anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
Levorphanol is a full opioid agonist and is relatively selective for the mu-opioid receptor, although it can bind to other opioid receptors at higher doses. The principal therapeutic action of levorphanol is analgesia. Like all full opioid agonists, there is no ceiling effect for analgesia with levorphanol. Clinically, dosage is titrated to provide adequate analgesia and may be limited by adverse reactions, including respiratory and CNS depression. 

The precise mechanism of the analgesic action is unknown. However, specific CNS opioid receptors for endogenous compounds with opioid-like activity have been identified throughout the brain and spinal cord and are thought to play a role in the analgesic effects of this drug.
When the long blood vessels supplying blood to the arms and legs become blocked (ischemic), patient will experience painful sensations in their calves when they walked which slowly become excruciating painful at rest. When the condition worsens, the patients will not be able to feel any pain from their legs and they will not know if there are any small ulcers or cuts on their legs. As a result, a small ulcer which goes unnoticed becomes bigger and can sometimes become infected. In the worst situations, infection might lead towards gangrene and septicaemia. Severe rest pain and/or ulcerations of ischemic limbs are defined as the state of chronic critical limb ischemia and at this point, amputation of the affected limb is suggested.

Conventional treatments include angioplasty/bypass operation to remove blood vessel blockage to restore blood supply, the use of prescribed medicines to aid in ulcer recovery and clear infection and debridement of damaged/infected tissue. Some procedures have to be performed multiple times. Amputation is inevitable in many cases because some blood capillaries cannot be corrected and restenosis of vessels is very common. Cell therapy with mononuclear cells and mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow is promising because these stem cells are capable of stimulating and regenerating capillaries and blood vessels.
This is a multicenter (when more than one hospital or medical school team work on a medical research study), randomized (the study drug is assigned by chance), double-blind (neither physician nor participant knows the treatment that the participant receives) study of intetumumab in combination with docetaxel and prednisone for the first-line treatment of participants with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer. There will be 2 study groups. One group will receive intetumumab in combination with docetaxel and prednisone (study treatment) and the other group will receive placebo (an inactive substance that is compared with a drug to test whether the drug has a real effect in a clinical trial) matching to intetumumab in combination with docetaxel and prednisone (control treatment). The duration of treatment will be 6 months. Participants who respond to treatment with stable disease or better will receive extended treatment until disease progression (disease worsening) or for an additional 6 months, whichever occurs first. Treatment can be further continued with the sponsor's discretion after receiving 6 months of extended treatment, if participant response to the treatment (with stable disease, partial response, or complete response). Participants who have confirmed progressive disease while receiving study treatment may have their treatment unblinded (participants will know the name of drug which was given to them), if they wish to be considered for alternative treatment. Participants who were receiving the control treatment will be considered to have completed the study treatment, and will have the option to receive alternative treatment. Alternative treatment will either be intetumumab along with docetaxel and prednisone or intetumumab alone. Participants' safety will be monitored throughout the study.
PURPOSE: A cosmetic composition containing a Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb. extract is provided to suppress human tyrosinase activity and melanogenesis and to ensure a skin whitening effect. CONSTITUTION: A cosmetic composition for skin whitening contains a Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb. extract. The extract is prepared from Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb. leaves, roots, stems, or a combination thereof except for Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb. seeds or fruits. The cosmetic composition contains an Abies koreana Wilson extract, an Acer palmatum Thunb. extract, or a combination thereof. A method for preparing the cosmetic composition comprises: a step of drying and pulverizing the Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb. leaves, roots, stems, or a combination thereof; a step of extracting the Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb. leaves, roots, stems, or a combination thereof using a solvent; and a step of concentrating the extract by decompression. [Reference numerals] (AA) Vaccinium bracteatum
Twenty healthy children of 12-18 years old who have mothers and/or fathers who previously assessed by an adult psychiatrist and diagnosed as BD according to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, and who agreed to participate in the study. The age and gender of the groups will be matched.
The procedure for drying of granulates or pellets e.g. tablets and capsules in a container with circular cross-section and tappet arranged in the container, comprises rotatably driving the container around its longitudinal axis, externally heating the container and drying the granulates through contact with hot walls of the container, and distributing and circulating the granulates within the container through rotating stripper over the walls of the container. The circulation speed of the stripper is larger than the rotational speed of the container. A vacuum is created in the container. The procedure for drying of granulates or pellets e.g. tablets, pills and capsules in a container with circular cross-section and tappet arranged in the container, comprises rotatably driving the container around its longitudinal axis, externally heating the container and drying the granulates through contact with hot walls of the container, and distributing and circulating the granulates within the container through rotating stripper over the walls of the container. The circulation speed of the stripper is larger than the rotational speed of the container. A vacuum is created in the container. A slight gas quantity is introduced in the container to carry off the emerging moisture from the interior area of the container. An independent claim is included for a device for drying of granulates or pellets in a container.
A screening of patient histories at the clinics of Dermatology of the universities of Zurich, Basel and Bern is performed in order to identify patients with a history of Livedoid vasculopathy. Patients with a history of livedoid vasculopathy are asked to participate in the study. The presence of Livedoid vasculopathy must be confirmed by a histologic specimen. After reading the patient information and if the informed consent is signed patients are included in the study. Patients are questioned about their smoking history and blood is drawn in order to perform a screening for thrombophilia. The presence of a history of smoking and thrombophilia is compared to the general Swiss population.
The efficacy of tocilizumab was assessed in a three-part study, WA19977 (NCT00988221), including an open- label extension in children 2 to 17 years of age with active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (PJIA), who had an inadequate response to methotrexate or inability to tolerate methotrexate. Patients had at least 6 months of active disease (mean disease duration of 4.2 ± 3.7 years), with at least five joints with active arthritis (swollen or limitation of movement accompanied by pain and/or tenderness) and/or at least 3 active joints having limitation of motion (mean, 20 ± 14 active joints). The patients treated had subtypes of JIA that at disease onset included Rheumatoid Factor Positive or Negative Polyarticular JIA, or Extended Oligoarticular JIA. Treatment with a stable dose of methotrexate was permitted but was not required during the study. Concurrent use of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), other than methotrexate, or other biologics (e.g., TNF antagonists or T cell costimulation modulator) were not permitted in the study. 

