anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
BACKGROUND: Headaches, a widespread neuromuscular ailment, pose a significant burden on individuals and society, necessitating both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. Dry needling (DN) has surfaced as a notable non-pharmacological alternative for addressing headaches. We aim to compare DN intervention with the control group in the management of different types of headaches.
METHODS: A comprehensive meta-analysis was conducted, encompassing a systematic exploration of five electronic databases up to May 2023, with studies assessed for validity using the Cochrane risk of bias tool. Eligible studies included those with a control group, which could consist of sham interventions, physiotherapy, or pharmacological treatments. Outcomes related to disability, headache intensity, and frequency were extracted and analyzed.
RESULTS: Out of 4304 studies screened, 13 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included in this systematic review, of them 10 RCTs were included in the meta-analysis. A significant decline in the disability score and headache intensity was evident in the DN group compared to the control group, one and three-month follow-ups. Specifically, substantial reductions in headache frequency were prominent after one and three months post-intervention.
CONCLUSION: Dry needling manifests as a potent intervention, diminishing headache intensity and frequency, albeit with lower impact on disability scores. The observed benefits were especially pronounced after one and three months, though the heterogeneous nature of some data analyses mandates further detailed studies to gain a clearer understanding of DN's efficacy on the assessed outcomes.
Participants with advanced breast cancer, ovarian cancer, or prostate cancer will receive ipatasertib, 300 milligrams (mg), orally, once daily (QD) for 7 days in the run-in period. Participants will then receive ipatasertib, 300 mg, orally QD, and rucaparib, 400 mg, orally twice daily (BID) in each 28-day cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, death, or participant or investigator's decision to withdraw, whichever occurs first.
The emergence of infectious diseases with pandemic potential is a major public health threat worldwide. The World Health Organization reports that about 60% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses, originating from spillover events. Although the mechanisms behind spillover events remain unclear, mathematical modeling offers a way to understand the intricate interactions among pathogens, wildlife, humans, and their shared environment. Aiming at gaining insights into the dynamics of spillover events and the outcome of an eventual disease outbreak in a population, we propose a continuous time stochastic modeling framework. This framework links the dynamics of animal reservoirs and human hosts to simulate cross-species disease transmission. We conduct a thorough analysis of the model followed by numerical experiments that explore various spillover scenarios. The results suggest that although most epidemic outbreaks caused by novel zoonotic pathogens do not persist in the human population, the rising number of spillover events can avoid long-lasting extinction and lead to unexpected large outbreaks. Hence, global efforts to reduce the impacts of emerging diseases should not only address post-emergence outbreak control but also need to prevent pandemics before they are established.
For taVNS group, the electrodes were attached to the tragus of left ear after skin preparation with an alcohol pad. The stimulation current was a single-phase rectangular pulse with the following stimulation parameters: duty circle: 60 s "on" periods and 10 s "off" periods; frequency: 30 Hz; pulse width: 200 μs; pulse amplitude of 0.5 mA to 1.5 mA; stimulation time:30 min.
Survival of childhood ALL exceeds 80% in an increasing number of many low-middle income countries (LMIC). Recent studies have found that the effects of obesity on survival are observed within the first several years of diagnosis, thus impacting immediate health outcome. Of concern is the developing body of evidence that the effects of obesity may be underestimated and its effect on outcome may be even more pronounced when it is defined by body composition. An elevated body mass index (BMI) can be comprised of increased fat-free mass (FFM) or fat-mass (FM) or a combination of both. Evidence suggests that an increase of FM is a stronger predictor of risk of chronic disease rather than BMI. The evaluation of FM and FFM appears to have clinical implications in both adult and pediatric oncology, particularly in patients with Sarcopenic Obesity (SO) (increased FM and reduced FFM). Among children with ALL located in both high income countries (HIC) and LMIC, remediation of poor nutritional status during treatment removes its adverse effect on survival at the end of treatment. targeting dietary patterns may be a more effective approach when considering dietary interventions. One plausible way to examine the association of dietary patterns with the development of SO in pediatric ALL is to compare a vegetarian diet to a non-vegetarian diet and investigate how they are associated with its development. Children and adolescents with ALL at Tata Memorial Center (TMC) are well suited for this investigation because at least 30% of children follow a vegetarian diet, are easily identified, and the diets are not interchangeable. The benefit of the proposed model eliminates the need for dietary intervention prior to the study, which will examine how SO, accumulation of FM and the loss of FFM, develops among children and adolescents with ALL adhering to a vegetarian compared to non-vegetarian diet. Additionally, this study will examine the interaction of physical activity and diet while considering influential variables on the development of SO.
