anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
Participants in the pilot intervention arm will receive either 10 or 14 weeks of the NDGameSquad intervention. School site participants will receive 10 weeks during the school year, followed by another 4 weeks during summer vacation. Clinic site participants will receive 10 weeks only.
OBJECTIVE: HELLP syndrome is a severe complication of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy that can cause multiple organ dysfunction and maternal death in a short period of time. Although HELLP syndrome is more common in patients with pre-eclampsia (PE), there is currently no effective way to identify high-risk individuals who may progress from gestational hypertension (GH) to PE complicated with HELLP syndrome. This study aimed to establish and validate a prediction model for PE complicated with HELLP syndrome, providing a basis for early detection and identification of high-risk individuals in clinical practice.
METHODS: This retrospective case-control study collected data on 326 patients with GH and 139 patients with PE complicated with HELLP syndrome from January 2015 to December 2019. An additional 206 patients with GH and 70 patients with PE complicated with HELLP syndrome who were treated from January 2020 to December 2022 were collected for external validation. General and clinical data were collected, and single-and multiple-factor logistic regression analyses were used to screen for independent factors affecting PE complicated with HELLP syndrome. The diagnostic performance of different indicators was evaluated using ROC curves. A prediction model for PE complicated with HELLP syndrome was constructed, and its efficacy was verified using ROC curves.
RESULTS: The results of single-factor analysis showed that age, SBP, DBP, MAP, hemoglobin, AST, ALT, cholinesterase, alkaline phosphatase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, total protein, total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, indirect bilirubin, BUN, UA, creatinine, APTT, international normalized ratio of prothrombin, D-dimer, fibrinogen, fibrinogen degradation products, Ca, and aspartate-aminotransferase to platelet ratio index (APRI) were factors influencing PE with HELLP syndrome. The results of multiple-factor logistic regression analysis showed that MAP, APRI, CHE, FDP, and Ca were independent factors affecting PE complicated with HELLP syndrome. Based on these results, a prediction model was established, with Y = 9.861 + 2.998APRI + 0.055MAP + 0.014FDP - 0.005CHE - 7.452*Ca.
CONCLUSIONS: The predictive model for PE complicated with HELLP syndrome includes APRI, MAP, FDP, CHE, and Ca. This model can be used as a quantitative tool for predicting and evaluating the development of GH into PE complicated with HELLP syndrome.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of changes in lifestyle on blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Secondary objectives are: Assess whether the prescription of a DASH-type diet and encouragement for physical activity through use of pedometers, can improve blood pressure control in patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension resistant to treatment.

Forty type 2 diabetic with resistant hypertension outpatients were included in a randomized clinical trial: treatment 1- DASH diet + encouragement for physical activity through use of pedometer; treatment 2- ADA diet + usual exercises. The duration of each treatment are four weeks. The patients included should have performed Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) to exclude white-coat effect, ie when there are abnormal in the measurement of office blood pressure (equal to or above 140/90 mm Hg) and normal blood pressure by ABPM during the awake period (equal to or below 135/85 mm Hg). Twenty-four hour records with concurrent 24h urinary collections (protein intake estimative), clinical and laboratory evaluation were performed at baseline and after 4 weeks. Serum fatty acids were measured in total lipids by gas chromatography.
PCT No. PCT/JP96/00980 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 26, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 26, 1996 PCT Filed Apr. 10, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/32101 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 1996The present invention relates to a cancer metastasis inhibitor comprising a benzoic acid derivative as an active ingredient represented by the formula (I)    <IMAGE>  (I)  wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different and each represents hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group or trimethylsilyl group, or R3 and R4 are bonded to each other to form a tetramethylene group substituted with lower alkyl group, and X represents group -COCH=C(OH)-, group -NHCO- or group -CONH-, provided that when R3 and R4 are bonded to each other to form a tetramethylene group substituted with lower alkyl group, X is group -COCH=C(OH)- or group -CONH-, use of the benzoic acid derivative for preparing the cancer metastasis inhibitor and method of inhibiting cancer metastasis, characterized in that an effective amount of the benzoic acid derivative is administered to a mammalian animal for inhibiting metastasis of cancer. The benzoic acid derivative represented by the above formula (I) has extremely good metastasis inhibiting properties.
BACKGROUND: Studies on cannabis use and adverse cardiovascular outcomes have reported conflicting results. Research on its relationship to calcified arterial plaque remains limited.
METHODS: Cross-sectional data from 2152 participants at Exam 6 (2016-2018) in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) were analyzed, including self-reported cannabis smoking patterns and carotid artery calcification (CAC) as measured via computed tomography. Multivariable relative and absolute risk regression models were used to estimate adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) and prevalence differences, respectively, for the presence of calcified plaque. Multivariable linear regression was then used to compare group differences in the extent of CAC in those with calcified plaque.
