anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
In one double-blind clinical trial, 64 patients with moderate to severe Paget’s disease of bone were enrolled to receive 5 mg, 15 mg, or 30 mg of pamidronate disodium as a single 4-hour infusion on 3 consecutive days, for total doses of 15 mg, 45 mg, and 90 mg of pamidronate disodium.

The mean baseline serum alkaline phosphatase levels were 1,409 U/L, 983 U/L, and 1,085 U/L, and the mean baseline urine hydroxyproline/creatinine ratios were 0.25, 0.19, and 0.19 for the 15-mg, 45-mg, and 90-mg groups, respectively.

The effects of pamidronate disodium on serum alkaline phosphatase (SAP) and urine hydroxyproline/creatinine ratios (UOHP/C) are summarized in the following table. 

The median maximum percent decreases from baseline in serum alkaline phosphatase and urine hydroxyproline/creatinine ratios were 25%, 41%, and 57%, and 25%, 47%, and 61% for the 15-mg, 45-mg, and 90-mg groups, respectively. The median time to response (≥50% decrease) for serum alkaline phosphatase was approximately 1 month for the 90-mg group, and the response duration ranged from 1 to 372 days.

No statistically significant differences between treatment groups, or statistically significant changes from baseline were observed for the bone pain response, mobility, and global evaluation in the 45-mg and 90-mg groups. Improvement in radiologic lesions occurred in some patients in the 90-mg group.

Twenty-five patients who had Paget’s disease were retreated with 90 mg of pamidronate disodium. Of these, 44% had a ≥50% decrease in serum alkaline phosphatase from baseline after treatment, and 39% had a ≥50% decrease in urine hydroxyproline/creatinine ratio from baseline after treatment. 

###  Osteolytic Bone Metastases of Breast Cancer and Osteolytic Lesions of Multiple Myeloma

Osteolytic bone metastases commonly occur in patients with multiple myeloma or breast cancer. These cancers demonstrate a phenomenon known as osteotropism, meaning they possess an extraordinary affinity for bone. The distribution of osteolytic bone metastases in these cancers is predominantly in the axial skeleton, particularly the spine, pelvis, and ribs, rather than the appendicular skeleton, although lesions in the proximal femur and humerus are not uncommon. This distribution is similar to the red bone marrow in which slow blood flow possibly assists attachment of metastatic cells. The surface-to-volume ratio of trabecular bone is much higher than cortical bone, and therefore disease processes tend to occur more floridly in trabecular bone than at sites of cortical tissue. 

These bone changes can result in patients having evidence of osteolytic skeletal destruction leading to severe bone pain that requires either radiation therapy or narcotic analgesics (or both) for symptomatic relief. These changes also cause pathologic fractures of bone in both the axial and appendicular skeleton. Axial skeletal fractures of the vertebral bodies may lead to spinal cord compression or vertebral body collapse with significant neurologic complications. Also, patients may experience episode(s) of hypercalcemia.
These 50 patients will wear the AccuFlow sensor device during their surgery, and will complete the post-procedural survey. The data will be reviewed after 25 patients, and the pilot study may be stopped at that point if it is felt that the device feasibility and tolerability have been adequately established.
The recommended starting dosage of REBLOZYL is 1 mg/kg once every 3 weeks by subcutaneous injection for the treatment of anemia of MDS. Prior to each REBLOZYL dose, review the patient’s hemoglobin and transfusion record. Titrate the dose based on responses according to Table 3. Interrupt treatment for adverse reactions as described in Table 4. Discontinue REBLOZYL if a patient does not experience a decrease in transfusion burden including no increase from baseline hemoglobin after 9 weeks of treatment (administration of 3 doses) at the maximum dose level (1.75 mg/kg), or if unacceptable toxicity occurs at any time.

If a planned administration of REBLOZYL is delayed or missed, administer REBLOZYL as soon as possible and continue dosing as prescribed, with at least 3 weeks between doses.

