anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the lethal human cancers worldwide and its incidence matches mortality, reflecting the poor prognosis of this disease. The surgical resection rate of HCC is low, and the prognosis is poor. Although transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is the main treatment for HCC patients who are not candidates for surgical resection, it is not considered a curative procedure. For HCC, poor TACE efficacy or TACE failure may be related to tumor angiogenesis of the residual disease. Among the many regulatory factors in tumor angiogenesis, hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) play vital roles in this process.

Sorafenib is the first systemic treatment drug, which has been approved by the FDA for advanced HCC. In order to find an new VEGFR-inhibitor with better effect and lower toxicity, Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co., Ltd. developed Apatinib, a high-performance VEGFR-2 tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Apatinib plays anti angiogenic effect in the treatment of malignant tumor mainly through inhibition of VEGFR-2, in vivo and in vitro experiments showed good tumor growth inhibitory activity on Hepatocellular carcinoma, this study aims to further verify the efficacy and safety of Apatinib for hepatocellular carcinoma patients who are not candidates for curative surgery, the primary endpoint is Progression Free Survival (PFS).
Dapsone and related sulfones are known to have therapeutic activity against leprosy, dermatitis herpetiformis, actinomycotic mycetoma, asthma, malaria, rheumatoid arthritis, Kaposiís sarcoma, pneumocystis carinií (pneumonia), subcorneal pustular dermatosis and cystic acne, in patients in need of such therapy. These sulfones are also known to have therapeutic activity against memory loss in patients in need of such therapy, including patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. It has now been found that new, modified-release formulations of dapsone and related sulfones may also be used that decrease side effects and increase effectiveness of the drugs. New methods are disclosed utilizing certain formulations of dapsone and related sulfones that improve the therapeutic index of said drugs. Side effects of these drugs are known to those skilled in the art and include, but are not restricted to anorexia, psychosis, agranulocytosis, peripheral neuritis, hemolysis, methemoglobinemia, nausea, vomiting, headache, dizziness, tachycardia, nervousness, insomnia and skin disorders. Modified-release (as defined herein) formulations of dapsone have now been found to avoid some or all of these side effects, and to have more efficacy on potency.
We recruit 160 healthy postmenopausal women between ages 48-55. Eighty women must have severe vasomotor symptoms (at least seven severe or moderate hot flush attacks per day) whereas 80 comparators must be symptomless (no hot flushes). Thorough vascular function and risk factor assessments will be done, including clinical assessment of autonomic nervous system, endothelial function measurements, 24-hour ECG and blood pressure evaluation, and lipid and various other vascular surrogate marker measurements. In the first part of the study we compare these baseline measurements between women with or without severe vasomotor symptoms. In the second part of the study the women are randomized to receive placebo, oral estrogen, oral estrogen plus progestin or transdermal estrogen for 6 months. After the treatments the baseline assessments are repeated.
OBJECTIVE: Some observational studies have unexpectedly reported the association of cholesterol metabolism with mental and psychological disorders, but a firm conclusion has not been drawn. The aim of this study was to further investigate the effects of peripheral cholesterol traits and cholesterol-lowering therapy on depression and schizophrenia using a Mendelian randomisation approach.
METHODS: Instrumental variables meeting the correlation, independence and exclusivity assumptions were extracted from one genome-wide association study for predicting total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and nonHDL cholesterol. Instrumental variables for total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol were also adopted to predict statin use (a type of cholesterol-lowering drug); these instrumental variables should not only satisfy the above assumptions but also be close to 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR, the target gene of statins) on the chromosome. Three methods (including inverse variance weighted) were used to conduct causal inference of the above exposures with depression and schizophrenia. Sensitivity analyses were performed to assess horizontal pleiotropy.
RESULTS: Higher levels of peripheral nonHDL cholesterol were nominally associated with a decreased risk of depression (P = 0.039), and higher levels of HMGCR-mediated total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol were nominally related to a decreased risk of depression (P = 0.013 and P = 0.028, respectively). Moreover, these cholesterol traits cannot affect the risk of schizophrenia. Sensitivity analysis did not reveal any horizontal pleiotropy.
CONCLUSION: The study provided some interesting, but less sufficient, evidence that nonHDL cholesterol may have a protective effect on depression, and lowering cholesterol using statins might increase the risk of the disease.
All patients who enroll in this trial will receive mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), which is a drug commonly given to patients with systemic sclerosis in clinical practice. Participants will be treated with MMF 0.5g twice a day for 48 weeks. Telitacicept will be subcutaneously injected at a dose of 160mg per week, lasting for 48 weeks.
Sucrose will be administered 2 minutes before the puncture following the current protocol of the unit. Venous or arterial puncture will be performed only in case it is required for therapeutic or care purposes.