Part I consisted of a 16-week active tocilizumab treatment lead-in period (n=188) followed by Part II, a 24-week randomized double-blind placebo-controlled withdrawal period, followed by Part III, a 64-week open-label period. Eligible patients weighing at or above 30 kg received tocilizumab at 8 mg/kg intravenously once every four weeks. Patients weighing less than 30 kg were randomized 1:1 to receive either tocilizumab 8 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg intravenously every four weeks. At the conclusion of the open-label Part I, 91% of patients taking background MTX in addition to tocilizumab and 83% of patients on tocilizumab monotherapy achieved an ACR 30 response at week 16 compared to baseline and entered the blinded withdrawal period (Part II) of the study. 

The proportions of patients with JIA ACR 50/70 responses in Part I were 84.0%, and 64%, respectively for patients taking background MTX in addition to tocilizumab and 80% and 55% respectively for patients on tocilizumab monotherapy. 

In Part II, patients (ITT, n=163) were randomized to tocilizumab (same dose received in Part I) or placebo in a 1:1 ratio that was stratified by concurrent methotrexate use and concurrent corticosteroid use. Each patient continued in Part II of the study until Week 40 or until the patient satisfied JIA ACR 30 flare criteria (relative to Week 16) and qualified for escape. 

The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients with a JIA ACR 30 flare at week 40 relative to week 16. JIA ACR 30 flare was defined as 3 or more of the 6 core outcome variables worsening by at least 30% with no more than 1 of the remaining variables improving by more than 30% relative to Week 16. 