Dose Modifications for Response

Assess and review hemoglobin results prior to each administration of REBLOZYL. If an RBC transfusion occurred prior to dosing, use the pretransfusion hemoglobin for dose evaluation.

If a patient is not RBC transfusion-free after at least 2 consecutive doses (6 weeks) at the 1 mg/kg starting dose, increase the REBLOZYL dose to 1.33 mg/kg (Table 3). If a patient is not RBC transfusion-free after at least 2 consecutive doses (6 weeks) at the 1.33 mg /kg dose level, increase the REBLOZYL dose to 1.75 mg/kg. Do not increase the dose more frequently than every 6 weeks (2 doses) or beyond the maximum dose of 1.75 mg/kg.

In the absence of transfusions, if hemoglobin increase is greater than 2 g/dL within 3 weeks or if the predose hemoglobin is greater than or equal to 11.5 g/dL, reduce the dose or interrupt treatment with REBLOZYL as described in Table 3. If, upon dose reduction, the patient loses response (i.e., requires a transfusion) or hemoglobin concentration drops by 1 g/dL or more in 3 weeks in the absence of transfusion, increase the dose by one dose level. Wait a minimum of 6 weeks between dose increases.

Dose modifications for response are provided in Table 3.

Dose Modifications for Toxicity

For patients experiencing Grade 3 or higher adverse reactions, modify treatment as described in Table 4.
ORABLOC contains epinephrine, a vasoconstrictor that can cause local or systemic toxicity and should be used cautiously. Local toxicity may include ischemic injury or necrosis, which may be related to vascular spasm. ORABLOC should be used with caution in patients during or following the administration of potent general anesthetic agents, since cardiac arrhythmias may occur under such conditions. Patients with peripheral vascular disease and those with hypertensive vascular disease may exhibit exaggerated vasoconstrictor response.