Filter comprising fibrin (I) in gel form, the gel having uniform pore sizes, is new. The filter contains a support so that at least one surface of the gel retains its shape when it is in contact with a flowing medium. Sepn. of a first substance of size 0.003-1 micrometre from a second substance of larger size comprises passage of a mixt. of the two substances over a filter comprising (I) in gel form and having pores of a size such that only the first substance passes through. The effective pore size of the (I) gel is larger than the particle size of the second substance. The (I) gel filter may be used in the size selective sepns. when its shape is protected against deformation. The gel can be prepd. to have a uniform pore size and this size is regulated by variation of the mfg. conditions. The filters are useful for the sepn. of bacteria and viruses, the sepn. of blood components, the sepn. of the components of blood plasma, the removal of platelets from blood, the sepn. of high molecular wt. protein aggregates and the fractionation of cells and cell fragments. Also particles such as latex, silica, carbon and metallic particles may be sepd. with small particles such as viruses high flow rates are possible. Absorption of protein on the filters does not occur.
White spot lesions associated with orthodontic treatment are a common problem. The carbon dioxide laser is reported to be the most effective one in the prevention of dental caries. The study is designed as a randomized, split-mouth controlled, clinical trial. The participants will be children aged 12-18 years at high caries risk, requiring fixed orthodontic treatment. The vestibular surfaces of the maxillary anterior teeth of the eligible patients will be exposed to carbon dioxide laser irradiation in combination with fluoride therapy and fluoride therapy alone followed by bonding of orthodontic brackets. The patients will be recalled 6 and 12 months post-irradiation. Outcome measures will be visual examination with the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) criteria and SoproLife ® Daylight and Blue fluorescence.
Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE) is the second most common focal neuropathy with annual incidence rate of 21 per 100.000. Therefore, in Slovenia UNE each year affects approximately 420 and in Europe 156.000 patients. In previous publications evidence was presented that idiopathic UNE consists of two conditions occurring 2-5 cm apart. In the first condition, affecting about 15% of UNE patients, the ulnar nerve is entrapped 2-3 cm distal to the medial epicondyle (ME) under the humeroulnar aponeurosis (HUA), i.e., in the cubital tunnel. In the second condition, affecting the majority (about 85%) of patients, the lesion is located at the ME or up to 4 cm proximally in the retroepicondylar (RTC) groove. As no anatomical structure constricting the ulnar nerve is usually found in that segment, the most probable cause of UNE at this location is extrinsic ulnar nerve compression against the underlying bone. The investigators believe that these two groups of UNE patients need different therapeutic approaches: (1) surgical release for ulnar nerve entrapment distal to ME and (2) conservative treatment for extrinsic nerve compression in the RTC groove. The efficiency of this therapeutic approach was already evaluated and significant clinical improvement was found in 80% of UNE patients. However, the design of that study did not enable to obtain an indisputable evidence that outcome was a result of treatment approach. It is still possible that improvement observed in patient population was a consequence of natural history rather than therapy. To resolve this problem a properly designed randomized control trial is needed. The investigators believe such trial would prevent numerous unnecessary and delayed operations in UNE patients.
