anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
Multigene panel testing now allows efficient testing of many cancer susceptibility genes leading to a larger number of mutation carriers being identified. They need to be counseled about their cancer risk conferred by the specific gene mutation. An important cancer susceptibility gene is PALB2. Multiple studies reported risk estimates for breast cancer (BC) conferred by pathogenic variants in PALB2. Due to the diverse modalities of reported risk estimates (age-specific risk, odds ratio, relative risk, and standardized incidence ratio) and effect sizes, a meta-analysis combining these estimates is necessary to accurately counsel patients with this mutation. However, this is not trivial due to heterogeneity of studies in terms of study design and risk measure. We utilized a recently proposed Bayesian random-effects meta-analysis method that can synthesize estimates from such heterogeneous studies. We applied this method to combine estimates from 12 studies on BC risk for carriers of pathogenic PALB2 mutations. The estimated overall (meta-analysis-based) risk of BC is 12.80% (6.11%-22.59%) by age 50 and 48.47% (36.05%-61.74%) by age 80. Pathogenic mutations in PALB2 makes women more susceptible to BC. Our risk estimates can help clinically manage patients carrying pathogenic variants in PALB2.
An apparatus and method for detecting the presence of at least two predetermined known materials in a test sample are disclosed. The apparatus includes a sample addition station for adding a sample to a test column in the apparatus, a reagent station, a washing station, a detection station for detecting signals on the snares of the test column due to the presence of the predetermined known materials in the sample, and conveying means for conveying the test column from the sample addition station to the reagent station, washing station, and detection station. The test sample is introduced into a test column which has at least two snares for capturing the predetermined known materials, and the snares are separate spatially one from another. Each snare has a capture material specific to the associated predetermined known material. The detection station has a plurality of detectors for detecting signals on the snares of the test column due to the presence of the predetermined known materials in the sample. The method is useful for detection of pathogens, DNA and RNA.
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new and safe collagenase activity inhibitor or cosmetic composition. SOLUTION: This collagenase activity inhibitor or cosmetic composition comprises one or more kinds of plant extracts selected from Vaccinium vitis- idaea L., Betula platyphylla Sukatch var. japonica Hara, Cyperus rotundus L., Tilia platyphyllos Scop. and Thea sinensis L. (or Camellia sinensis L.). Thereby, the collagenase activity inhibitor or cosmetic composition has collagenase activity inhibitory actions and is capable of imparting luster and firmness to the skin, reducing even wrinkles and flabbiness and maintaining a state of the youthful skin. As a result the collagenase activity inhibitor or cosmetic composition is effective in preventing skin aging.
Participants and their family member meet with a community health worker in their home over 90 minutes to learn about physical activity, healthy eating, and to set goals, once a month for 6 months. Participants also receive 2-5 text messages per week that contain health tips related to healthy lifestyles and information about local resources. Participants also attend a study visit with a research staff over 90-120 minutes at a community center, MD Anderson, or at home at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months.
It is well documented that caffeine ingestion increases the endurance of young people exercising at 60%-85% of their maximal oxygen uptake (13;15;47). It also seems to improve endurance as measured by repeated sub-maximal isometric contraction (42), and decreases the rate of perceived exertion during exercise (6;9;46). Typically, doses of approximately 6 mg/kg caffeine were used in these studies.

With a growing number of elderly with a physical active lifestyle and many elderly participating in rehabilitation programs the endurance enhancing effect of caffeine is of increasing interest in this age group. We therefore conducted a study of healthy 75 year old citizens to investigate whether 6 mg/kg caffeine improved physical performance and reduced the perceived effort during work in healthy citizens aged ≥ 70 years. The main hypothesis was that caffeine would improve cycling endurance at 65% of expected maximal heart rate. The study showed that compared to placebo caffeine increased endurance by 25 % (p\<0.0001) and isometric sub-maximal strength with 54 % (p\<0.0001), reduced perceived exertion after 5 minutes of biking by 11 % (p=0.002), but in 21 of 30 participants there was reduced postural stability (with eyes open). In the above described study participants abstained from caffeine containing drinks and foods for 48 hours prior to each test. Half of the participants reported withdrawal symptoms. Such a long caffeine abstinence period would infer with daily life for many people. We therefore invited the participants from the above study to a repetition of the above study to test whether similar results would be obtained if participants only abstained from caffeine containing drinks and foods for 8 hours prior to each test.