The American Heart Association has made the following recommendation regarding the use of local anesthetics with vasoconstrictors in patients with ischemic heart disease: “Vasoconstrictor agents should be used in local anesthesia solutions during dental practice only when it is clear that the procedure will be shortened or the analgesia rendered more profound. When a vasoconstrictor is indicated, extreme care should be taken to avoid intravascular injection. The minimum possible amount of vasoconstrictor should be used.” (Kaplan, 1986). It is essential to aspirate before any injection to avoid administration of the drug into the blood stream.
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. Obesity and atherosclerosis are considered risk factors for this pathology. There are multiple methods to evaluate obesity, in the same way as there are different formulas to determine atherogenic risk. Since both pathologies are closely related, the objective of our work was to evaluate whether the ECORE-BF scale is capable of predicting atherogenic risk.
METHODS: Observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study in which 386,924 workers from several autonomous communities in Spain participated. The association between the ECORE-BF scale and five atherogenic risk indices was evaluated. The relationship between variables was assessed using the chi-square test and Student's t test in independent samples. Multivariate analysis was performed with the multinomial logistic regression test, calculating the odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals, with the Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test. ROC curves established the cut-off points for moderate and high vascular age and determined the Youden index.
RESULTS: The mean values of the ECORE-BF scale were higher in individuals with atherogenic dyslipidemia and the lipid triad, as well as in those with elevated values of the three atherogenic indices studied, with p <0.001 in all cases. As atherogenic risk increased across the five evaluated scales, the prevalence of obesity also significantly increased, with p <0.001 in all cases. In the ROC curve analysis, the AUCs for atherogenic dyslipidemia and the lipid triad were above 0.75, indicating a good association between these scales and the ECORE-BF. Although the Youden indices were not exceedingly high, they were around 0.5.
CONCLUSIONS: There is a good association between atherogenic risk scales, atherogenic dyslipidemia, and lipid triad, and the ECORE-BF scale. The ECORE-BF scale can be a useful and quick tool to evaluate atherogenic risk in primary care and occupational medicine consultations without the need for blood tests.
FIELD: cosmetology. SUBSTANCE: composition is made on base of cationic polymers. It additionally contains in cosmetically- acceptable medium one ceramide and/or glycoceramide. Used as cationic polymer is at least one cationic polymer containing in main chain primary, secondary, tertiary amino groups or quaternary ammonium groups. In this case composition contains not less than 4 mas.% of anionic, and/or amphoteric, and/or zwitterion surface-active agents. EFFECT: improved cosmetic properties at hair combing. 13 cl, 7 ex
The PLWH in this arm will receive five 2-hour intervention sessions delivered over five weeks (one session per week) in the clinics. Two trained facilitators will deliver the materials through interactive trainings that include multimedia presentations, group discussions, role-play, personal testimonies, and/or games. The same two facilitators will deliver all five sessions within a clinic to increase group cohesion and rapport with PLWH. The goal of this intervention is to assist PLWH in identifying and developing internal and external resilience resources to aid in coping HIV stigma.
Patients receive paclitaxel IV on days 1, 8, and 15. Patients also receive nilotinib hydrochloride monohydrate PO on days 7, 8, 14, and 15 of cycle 1 and days -1, 1, 7, 8, 14, and 15 of cycle 2. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Participants will receive placebo loading dose followed by placebo for 12 weeks during Induction phase. Participants with clinical response at Week 12 will continue to receive placebo into a 40-weeks blinded maintenance period. Participants without a clinical response at Week 12 will receive a 450mg GSK2330811 SC loading dose at Week 12, followed by 150 mg SC every week from Week 13 until Week 23, followed by 150 mg SC every 2 weeks until Week 50.
A stable solution of a thiobarbiturate for parenteral injection comprises a substantially water-free solution of a thiobarbiturate in a parenterally acceptable water-miscible organic solvent containing a water-free alkali metal alkalizing agent providing an alkali metal concentration substantially in excess of that required to maintain the said thiobarbiturate in solution as an alkali-metal salt.  The preferred solvents are ethyl alcohol, propylene glycol and mixtures thereof.  Specified alkalizing agents include sodium ethoxide, anhydrous alkali metal hydroxide, the alkali metal salts of monoethanolamine and the reaction product of sodium and propylene glycol.  The compositions may be prepared by dissolving a calculated amount of metallic sodium sufficient to provide the excess alkalinity in an excess of pure ethyl alcohol in an inert (nitrogen) atmosphere, adding propylene glycol and the thiobarbiturate as the sodium salt, and making up to the final volume by addition of solvent.  In an example finely divided sodium is dissolved in absolute ethyl alcohol, and propylene glycol added to the so-formed sodium ethoxide solution. Sodium ethyl-(1-methylbutyl)- thiobarbiturate is dissolved therein to give a 25 per cent w/v solution.