Included food items will include a defined minimum diversity of fruits, vegetables, and nuts based on complementary phytonutrient contents, particularly those rich in phenolic compounds such as ellagitannins and sulforaphanes. Selected herbs (e.g., curcumin), fermented foods, fats (e.g., avocado), and oils (e.g., olive oil) will be permitted or encouraged. Recommended portions of complex carbohydrates (50% - 60%) and lean proteins (20% - 30%) will form the basis of weight-based caloric needs. The goal is to have 5 servings of vegetables, 2 fruits per day, and 5 vegetable color groups per week. Vegetables with high insoluble fiber content will be cooked instead of eaten raw.
The internet-based support is developed in collaboration with clinical expertise within head and neck cancer care and an expert group of informal caregivers to patients with head and neck cancer. The support comprise text, lectures, films, discussion forum and real-time video meetings with clinical experts. The support will last for 18 weeks.
* The urgent need for new effective therapy with better safety profile for metastatic colorectal cancer patients and promising results observed so far in trials with S-1 combined with oxaliplatin in gastrointestinal cancer including colorectal cancer strongly warrants the comparison of S-1 combined with oxaliplatin to capecitabine combination with oxaliplatin acknowledged as a standard regimen in a first-line treatment for advanced colorectal cancer patients.
* Recently, a Phase I study was completed, indicating recommended dose as S-1 100 mg/m2/day1-14 and oxaliplatin (130 mg/m2/day1), repeated every 3 weeks. However, in the phase II study using the above recommended dose, delayed toxicities of thrombocytopenia and anemia were observed. These delayed toxicities were also reported in a phase II study using S-1 90 mg/m2/day plus oxaliplatin 130 mg/m2/day1 in advanced gastric cancer. At 2007 GI ASCO, the interim data of S-1(80 mg/m2/day1-14) plus oxaliplatin (130 mg/m2/day1) combination, repeated every 3 weeks, was presented, showing promising antitumor activity with favourable safety profile. Among 18 patients, there were only two patients with Grade 3 thrombocytopenia and one with Grade 3 neutropenia. Response rate was 57.1 % and disease control rate was 92.9 %. Considering these results and Japanese data which showed that enhanced efficacy was not observed with S-1 over 90 mg/m2/day and oxaliplatin combination, S-1 80 mg/m2/day 1-14 and oxaliplatin 130 mg/m2/D1, repeated every 3 weeks, will be tested in this study.
The 1-year dietary intervention will be accomplished by adapting and extending a Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) guided low sugar intervention. SCT is a framework that helps explain how people regulate their behavior through control and reinforcement to achieve goal-directed behavior that can be maintained over time.
Periodic fasting blood glucose and HbA1c measurements should be performed to monitor therapeutic response.

When a patient stabilized on any diabetic regimen is exposed to stress such as fever, trauma, infection, or surgery, a temporary loss of glycemic control may occur. At such times, it may be necessary to withhold AVANDAMET and temporarily administer insulin. AVANDAMET may be reinstituted after the acute episode is resolved.

Hypoglycemia does not occur in patients receiving metformin alone under usual circumstances of use but could occur when caloric intake is deficient, when strenuous exercise is not compensated by caloric supplementation, or during concomitant use with hypoglycemic agents (such as sulfonylureas or insulin) or ethanol. Elderly, debilitated or malnourished patients, and those with adrenal or pituitary insufficiency or alcohol intoxication are particularly susceptible to hypoglycemic effects. Hypoglycemia may be difficult to recognize in the elderly and in people who are taking β-adrenergic blocking drugs.

Patients receiving rosiglitazone in combination with other hypoglycemic agents may be at risk for hypoglycemia, and a reduction in the dose of the concomitant agent may be necessary.
Participants will orally consume one capsule of vegetable cellulose following each of their main meals (i.e. breakfast, lunch, and dinner) for 90 days.