Tocilizumab treated patients experienced significantly fewer disease flares compared to placebo-treated patients (26% [21/82] versus 48% [39/81]; adjusted difference in proportions -21%, 95% CI: -35%, -8%). 

During the withdrawal phase (Part II), more patients treated with tocilizumab showed JIA ACR 30/50/70 responses at Week 40 compared to patients withdrawn to placebo.
Women randomized in the intervention group will be offered cfDNA screening, along with an early detailed anatomy scan, including nuchal measurement, at 11-13 weeks of gestation. cfDNA analysis will include a simultaneous microarray-based assay of non-polymorphic (chromosomes 13, 18, 21, X and Y) and polymorphic loci to estimate chromosome proportion and fetal fraction. NIPT will be performed at the time of randomization or after if gestational age at randomization \< 9 6/7 weeks of gestation.
The invention belongs to the technical field of medicines, and particularly relates to an orally disintegrating tablet of phloroglucinol and a preparation method thereof. The orally disintegrating tablet comprises the following components in parts by weight: 60-100 parts of phloroglucinol, 2-20 parts of adhesive, 10-100 parts of disintegrating agent, 0-10 parts of flavoring agent, 1-5 parts of lubricant and 10-250 parts of diluent; the disintegrating agent is added in two batches during the preparation process, wherein the first batch of disintegrating agent is added together with the diluent, the binder and the flavoring agent for granulation, and the second batch of disintegrating agent is added together with the lubricant after the granulation is dried. The orally disintegrating tablet provided by the invention has simple composition components and can be rapidly disintegrated in the oral cavity. The technological process is simple, and a wet granulation process is adopted. The prepared tablet has the advantages of rapid disintegration, complete dissolution, stable quality and high bioavailability. The tablet prepared by the method of the invention has the advantages of stable tablet, simple process and strong operability.
The intervention group will take part in a 12-week plantar electrical stimulation intervention using the proposed technology 3 times per week during HD either in a sitting or supine position under the supervision of a research staff member. The duration of each treatment session will be one hour. Patients who receive an activated electrical stimulation unit will receive a standard dose of 30 milliamps as described in the following during each HD session (3 times per week for 12 weeks).
PURPOSE:To obtain the title cosmetic useful as foundation, etc., having excellent moisture retention, always maintaining constant moisture retention, providing the skin with moist feeling by blending a powdery base useful for make-up cosmetic with powder coated with a solution of lactic acid fermentation. CONSTITUTION:A powdery base useful for make-up cosmetic is blended with powder coated with a solution of lactic acid fermentation. For example, inorganic powder such as titanium oxide, precipitated calcium carbonate, kaolin, etc., or organic substance such as silk powder are used as the powdery base. In order to coat the base with the solution of LACTIC ACID FERMENTA TION, the solution of lactic acid fermentation is preferably mixed with the powder base by a blender, etc. The amount of the solution of lactic acid fermentation is 0.1-40wt.%, preferably 0.5-20wt.% based on the powder. After the powder is coated with the solution of lactic acid fermentation, the powder is dried by heating, drying, etc., to give the titled cosmetic base, which is blended with a colorant, etc., to give a product.
In observational studies, small daily doses of lithium from smoking cigarettes have been associated with a 77% reduced risk of developing Parkinson's disease (PD). In addition, lithium therapy has been effective in preventing neuronal death and behavioral symptoms in several PD animal models. Recently, our group has shown 24-weeks of low-dose lithium therapy in PD to be associated with improvements in both MRI and blood-based biomarkers implying that lithium may be slowing the progression of the disease. However, these findings stemmed from only three of four patients receiving MRIs. Our group is now conducting two larger studies enrolling a total of 35 PD patients who are being treated with either 45mg/day or 20mg/day of lithium or placebo therapy for 24 weeks. Because our earlier study showed maximum improvements in PD biomarkers in patients with serum lithium levels of 0.25-0.50mmol/L and there are large interpatient variations in serum lithium levels achieved from the same lithium dosage, this present study will adjust lithium dosing in each patient to achieve this target serum lithium level for an additional 24 weeks. MRI and blood-based biomarker changes from Baseline will be compared in patients with serum lithium levels ≥ 0.25mmol/L and \<0.25mmol/L from one of the 24-week studies and within individual patients. Results from this study may identify a target serum lithium level range associated with maximum improvements in PD biomarkers that can be used in the design of future, larger lithium PD lithium trials, which may eventually support lithium as a disease-modifying therapy for PD that could improve patients' long-term prognoses.