The invention discloses a making method of concentrated Bolus of Six Drugs Including Rehmannia, which comprises the following steps: fetching prepared rehmannia root, Cornaceae, moutan bark, Dioscorea japonica, poria cocos wolf and Alismatales as raw materials; extracting paeonol from bark of peony root; adding dregs of a decoction, Cornaceae, prepared rehmannia root, poria cocos wolf and Alismataceae into water to boil; condensing filtrate into plaster; grinding Dioscorea japonica and residual Cornaceae powder into flour; sieving; blending evenly; blending the plaster, flour and paeonol evenly; pelletizing; drying; polishing; obtaining the plaster with relative density at 1. 38-1. 40/75 deg. c; controlling the dried pill weight at 0. 425g-0. 445g/pill and diameter at 8. 5-9. 2mm/pill; adding alcohol or disintegration agent to modify the drying technique. The invention converses 3 pills as norm as original 3g drug to satisfy the request of inner quality and appearance, which reduces the dosage for patient with convenient intake.
All patients will receive intratumoral injection(s) with OBP-301. If tolerated and no progression is observed, up to twelve injections may be given in each patient.
Subjects given 50ml 70% 2H2O (Heavy Water) 3 times a day for the first 5 days followed by 60 ml daily for a total of 4 weeks (labeling phase). Subjects given first dose in clinic. Subjects then given individual doses of 2H2O to consume at home; after the 5-day loading period, a 60 ml maintenance dose of 2H2O will be drunk at bedtime. At end of the 4th week, subjects stop drinking 2H2O (washout phase) and be followed from 6-12 weeks until beginning treatment with PCI-32765. PCI-32765 administered with 8 ounces (\~240mL) of water at a dose of 420 mg (3 x 140mg capsules) orally once daily and continued daily. Treatment duration is 12 cycles, with each cycle consisting of 28 days.
Intervention drink; Participants will receive 500 ml drinking water from the San Francisco tap (i.e. fluoridated tap water). 500 ml is the standard bottle size.
Panic disorder; palpitations, sweating, tachycardia, fear of death, depersonalization, derealization, fear of going crazy, etc. It is a psychiatric disorder with symptoms. The most commonly used psychotherapy method for panic disorder patients is cognitive behavioral therapies. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a psychotherapy method originating from cognitive behavioral therapy. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps individuals act in the direction of their values by allowing them to contact their painful experiences rather than trying to escape or try to get rid of their difficult experiences, thoughts, and feelings. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports psychological well-being by providing psychological flexibility in the person. Rumination is mental rumination, which is used to keep thoughts spinning in the mind repetitively after an event.Self-compassion is a concept used to mean understanding oneself despite one's mistakes. This study aims to create psychoeducation based on acceptance and commitment therapy for patients with panic disorder and to evaluate the effect of this program on rumination and self-compassion. Psychoeducation, an evidence-based practice, is very important for the nursing profession. Although nurses have a significant impact on psychoeducational practices, this role is ignored and not implemented adequately. In addition, since there is no research examining the concepts of rumination and self-compassion together in people with panic disorder, it is thought that our study will be useful in new research.
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a severe and potentially life-threatening hypersensitivity reaction. Although commonly associated with specific drugs, there have been no reports of DRESS syndrome caused by medical devices. We report a unique case of DRESS syndrome linked to a particular hemodialysis membrane during treatment. An 83-year-old man on hemodialysis exhibited fever, rash, and elevated eosinophils. Despite medication changes and consultations with specialists, his condition persisted. A drug-induced lymphocyte stimulation test revealed a positive response to the dialysis membrane. His symptoms and lab results met DRESS syndrome diagnostic criteria. After substituting the membrane and administering glucocorticoids, the patient displayed early improvement. Diagnosing DRESS syndrome is complex due to its varied presentation and lack of specific benchmarks. This instance underscores the need to consider medical devices as potential DRESS syndrome triggers. Enhanced physician awareness can facilitate prompt detection and proper management, ultimately refining patient outcomes.