Juice fermented with lactic acid bacteria (LAB) has received attention due to its health benefits, such as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. Previous research on LAB-fermented goji juice mainly focused on exploring the changes in the metabolite profile and antioxidant activity in vitro, whereas the liver protection properties of LAB-fermented goji juice in vivo are still unknown. This study aimed to investigate the effects of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei E10-fermented goji juice (E10F), Lactiplantibacillus plantarum M-fermented goji juice (MF), Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus LGG-fermented goji juice (LGGF) on preventing acute alcoholic liver injury with physiology, gut microbial, and metabolic profiles in mice. Compared with goji juice, E10F, MF, and LGGF enhanced the protective effect against liver injury by reducing serum alanine transaminase (ALT) levels, improving the hepatic glutathione (GSH) antioxidant system, and attenuating inflammation by decreasing the levels of interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β. Furthermore, E10F, MF, and LGGF increased intestinal integrity, restructured the gut microbiota including Bacteroides and Lactobacillus, and altered gut microbial metabolites including kyotorphin, indolelactic acid, and N-methylserotonin. Pretreatment of different LAB-fermented goji juice in mice showed significant differences in gut microbiota and metabolism. The correlation analysis demonstrated that the increase of Lactobacillus, indolelactic acid, and N-methylserotonin by E10F, MF, and LGGF was positively correlated with reduced inflammation and improved liver and gut function. Taken together, E10F, MF, and LGGF all have the potential to be converted into dietary interventions to combat acute alcoholic liver injury. It provided a reference for the study of the hepatoprotective effect of LAB-fermented goji juice.
The invention provides a glucagon-like peptide-1 mutant polypeptide, its preparation method and an application thereof. The mutant series polypeptide is formed by adding Cys series Exendin-4 (31-39) to the C terminal of the glucagon-like peptide-1 mutant. And the mutant series polypeptide folds itself to form a disulfide bond. The glucagon-like peptide-1 mutant polypeptide has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO 1, which is generated by point mutation to Cys occurring at the 9th Asp, 16th Gly or 27th Val of amino acid residues and the addition of Cys to the C terminal. The Exendin-4(31-39) has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO 5. The glucagon-like peptide-1 mutant series polypeptide is used for preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for treating diabetes and treating and/or preventing obesity.
The present invention relates to a tablet for eye recovery, which is an oral administration medicine in the ophthalmology of western medicine and is composed of 2.5% of vitamin B1, 25% of vitamin C, 1.25% of vitamin B, 62.5% of terramycin and 8.75% of rutin. 20 million units of vitamin A is added in each kilogram of the mixed raw materials to be uniformly mixed. Then the standard tablet of 0.5 grams is produced by a sterilizing device, a stirrer, a conveyor and a standard 0.5 g-tablet producing machine. A finished product is obtained after sealing packaging. The tablet for eye recovery can be produced by the manufacturer which can produce 0.5g-standard tablets. The present invention is used for various bacterial conjunctivitis, hyperemia conjunctivitis, conjunctival ulcers, hyperemia keratitis, keratohelcosis, eyeground staxis symptoms and bacterial keratitis. The present invention has the usage of one gram in each time of oral administration, three times a day and 7-day treating course.
Following enrollment, patients will be CD34+ stem cell mobilized at the discretion of the treating attending physician with the plerixafor for the achievement of \>6 x10\^6 CD34+ cells/kg. The patients that fail to mobilize \>6 x10\^6 CD34+ cells/kg will not be randomized and will subsequently be followed for disease progression and overall survival.. Patients with \>6 x10\^6 CD34+ cells/kg cryopreserved on study will be admitted to the hospital for planned ASCT. Patients will be randomly infused with either 3-4 x 10\^6 CD34+ stem cells/kg or 6-8 x10\^6 CD34+ stem cells/kg on d0 per study randomization. The cell dose ranges within the two groups allows variability within aliquots of cells at the time of cryopreservation. Patients will receive standard supportive measures (including: growth factor support post-HDT/ASCT, antimicrobial prophylaxis, red blood cell and platelet transfusion and treatment for neutropenic fever) as per institutional guideline practices.
Disclosed herein is a method for diagnosing a mycobacterial infection in a subject. The method comprises performing acetonitrile fractionation of a subject sample to deplete depleted in high molecular weight proteins. The sample is enzymatically digested and analyzed with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and bottom-up proteomic analysis to identify a plurality of sample peptides. The sample is then analyzed with a classifier algorithm and a PW species identification score (PWsp) is generated by dividing the number of single and multi-peptide combinations that identify a specific mycobacterium species by the total number of peptide combinations specific for any mycobacteria. A higher PWsp for a given species of mycobacterium indicates a higher likelihood the subject has an infection of that species. This method provides an efficient and accurate way of diagnosing mycobacterial infections in subjects.