PURPOSE:A trichogenous agent, containing a basic peptide in which amino acids, e.g. histidine, serine, aspartic acid, alanine, valine, phenylalanine, etc., are oriented in a straight line as an active ingredient, having blood stream increasing action and capable of exhibiting improved effect. CONSTITUTION:A trichogenous agent containing a basic peptide, expressed by the formula and having 28 amino acids oriented in a straight line and 3326 molecular weight as an active ingredient. When the above-mentioned peptide is applied to the skin, improved effect on hair production or growth can be exhibited by local blood stream increasing action. The preferred form of the trichogenous agent includes a semisolid material containing an ointment base, e.g. white oil, absorption base, e.g. hydrophilic vaseline, W/O type milky lotion base, O/W type milky lotion base, water-soluble base, e.g. polyethylene glycol ointment, etc., as a base material. A peripheral vasodilator, keratolytic agent, humectant, germicide, etc., may be added.
BACKGROUND: Overnutrition in early life increases the risk of obesity and metabolic diseases. We investigated the effects and the window period of a curcumin (CUR) diet on postnatal overfed rats.
METHODS: Male rats aged 3 days were randomly divided into normal litters (NL, 10 pups/litter) and small litters (SL, 3 pups/litter). After weaning (Week 3, W3), NL rats were fed a normal diet (NL) and SL rats were fed a normal diet (SL) or 2% CUR diet from weaning (W3) (SL-CURW13), beginning of puberty (W6) (SL-CURW16), or end of puberty (W8) (SL-CURW18) for 10 weeks.
RESULTS: Body weight, glucose intolerance and hyperlipidemia in the SL rats were higher than in the NL rats, especially after puberty. After the CUR intervention, SL-CURW13 and SL-CURW16 rats showed lower body weight gain, adipose tissue weight and mRNA level of C/EBPα in SAT, along with higher mRNA levels of β-catenin. There was no difference between SL and SL-CURW18 rats. Glucose tolerance, serum lipids and hepatic lipids recovered to normal in the SL-CURW13 rats, but only partially in the SL-CURW16 and SL-CURW18 rats.
CONCLUSION: Prepuberty is a window period for CUR intervention to improve programmed outcomes in postnatal overfed rats.
IMPACT: Overnutrition during the first 1000 days of life has persistent negative effects on metabolism. Strategies should be taken to prevent overnutrition in early life to reduce the risk of obesity and metabolic disease in later life. A small-litter rat model was utilized to simulate early-life overnutrition in humans. We investigated the different effects and critical period for curcumin intervention on postnatal overfed rats. Dietary curcumin intervention before puberty could effectively transform nutritional programming to reduce obesity and metabolic disorders caused by early-life overnutrition, and an earlier intervention might predict a better outcome.
Sodium butyrate was chronically administrated through diet supplementation at 5% w/w in a high fat diet. Supplementation of butyrate prevented development of insulin resistance and obesity in C57BL/6J mice on a high fat diet, and in mice fed on a regular diet of tributyrin. Fasting blood glucose, insulin, and insulin tolerance were all reserved in the butyrate-treated mice. The body fat content was maintained at 10% without a reduction in food intake. Adaptive thermogenesis and fatty acid oxidation were enhanced. An increase in mitochondria function and biogenesis was observed in the skeletal muscle and brown fat, and Type 1 muscle fiber was enriched in the skeletal muscle. In genetically obese mice, supplementation of butyrate led to an increase in insulin sensitivity and reduction in adiposity. Dietary supplementation of butyrate can prevent and treat diet-induced insulin resistance.
As the COVID-19 pandemic exploded, hospitals across the globe completely excluded or severely limited family visitors. Thousands of patients have faced life-threatening illness or died without any loved ones at the bedside. Patients with AD were often unable to understand why their family members could not be present, leading to increased agitation. The calming presence that family often provide to hospitalized patients was missing. In addition to the tragedy for patients, family members were forced to address decisions about life-sustaining treatments without being able to see the patient or talk face to face with clinicians. As our knowledge of coronavirus transmission expanded, visitor restrictions have been relaxed in some cases but not eliminated. Urgent interventions are needed to mitigate the harm of these restrictions. While the future is uncertain, COVID-19 cases are rising across the country, suggesting that visitation will continue to be restricted. Additionally, our tertiary referral center often admits patients from across the state, limiting the ability of family members to be at the bedside. Harnessing virtual technologies has the potential to enhance surrogate/clinician communication and decision making during the pandemic and after.