PURPOSE: A dihydroquinazoline-2-thion derivative with an effect of suppressing melanogenesis is provided to effectively suppress pigmentation and to relieve hyperpigmentation. CONSTITUTION: A dihydroquinazoline-2-thion derivative is denoted by chemical formula 1. In chemical formula 1, R1 is -CH3 or -Cl. A composition for preventing or treating hyperpigmentary dermatitis contains dihydroquinazoline-2-thion derivative as an active ingredient. A cosmetic composition for whitening contains dihydroquinazoline-2-thion derivative as an active ingredient. A method for preparing the dihydroquinazoline-2-thion derivative compound comprises: a step of coupling amine compounds with 2-nitrobenzyl chloride derivative or 2-nitrobenzaldehyde derivative to obtain intermediate, 2-nitrobenzyl amine derivative; a step of reducing the nitro group of the intermediate with amino group to convert to 2-amino benzyl amine derivative; a step of reacting the derivative with N,N'-carbonyl diimidazole(CDI) to obtain dihydroquinazoline-2-one derivative; a step of treating the intermediate with a reagent.
Monoclonal antibodies are revealed which bind to the gp 120 protein on the envelope of HIV-1. These antibodies neutralize HIV-1. They inhibit the infection of T cells, and also inhibit syncytium formation. Further, the antibodies are group-specific and neutralize different strains and isolates of HIV-1. These antibodies have a variety of uses, including the treatment and prevention of AIDS and ARC. The antibodies are used in immunotoxins which are specifically toxic to HIV-1 infected T cells.
BACKGROUND: Obesity impairs homeostatic control of energy and is associated with chronic low-grade inflammation. Effects of glucagon-like peptide-1, the target in the gastrointestinal tract for anti-obesity drugs such as Liraglutide, were not properly associated with inflammation markers. This study investigated the effects of Liraglutide on metabolic and gastrointestinal parameters in a rat model of obesity.
METHODS: Twenty-six Wistar rats with obesity were randomly distributed to receive saline (n = 10), 400 μg (n = 8), or 1200 μg of Liraglutide/kg/day (n = 8), subcutaneously for 30 consecutive days, once a day. Weight gain, feeding efficiency, caloric consumption, gastric motility, adiposity, histomorphometric, murinometric, biochemical parameters and cytokines TNF-α and TGF-β1 in duodenal tissue were measured. Data were analysed by ANOVA, followed by Bonferroni post hoc or Kruskal-Wallis test, followed by Dunn's multiple comparison test.
RESULTS: Liraglutide-treated animals had better feeding efficiency and higher caloric intake in a dose-dependent manner. Higher doses slowed gastric emptying and diminished the amplitude of gastric contractions. These effects were accompanied by decreases in intestinal muscle layer thickness and crypt depth. Liraglutide significantly reduced retroperitoneal and visceral white adipose tissue depots. High-dose treatment decreased levels of TNF-α and enhanced levels of TGF-β1 in duodenal tissue. Liraglutide treatment provided significant reductions in total cholesterol, triglyceride and hepatic transaminases.
CONCLUSIONS: Liraglutide reduced fat accumulation, improved metabolic parameters and downregulated levels of inflammatory signalling in duodenal tissue. Liraglutide at high doses controlled obesity-related outcomes, and such effects seemed to be driven by its action on glucagon-like peptide-1 receptors in the gastrointestinal tract slowing gastric motility.