To explore the influence of comfort nursing theory on the postoperative rehabilitation quality of patients with intracranial aneurysms. From October 2017 to December 2022, 315 patients with intracranial aneurysms underwent interventional surgery in our hospital were included in this retrospective study and divided into the routine group (n = 105) and comfort nursing group (n = 210) based on different nursing methods. The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) was used to assess patient rehabilitation outcomes. Patients' anxiety, pain, quality of life, and their satisfaction with treatment were compared. Compared with the patients receiving routine nursing, the time for comfortable nursing patients to resume normal diet, get out of bed and exercise, and the total hospital stay were significantly shortened. And the GOS score of patients receiving comfort nursing was significantly higher than that of patients receiving routine nursing. After nursing, self-rating anxiety scale and visual analog scale scores of comfortable nursing patients were significantly lower than those of routine nursing, and Karnofsky performance status scores were significantly higher than those of routine nursing. This showed that receiving comfortable nursing was beneficial to improve perioperative anxiety and depression in patients with intracranial aneurysm, and significantly improve the quality of life of patients. The total satisfaction of comfortable nursing patients was 95.24%, while that of routine nursing patients was 76.19%. Complications occurred in 30 patients receiving routine nursing, while only 15 patients received comfort nursing. The immune indexes such as CD3+, CD4+, and CD23+ of comfortable nursing patients were significantly higher than the routine nursing patients within 1 and 5 days after operation, while the immune indexes of CD8+ were lower than the routine nursing patients 5 days after operation. Comfortable nursing from the perspective of quality nursing can significantly improve the physiological indicators of patients with intracranial aneurysms, accelerate the progress of postoperative rehabilitation, improve the anxiety, pain and quality of life of patients, and improve the satisfaction of patients with nursing. Comfort nursing from the perspective of quality nursing can reduce the occurrence of postoperative complications, which may be achieved by improving the patient's immune function.
Early memories for placebo control, 3 sessions every week for three weeks. 30 minutes each session.
In this trial, participants were asked to rest for one hour. Appetite questionnaires were obtained, and blood samples were collected at 30, 60, 90 and 120 pre-meal, 150, 180, 210, 240 and 300 min post-meal. Metabolic rate was measured every 30 min after each blood sample. Participants were presented to a standard isocaloric PKU type meal at 120 min. After the completion of the last measurement, the participants were presented with an ad libitum buffet test meal.
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a lignin derivative that exhibits an excellent antiviral action with little side effects.  <P>SOLUTION: The lignin derivative exhibiting an excellent antiviral action with little side effects is one that exhibits an antiviral action and has an intramolecular cyclic structure. The derivative is composed of persimmon leaf-originated lignin and, bonded thereto, hydroxyapatite and chlorine. The production method thereof comprises the steps of adding hydroxyapatite and Monascus pilosus to a powder of a persimmon leaf followed by fermentation, adding diluted hydrochloric acid to the thus-obtained fermentation liquid followed by filtration, and subsequently subjecting the thus-obtained filtrate to alkali reduction. The main steps are the fermentation step by Monascus pilosus, the hydrochloric acid addition step and the reduction step. By these steps, calcium, phosphoric acid and chlorine stably bond to lignin.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is the most common genetic cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and early-onset emphysema. AATD is characterized by low AAT levels; leading to excessive neutrophil elastase (NE) mediated lung destruction. Current treatment requires the periodic infusion of pooled AAT derived from human plasma, but this therapeutic approach (termed augmentation) does not definitively slow the rate of emphysema progressionlung function decline and is very expensive. In addition, it is not clear that the currently recommended dose for augmentation fully controls lung inflammation and destruction. Alvelestat (MPH966, formerly AZD9668) is a potent, selective, and reversible, oral inhibitor of human NE. Suppression of NE is expected to reduce lung damage and may slow disease progression. This study is to establish proof of clinical concept by investigating the mechanistic effect and safety of alvelestat (MPH966) in patients with AATD.