Telehealth has greatly expanded the abilities of patients to see clinicians remotely or for clinician to clinician consultation, but prior to COVID-19 there were few interventions aimed at the family members of hospitalized patients. We feel we are poised to rapidly move along the NIH research pathway given that we are studying our early implementation. At the conclusion of this pilot, we will then conduct an effectiveness trial, followed by an embedded, pragmatic clinical trial.
Activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP) syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder resulting in intellectual disability, developmental delay and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and is due to mutations in the ADNP gene. Ketamine treatment has emerged as a promising therapeutic option for ADNP syndrome, showing safety and apparent behavioral improvements in a first open label study. However, the molecular perturbations induced by ketamine remain poorly understood. Here, we investigated the longitudinal effect of ketamine on the blood transcriptome of 10 individuals with ADNP syndrome. Transcriptomic profiling was performed before and at multiple time points after a single low-dose intravenous ketamine infusion (0.5 mg/kg). We show that ketamine triggers immediate and profound gene expression alterations, with specific enrichment of monocyte-related expression patterns. These acute alterations encompass diverse signaling pathways and co-expression networks, implicating upregulation of immune and inflammatory-related processes and down-regulation of RNA processing mechanisms and metabolism. Notably, these changes exhibit a transient nature, returning to baseline levels 24 hours to 1 week after treatment. These findings enhance our understanding of ketamine's molecular effects and lay the groundwork for further research elucidating its specific cellular and molecular targets. Moreover, they contribute to the development of therapeutic strategies for ADNP syndrome and potentially, ASD more broadly.
In Population Ⅱ, 20 subjects were considered to be recombinant mycobacterium tuberculosis fusion protein (EC) was positive. First, 5 people aged 18-59 years were selected for low dose injection, 5 people aged 18-59 years were selected for high dose injection, 5 people aged ≥60 years were selected for low dose injection, and 5 people aged ≥60 years were selected for high dose injection.The subjects received a total of 6 doses of the vaccine, 1 dose every 2 weeks.
Bariatric surgical procedures such as sleeve gastrectomy (SG) provide effective type 2 diabetes (T2D) remission in human patients. Previous work demonstrated that gastrointestinal levels of the bacterial metabolite lithocholic acid (LCA) are decreased after SG in mice and humans. Here, we show that LCA worsens glucose tolerance and impairs whole-body metabolism. We also show that taurodeoxycholic acid (TDCA), which is the only bile acid whose concentration increases in the murine small intestine post-SG, suppresses the bacterial bile acid-inducible (bai) operon and production of LCA both in vitro and in vivo. Treatment of diet-induced obese mice with TDCA reduces LCA levels and leads to microbiome-dependent improvements in glucose handling. Moreover, TDCA abundance is decreased in small intestinal tissue from T2D patients. This work reveals that TDCA is an endogenous inhibitor of LCA production and suggests that TDCA may contribute to the glucoregulatory effects of bariatric surgery.