A system and method for remotely monitoring a patient and for training the patient to comply with a treatment plan for a health condition. A patient computing device collects data relating to the patient's health condition and transmits the data to a clinician computer via a communication network. The data is analyzed in the clinician computer to determine an educational need of the patient for treating the health condition. An educational program corresponding to the patient's educational need is selected and a pointer to the educational program is embedded in an electronic message to the patient. The educational program is started on the patient computing device by selecting the embedded pointer in the electronic message. As the patient works with the educational program, new data relating to the patient's health condition is collected in the patient computing device and transmitted to the clinician computer for analysis. With this continuous feedback loop between the patient and clinician, the clinician is able to monitor the patient's progress and effectively train the patient to comply with the treatment plan.
The invention provides an imaging system and method. The imaging method may include acquiring imaging data associated with a region of interest (ROI) of a subject object. The imaging data may correspond to a plurality of time series images of the ROI. The imaging method may further include determining a dataset including a spatial basis and one or more temporal bases based on the imaging data. The spatial basis may include spatial information of the imaging data. The one or more time bases may include timing information of the imaging data. The imaging method may further include storing the spatial basis and the one or more temporal bases in a storage medium.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome is a leading cause of acute flaccid paralysis, presenting with limb weakness and hyporeflexia or areflexia. Guillain-Barré Syndrome is an immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy, with around 100,000 new cases reported worldwide annually. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of a robot-assisted rehabilitation treatment for upper limb motor recovery in patients with Guillain-Barré Syndrome. A double-blind randomized trial will be conducted, where the experimental group will undergo actual robotic rehabilitation sessions, while the control group will perform sessions in which the robot will carry out simple mobilization, comparable to traditional interventions. This approach will help maintain participant blinding. Patients will be evaluated before and after treatment, and with two follow-up assessments 60 and 90 days after therapy initiation. Evaluations will include muscle recruitment and autonomy in daily living activities.
Interlocking design with Cohort 1. Single dose; treatment period over 2 days such that one subject will receive GSK2239633 and one subject will receive placebo on Day 1. The remaining subjects will be dosed on day 2 of each treatment period assuming adequate safety from Day 1. Placebo and an escalation of GSK2239633 from 300mg, to 900mg, and 1500mg, will be administered over the 13 week long study allowing adequate washout period between doses.
A range is disclosed of benzimidazole-4-carboxamide compounds (I) which can act as potent inhibitors of the DNA repair enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase or PARP enzyme (EC 2.4.2.30), and which thereby can provide useful therapeutic compounds for use in conjunction with DNA-damaging cytotoxic drugs or radiotherapy to potentiate the effects of the latter. In formula (I), R and R' may each be selected independently from hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl (e.g.  CH2CH2OH), acyl (e.g. acetyl or benzoyl) or an optionally substituted aryl (e.g. phenyl) or aralkyl (e.g. benzyl or carboxybenzyl) group. R is generally a substituted phenyl group in the most preferred compounds. The compounds may also be used in the form of pharmaceutically acceptable salts or pro-drugs.
An interoceptive homeostatic reflex monitors levels of CO2/H+ to maintain blood gas homeostasis and rapidly regulate tissue acid-base balance by driving lung ventilation and CO2 excretion-this CO2-evoked increase in respiration is the hypercapnic ventilatory reflex (HCVR). Retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) neurons provide crucial excitatory drive to downstream respiratory rhythm/pattern-generating circuits, and their activity is directly modulated by changes in CO2/H+ RTN neurons express GPR4 and TASK-2, global deletion of which abrogates CO2/H+ activation of RTN neurons and the HCVR. It has not been determined if the intrinsic pH sensitivity of these proton detectors is required for these effects. We used CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing to generate mice with mutations in either of two pH-sensing histidine residues in GPR4 to determine effects on RTN neuronal CO2/H+ sensitivity and the HCVR. In global GPR4(H81F) and GPR4(H167F) mice, CO2-stimulated breathing and CO2-induced RTN neuronal activation were strongly blunted, with no effect on hypoxia-stimulated breathing. In brainstem slices from GPR4(H81F) mice, peak firing of RTN neurons during bath acidification was significantly reduced compared with GPR4 wild-type mice, and a subpopulation of RTN neurons was rendered pH-insensitive, phenocopying previous results from GPR4-deleted mice. These effects were independent of changes in RTN number/distribution, neuronal excitability or transcript levels for GPR4 and TASK-2. CO2-stimulated breathing was reduced to a similar extent in GPR4(H81F) and TASK-2-deleted mice, with combined mutation yielding no additional deficit in the HCVR. Together, these data demonstrate that the intrinsic pH sensitivity of GPR4 is necessary for full elaboration of the HCVR.