Clinical observations suggest that acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in approximately 20-50% of hospitalized cirrhotic patients, suggesting a link between the liver and kidney. Bone morphogenetic protein 9 (BMP9) is a protein produced primarily by the liver and can act on other tissues at circulating systemic levels. Previous studies have demonstrated that controlling abnormally elevated BMP9 in acute liver injury attenuates liver injury; however, reports on whether BMP9 plays a role in liver injury-induced AKI are lacking. By testing we found that liver injury in mice after bile duct ligation (BDL) was accompanied by a significant upregulation of the kidney injury marker kidney injury molecule (KIM-1). Interestingly, all these impairments were alleviated in the kidneys of hepatic BMP9 knockout (BMP9-KO) mice. Peritubular capillary injury is a key process leading to the progression of AKI, and previous studies have demonstrated that vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) plays a key role in maintaining the renal microvascular system. In animal experiments, we found that high levels of circulating BMP9 had an inhibitory effect on VEGFA expression, while renal tubular epithelial cell injury was effectively attenuated by VEGFA supplementation in the hypoxia-enriched-oxygen (H/R) constructs of the AKI cell model in both humans and mice. Overall, we found that elevated BMP9 in hepatic fibrosis can affect renal homeostasis by regulating VEGFA expression. Therefore, we believe that targeting BMP9 therapy may be a potential means to address the problem of clinical liver fibrosis combined with AKI.
Five girls between 17 and 19 years old, with Turner syndrome, had a webbed neck (pterygium colli) with low and laterally displaced nuchal hairline. The surgical technique aims to correct neck contour and hairline placement while concealing cervical scars. Thus, Preoperative drawing delimitated the harmful triangular hairy skin next to the fibrous band extending from the mastoid to the acromion. Besides, the predefined design drawings provide the exact placement of the future hairline. Choosing a prone position for bilateral and symmetrical repair, the surgical technique was as follows:

The incision was made at the junction of the hairless skin and the hairy skin from the mastoid up to the lower end of the webbing skin, in front of the acromion and completed by Z plasty to avoid scar contracture. The subcutaneous skin was undermined in the anterolateral direction, exposing the fibrous fascial band which must be excised to prevent recurrence. the harmful skin having a triangular shape was excised considering the future hairline. Skin closure was done after the superior traction of the posterior cervical advancement.
Preterm birth continues to provide the greatest challenge in perinatal health care in the developed world. It is a syndrome involving multiple causes and arises from a number of social, psychological, and biological determinants. It has been estimated that intrauterine infection accounts for at least 25-40% of spontaneous preterm births, with infection being the primary cause of extreme prematurity. Because infection-mediated preterm delivery mainly occurs in younger gestational ages (less than 28 weeks), these extremely premature babies not only have the risks associated with being born early, but are also likely to have severe morbidities associated with infection. Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is defined as a loss or significant depletion of lactobacilli coupled with an overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria and an increase in vaginal pH (\>4.5). BV is common and occurs in 20% of the general female population, often without symptoms and is associated with a 40% increased risk of preterm birth. The clinical finding that lactobacilli is the dominant microbe in the vagina of women with a healthy pregnancy and full term delivery, supports the association of this species with a healthy pregnancy. BV is associated with an elevation of cervico-vaginal pro-inflammatory cytokines including IL-1β and IL-8 that are also associated with preterm labour; initiating the inflammatory cascade of events involved in labour may be the mechanism by which BV triggers preterm birth. However, not all women with BV will deliver preterm suggesting that variations in genetic susceptibility may underlie the host response to the presence of BV and the risk for preterm birth. Antibiotic therapy is the current treatment for BV, but the extent to which antibiotics can prevent preterm birth in women with BV remains somewhat uncertain, with conflicting results published in the literature. The apparent ineffective nature of antibiotic therapy, perhaps due to a lack of regrowth of lactobacilli following treatment, and the possibility that the pathogens have already induced inflammatory processes that will eventually induce preterm birth, emphasizes the need to continue to investigate the role of microbes during pregnancy. Probiotics have been suggested as an alternative to antibiotic therapy in restoring vaginal lactobacilli and reversing BV. The study seeks to determine whether Lactobacillus rhamnosus, GR-1 and Lactobacillus reuteri, RC-14 when administered to pregnant women diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis or intermediate flora will reverse the condition leading to a decrease in the inflammatory mediators involved in the cascade of infection/inflammation-mediated preterm birth.