The invention comprises compounds of general formula <FORM:0973882/C1/1> wherein Z1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent halogen atom or alkyl or nitro group in the 2 or 3 position, Z2 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent halogen atom or alkyl group in the 4, 5 or 6 position, and R1, R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom or a substituent alkyl group, provided that when Z1 is a hydrogen atom at least two of Z2, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are not hydrogen but are substituents as defined; acid addition salts thereof; and their preparation by (1) reacting a guanidine R5N=C(NR6R7)(NR8R9) or a salt thereo with a compound R10X where R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are each as appropriate, and not as respective, a benzyl, R1, R2, R3 and R4 group and a hydrogen atom, and X is a reactive proton accepting atom or group, and (2) reacting ammonia or an ammonia derivative or a salt thereof with an S-substituted isothiourea or a salt thereof, or with a cyanamide. N-Benzyl-S-methylisothiourea hydriodides are prepared by treating with methyl iodide corresponding benzyl-thioureas obtained from ammonia derivatives and isothiocyanates.  N-Benzyl-N1-methylguanidine is prepared from methylamine and N-benzyl-S-methylisothiourea hydriodide.  Pharmaceutical compositions comprise Compounds I or their acid addition salts together with acceptable carriers.  Forms mentioned are powders, granules, capsules, cachets, tablets (oral administration), solutions and suspensions (oral and parenteral), suppositories and pessaries. The compounds depress sympathetic function and may be used to treat hypertension.
The invention discloses raspberry and hawthorn fruit wine and a preparation method thereof. The raspberry and hawthorn fruit wine is characterized by containing 10 to 15 mass percent of raspberry juice, 6 to 10 mass percent of hawthorn juice, 8 to 15 percent of edible alcohol, 4 to 10 percent of cane sugar and the balance of wine substrate. The preparation comprises: mixing and blending the raspberry juice and hawthorn juice with the edible alcohol, cane sugar and wine substrate and uniformly stirring, wherein the alcohol volume reaches 12 percent, the acid concentration is 7g/L and the sugar concentration is 40g/L; closing and aging for 60 days; after aging is finished, sterilizing till the wine meets quality standards. The invention aims to provide fruit wine prepared by using raspberry and hawthorn f as raw materials and the preparation method thereof. The raspberry and hawthorn fruit wine has the effects of resisting cancer, beautifying, caring face skin, losing weight and preventing cardiovascular diseases. The appearance of the wine is red and uniform; the wine has strong mixed wine fragrance of raspberry and hawthorn; and the wine has an acid and sweet agreeable taste and is free from peculiar smell.
Polychromatic light emitting diode system is a non-significant risk device that administers low-dose light generated by a light emitting diode. Small adapter attaches directly to a standard 20-gauge catheter that threads a small fiber optic through the distal end of the catheter. The optic terminates at the distal end of the catheter. Polychromatic light is emitted to illuminate the catheter and site of catheter entrance. Concurrently, normal saline flows through the optic adapter and through into the 20-gauge catheter.
Chronic lower back pain (CLBP) is a significant health care issue in the United States and the world. CLBP contributes to decreased quality of life, decreased function and increased utilization of health care resources. The causes of CLBP tend to be multi-factorial. Arthropathy of the lumbar facet joints is thought to be a common etiology (15-45%). Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) of the medial branch nerve of the facet joint is a well-established treatment modality used to decrease facet joint pains. However, a wide range of temperature is being used (70-90 degrees Celsius). In addition, the optimal temperature that provides the best patient outcomes with the least side effects is not well established in the pain management literature.

This study will determine if lumbar facets medial branches RFA at 90 degrees Celsius provides more overall pain relief (i.e., percent of improvement), when compared to ablation at 80 degrees Celsius with no additional adverse events. Furthermore, ablation of the lumbar facets nerve supply at 90 degrees Celsius will provide better improvement in the functionality level, general mood and quality of life as measured by VAS ( Visual Analog Scale) pain score, Pain Disability Index (PDI), McGill Pain questioner scores and Beck Inventory (BI) scores as those receiving the ablation at 80 degrees Celsius. Also, it is associated with less opioid consumption, no additional unwanted adverse events and/or complications along with less need to repeat RFA procedure over one year period.
Rationale: Multiciliated cell (MCC) loss and/or dysfunction is common in the small airways of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but it is unclear if this contributes to COPD lung pathology. Objectives: To determine if loss of p73 causes a COPD-like phenotype in mice and explore whether smoking or COPD impact p73 expression. Methods: p73floxE7-E9 mice were crossed with Shh-Cre mice to generate mice lacking MCCs in the airway epithelium. The resulting p73Δairway mice were analyzed using electron microscopy, flow cytometry, morphometry, forced oscillation technique, and single-cell RNA sequencing. Furthermore, the effects of cigarette smoke on p73 transcript and protein expression were examined using in vitro and in vivo models and in studies including airway epithelium from smokers and patients with COPD. Measurements and Main Results: Loss of functional p73 in the respiratory epithelium resulted in a near-complete absence of MCCs in p73Δairway mice. In adulthood, these mice spontaneously developed neutrophilic inflammation and emphysema-like lung remodeling and had progressive loss of secretory cells. Exposure of normal airway epithelium cells to cigarette smoke rapidly and durably suppressed p73 expression in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, tumor protein 73 mRNA expression was reduced in the airways of current smokers (n = 82) compared with former smokers (n = 69), and p73-expressing MCCs were reduced in the small airways of patients with COPD (n = 11) compared with control subjects without COPD (n = 12). Conclusions: Loss of functional p73 in murine airway epithelium results in the absence of MCCs and promotes COPD-like lung pathology. In smokers and patients with COPD, loss of p73 may contribute to MCC loss or dysfunction.