The couple completes a CHTC session which includes the substance use calendar and structured debriefing activity. This is administered following Step 5 in the standard CDC protocol, just prior to delivery of HIV test results.
FIELD: medical engineering. SUBSTANCE: material is produced by applying sole-gel method at maximum absorption wavelength (λ max ) belonging to 370-400 nm bandwidth. The material has at least one organic solar protection filter UV-A having maximum absorption wavelength of 370 nm, at least one metal alkoxy compound selected from zirconium, titanium and aluminum alkoxy compounds, at least one functionalized organic polymer or predecessor of such polymer or at least one functionalized organosilicon polymer or predecessor of such polymer, at least one solvent and water in the amount enough for making partial or complete metal alkoxy compound hydrolysis and its condensation. Method involves displacing organic solar protection filter UV-A maximum absorption wavelength (λ max ) to 370- 400 nm bandwidth from one having (λ max ) less than 370 nm. Cosmetic preparation and/or dermatological composition for protecting skin and/or keratin materials has material disclosed in the present invention. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness in preventing immunodepressive skin response and skin aging due to solar action. 38 cl
The overarching aim of the research program is to develop a vaccine against cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) based on sandfly salivary proteins (SFSPs). In order to determine whether vaccination with SFSPs can reduce the subsequent incidence of Leishmania major infections or CL in humans, it is first necessary to establish baseline rates of parasite infection and disease. We have selected two rural villages in central Mali where we have readily observed CL lesions in individuals of all ages and large numbers of sandflies that are known to transmit L. major in West Africa. The main objectives of this study are to estimate a cross-sectional prevalence of L. major exposure; to determine the prevalence of CL; to determine an annual incidence rate of L. major infection; and to determine whether robust in vitro T and B cell responses to SFSPs correlate with protection against newly acquired L. major infection or CL. To meet these objectives, a standard leishmanin skin test (LST) will be administered to all residents of two Malian villages in order to identify a cohort of subjects who are at risk for newly acquired L. major. After the sandfly biting and disease transmission seasons, all subjects will be examined for the development of CL lesions every month for 5 months total. CL lesions will be treated topically with paromomycin- methylbenzethonium chloride ointment twice daily for 20 days. Response to therapy will be documented on days 28 and 42 of the protocol. After allowing adequate time for the development of delayed-type hypersensitivity responses to parasite antigens, LSTs will be re-administered to all subjects. Conversion from a negative to positive LST will be taken as evidence of newly acquired L. major infection. LST conversion data and clinical diagnosis of CL lesions will allow us to calculate both the incidence of new L. major infections and CL in our study population. In vitro T and B cell responses to SFSPs will be measured from a subset of individuals and correlated with relative resistance to both L. major infection and the development of clinically apparent lesions.
Three sessions per week during 4-6-months according to each individual treatment plan. Participants allocated in this group will perform moderate-intensity cycling exercise.
The Sponsor provided each 170 mg dose of strontium as strontium L-lactate dry powder packaged in individual vials. The powder was prepared for consumption by adding 10 mL of distilled water to the vial and stirring until dissolution was complete. This liquid was then poured into an administration cup. An additional 10 mL of distilled water was used to rinse the remaining SrLac into the administration cup. Then 80 mL of distilled water was added directly into the administration cup. Following consumption of the 100 mL solution of SrLac, another 100 mL of distilled water was added into the administration cup, swirled, and consumed by the subject.
Cetirizine, a human metabolite of hydroxyzine, is an antihistamine; its principal effects are mediated via selective inhibition of peripheral H 1 receptors. The antihistaminic activity of cetirizine has been clearly documented in a variety of animal and human models. In vivo and ex vivo animal models have shown negligible anticholinergic and antiserotonergic activity. In clinical studies, however, dry mouth was more common with cetirizine than with placebo. In vitro receptor binding studies have shown no measurable affinity for other than H 1 receptors. Autoradiographic studies with radiolabeled cetirizine in the rat have shown negligible penetration into the brain. Ex vivo experiments in the mouse have shown that systemically administered cetirizine does not significantly occupy cerebral H 1 receptors.