentially effective option in critically ill infants and young children with PAH. We sought to assess recovery of RV function by echocardiographic strain in infants and young children following PDA stenting for acute PAH.
METHODS: Retrospective review of patients < 2 years old who underwent PDA stenting for acute PAH. Clinical data were abstracted from the electronic medical record. RV strain (both total and free wall components) was assessed from echocardiographic images at baseline and 3, 6, and 12 months post-intervention, as well as at last echocardiogram.
RESULTS: Nine patients underwent attempted ductal stenting for PAH. The median age at intervention was 38 days and median weight 3.7 kg. One-third (3of 9) of patients had PAH associated with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia. PDA stents were successfully deployed in eight patients. Mean RV total strain was - 14.9 ± 5.6% at baseline and improved to - 23.8 ± 2.2% at 6 months post-procedure (p < 0.001). Mean free wall RV strain was - 19.5 ± 5.4% at baseline and improved to - 27.7 ± 4.1% at 6 months (p = 0.002). Five patients survived to discharge, and four patients survived 1 year post-discharge.
CONCLUSION: PDA stenting for severe, acute PAH can improve RV function as assessed by strain echocardiography. The quantitative improvement is more prominent in the first 6 months post-procedure and stabilizes thereafter.
Hyperglycemia frequently occurs during critical illness and is commonly implicated in the development of potentially lethal infectious, vascular and metabolic complications. We hypothesize that a control of glycemia by insulin will improve the vital outcome and the rate of complications in a heterogeneous population of critically ill patients. This hypothesis is supported by the findings of a recent trial performed in one surgical intensive care unit, which demonstrated a significant improvement in vital outcome and in several indices of morbidity in patients randomized to a tight control of glycemia. However, these findings can hardly be extrapolated to other conditions, including different types of pathologies and management. The present prospective, randomized, controlled and multicentric study, will compare the effects of two regimens of insulin therapy, respectively titrated to achieve a blood sugar level between 4.4 and 6.1 mmol/l (80 and 110 mg/dl, respectively) and between 7.8 and 10.0 mmol/l (140 and 180 mg/dl, respectively) and will be powered to detect a 4% decrease in absolute intensive care unit (ICU) mortality. Secondary outcome variables will include in-hospital and 28-day mortality, lengths of stays in ICU and in the hospital, length of ICU stay without life-support therapy, number and clinical signs of episodes of hypoglycemia, rates of infections and organ failures, number of red-cell transfusions.
PURPOSE:The titled antibody recognizing a cell surface antigen of IgG1 class showing positivity in a specific cancerous cell, produced by a hybridoma prepared by using a cell strain (MKN-45) derived from glandular carcinoma of stomach low differentiation type as an immune source. CONSTITUTION:An extracted solution of a cell of cell strain (MKN-45) derived from glandular carcinoma of stomach low differentiation type is subjected to gel filtration to give a high polymer fraction having about 700,000-1,500,000 mols.wt. which is blended with Freund Complete Adjuvant, and the blend is used as an immune source. For example, a mouse is immunized against the immune source, the spleen of the mouse is taken out, subjected to cell fusion with mouse myeloma p3U1 to give a hybridoma. Then, cloning is carried out several times by limiting dilution method, etc., and from the supernatant liquid of the culture solution is obtained the aimed antibody having the following properties. The Ig class (Light chain):IgG1(K), recognition antigen type:cell surface antigen, positive in the following cancerous cells, esophagus cancer (TE-3), lung cancer (MKN-45), (KATO-III), and liver cancer (HEK).