Subjects have a second BRAVO capsule placed 10cm proximal to prior BRAVO capsule placement. Fluoroscopy is used to confirm detachment of the monitor 7 days after investigational deployment.
A 2 step approach to the diagnosis of gestational diabetes will be used in this arm. Patients who have a 50 gram, 1 hour glucose challenge test result greater than 135 mg/dL will be diagnosed with gestational diabetes if their 3 hour, 100 gram OGTT results exceed the diagnostic threshold recommended by Carpenter and Coustan.
BACKGROUND: Subclinical inflammation and cognitive deficits have been separately associated with asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections in schoolchildren. However, whether parasite-induced inflammation is associated with worse cognition has not been addressed. We conducted a cross-sectional pilot study to better assess the effect of asymptomatic P. falciparum parasitemia and inflammation on cognition in Kenyan schoolchildren.
METHODS: We enrolled 240 children aged 7-14 years residing in high malaria transmission in Western Kenya. Children performed five fluid cognition tests from a culturally adapted NIH toolbox and provided blood samples for blood smears and laboratory testing. Parasite densities and plasma concentrations of 14 cytokines were determined by quantitative PCR and multiplex immunoassay, respectively. Linear regression models were used to determine the effects of parasitemia and plasma cytokine concentrations on each of the cognitive scores as well as a composite cognitive score while controlling for age, gender, maternal education, and an interaction between age and P. falciparum infection status.
RESULTS: Plasma concentrations of TNF, IL-6, IL-8, and IL-10 negatively correlated with the composite score and at least one of the individual cognitive tests. Parasite density in parasitemic children negatively correlated with the composite score and measures of cognitive flexibility and attention. In the adjusted model, parasite density and TNF, but not P. falciparum infection status, independently predicted lower cognitive composite scores. By mediation analysis, TNF significantly mediated ~29% of the negative effect of parasitemia on cognition.
CONCLUSIONS: Among schoolchildren with PCR-confirmed asymptomatic P. falciparum infections, the negative effect of parasitemia on cognition could be mediated, in part, by subclinical inflammation. Additional studies are needed to validate our findings in settings of lower malaria transmission and address potential confounders that could affect both inflammation and cognitive performance.
FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves administering repair-and-regeneration preparation. Vipraxinum is used as preparation of this kind and 2-% lidocain solution (trimecain) is additionally applied. The preparations are administered as subcutaneous and intracutaneous injections once per 24 h with Vipraxinum contents making up 25-50% of total injection dose. Vipraxinum contents in the total single injection dose is increased to 100% when compared to the initial one during the first part of treatment course and it is reduced from 100% to the initial dose during the second part. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of treatment. 1 tbl
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Functional Constipation will be treated with standard of care defined by NASPGHAN by a pediatric gastroenterologist, and evaluated at 4 visits over 1 year for their medical condition. These children will be enrolled in some ASD treatment program by their parents. The treatment program is not part of the current study. Measures of ASD symptoms will be done at each visit to determine social communication, emotional and cognitive improvement due to the FC treatment. Measures of F2-isoprostane, a marker of oxidative stress, will be done at each visit to determine if FC treatment and ASD symptom improvement relates to improvement in a child's physiology.
Based on published clinical data, vitamin C pharmacokinetic modeling, the package insert as well as the preliminary study by Marik et al, Vitamin C will be administered as an intravenous dose of 6gm per day divided in 4 equal doses. This dosage is reported to be devoid of any complications or side effects. Hydrocortisone will be dosed according to the consensus guidelines of the American College of Critical Care Medicine. Thiamine will be administered according to current recommendations in a dose of 200mg q 12 hourly. This will be continued for 4 days, or less if discharged from the ICU prior.
Primary health care centers (PHCC) in the intervention group will be visited twice by a pharmacist within a period of three months. At the first visit, an educational intervention will focus on two properties: on the one hand, feed-back of actual patient data of the PHCC illustrating the primary-health-care-specific characteristics of inappropriate prescribing in the elderly patient will be given. Education of relevant subjects will be given in relation to detected problems. On the other hand, a clinical routine regarding the performance of drug utilization reviews will be developed in cooperation with the health care providers. At the second visit 3 months later, the developed concept will be critically reviewed and eventually developed further.