In the training, women will be divided into 5 groups and the training will be held in 5 separate sessions in one day. A training program will be completed with 9 women. All trainings will be conducted under the same conditions in the school's training room. Before the training, women will be informed about the training and their permission and consent will be obtained. The training prepared by the researcher will be presented to the women in the experimental group of the study. The presentation used in the training will include information about breast cancer, breast cancer screening programs and breast self-examination.
Environmental mismatches are defined as changes in the environment that induce public health crises. Well known mismatches leading to chronic disease include the availability of technologies that facilitate unhealthy diets and sedentary lifestyles, both factors that adversely affect cardiovascular health. This commentary puts these mismatches in context with biota alteration, an environmental mismatch involving hygiene-related technologies necessary for avoidance of infectious disease. Implementation of hygiene-related technologies causes a loss of symbiotic helminths and protists, profoundly affecting immune function and facilitating a variety of chronic conditions, including allergic disorders, autoimmune diseases, and several inflammation-associated neuropsychiatric conditions. Unfortunately, despite an established understanding of the biology underpinning this and other environmental mismatches, public health agencies have failed to stem the resulting tide of increased chronic disease burden. Both biomedical research and clinical practice continue to focus on an ineffective and reactive pharmaceutical-based paradigm. It is argued that the healthcare of the future could take into account the biology of today, effectively and proactively dealing with environmental mismatch and the resulting chronic disease burden.
BACKGROUND: Limited knowledge exists about the effectiveness of dry needling (DN) concerning the torso kinematics in patients with non-specific low back pain (NS-LBP). Acute effects of DN in NS-LBP patients from a functional perspective were investigated.
METHODS: Sixteen NS-LBP patients and 11 healthy individuals (HG) were examined. NS-LBP patients received a single session of DN at the lumbar region. Baseline and immediate post-treatment measurements during flexion-extension and lateral bending of the trunk were conducted for the NS-LBP patients. HG were measured only at baseline to be used as a reference of NS-LBP patients' initial condition. Algometry was applied in NS-LBP patients. Centre of pressure, range of motion of the trunk and its' derivatives were obtained.
FINDINGS: HG performed significantly faster, smoother and with greater mobility in the performed tasks compared to the pre intervention measurements of the NS-LBP patients. For the NS-LBP patients, significant greater angular velocity in frontal plane and significant lower jerk in the sagittal plane were demonstrated post intervention. DN alleviated pain tolerance significantly at the L5 level. Regarding the effectiveness of the DN upon spine kinematics, their derivatives were more sensitive.
INTERPRETATION: It appeared that the pathological type of torso movement was acutely affected by DN. NS-LBP patients showcased smoother movement immediately after the intervention and better control as imprinted in the higher derivative of motion although range of motion did not improve. This quantitative variable may not be subjected to acute effects of DN but rather need additional time and training to be improved.
The molecular cloning and characterization of a novel human retrovirus, designated lymphadenopathy-associated virus, or LAV, is disclosed. LAV was originally isolated from a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). A cloned LAV complementary DNA (cDNA) was used to screen a library of recombinant phages constructed from the genomic DNA of LAV-infected T lymphocytes. The nucleotide sequence of an insert obtained from the recombinant phage clone lambdJ19 was ascertained through M13 shotgun cloning and the dideoxy chain termination sequencing method. The env coding region was identified and peptides obtained therefrom. These peptides correspond to amino acids 239-294, 273-317, 300-327, 334-381, 397-424, and 466-500 of the LAV env. These peptides provide suitable diagnostic reagents for the detection LAV-specific antibodies and for the generation of LAV-specific immunological reagents.