RESULTS: A minority of participants (n = 159, 7.4%) reported a history of regular cannabis smoking. Among all participants, 36.1% (n = 777) had detectable CAC. In models adjusted for demographics, behavioral, and clinical cardiovascular disease factors, a history of regular cannabis smoking was not associated with the prevalence of CAC in either common carotid artery (PR: 1.14, 95% CI: 0.88 to 1.49). In the subset of participants with calcified plaque, and in separate fully adjusted multivariable linear regression models, a history of regular cannabis smoking was not associated with increased calcium volume (difference = 7.7%, 95% CI: -21.8 to 48.5), calcium density (difference = 0.4%, 95% CI: -6.6 to 7.9), or Agatston score (difference = 32.1%, 95% CI: -31.8 to 155.8) in either carotid artery. Models exploring potential effect modification by age, race/ethnicity, and tobacco smoking status showed no significant association, except for higher CAC prevalence in men with a history of regular cannabis smoking.
CONCLUSIONS: In a racially and ethnically diverse cohort of older adults with a moderately high prevalence of CAC, no associations were found between a history of regular cannabis smoking, duration, or recency of cannabis smoking, and the prevalence of carotid calcified plaque. These findings were consistent across age, race/ethnicity, and cigarette smoking, except for an increased prevalence in men with a history of regular cannabis smoking. Similarly, in a subgroup with CAC, no association was found between a history of regular cannabis smoking and extent of calcification as measured by volume, density, and Agatston score.
This is a 3-part study. Each part will be conducted as an open-label, 2-period, fixed-sequence study. All the study parts will be conducted concurrently and the participants will receive the study treatment in all the parts after an overnight fast. In each part, 24 healthy, non-tobacco using, men and women will be enrolled, to ensure 22 participants complete each part. Each participant will participate in only one study part. In Part 1, a single oral dose of ACP-196 100 mg capsule will be administered on Day 1 of Period 1 (Treatment A), and a single oral dose of calcium carbonate 1 g tablets will be coadministered with a single oral dose of ACP-196 100 mg on Day 1 of Period 2 (Treatment B). In Part 2, a single oral dose of ACP-196 100 mg capsule will be administered on Day 1 pf Period 1 (Treatment C) and oral doses of omeprazole 40 mg capsules once daily (QD) for 5 consecutive days with a single oral dose of ACP-196 100 mg capsule coadministered on Day 5 of Period 2 (Treatment D). In Part 3, a single oral dose of ACP-196 will be administered on Day 1 of Period 1 (Treatment E) and oral dose of rifampin 600 mg capsule QD for 9 consecutive days with a single oral dose of ACP-196 100 mg capsule coadministered on Day 1 and Day 9. Participants will be screened within 28 days before the dose. There will be no washout between the dose in Period 1 and the first dose in Period 2. Participants will be contacted approximately 14 days after the last dose of study drug for adverse events.
This is an open-label, single center, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study in patients with solid tumor or hematological malignancies. Upon providing informed consent and satisfying screening procedures, eligible subjects will report to the clinic for Part I of the study 14 days before the first dose of belinostat (Day -14) for clinical laboratory tests, warfarin (5mg) single dose and a series PK collections. On days 1-5 of each 21-day cycle patients will receive belinostat 1000mg/m\*2 and will have a series of subsequent PK samples collected. On day 3 of cycle 1 only, the patient will also receive warfarin 5mg single dose prior to belinostat infusion. PK samples, urine samples, electrocardiogram (ECG) and safety measurements will be collected from Day 1 through Day 10 of cycle one. If it is in the interest of the patient, belinostat can be continued during Part II- extension phase for 5 additional cycles of belinostat treatment on days 1-5 of each subsequent cycle, or until disease progression, patient withdraws consent or if unacceptable toxicity occurs. During the extension phase routine physical exams, laboratory tests and safety and efficacy assessments will be performed. Disease evaluations will be conducted per standard of care. Patients who discontinue for reasons other than disease progression will be followed until new anti-cancer treatment is initiated or death.
Exophiala dermatitidis is a relatively common environmental black yeast with a worldwide distribution that rarely causes fungal infection. Here, we report a case of a 6-year-old girl with central nervous system (CNS) encephalitis caused by E. dermatitidis and Angiostrongylus cantonensis. E. dermatitidis was identified by both cerebrospinal fluid culture and metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS). Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection was confirmed by an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Whole exome sequencing showed that this previously healthy girl carried a homozygous CARD9 mutation for c.820dupG (p.D274Gfs*61) that underlies invasive fungal and parasite infections. We chose glucocortieoid pulse therapy and anti-infective therapy based on the initial results of laboratory examination and cranial MRI images. With the aggravation of the disease and the evidence of the subsequent etiologic test, the combination of antifungal antiparasitic treatments (voriconazole, fluorocytosine and amphotericin B) were actively used. Unfortunately, the girl finally died due to severe systemic infection. mNGS performs a potential value for diagnosing rare CNS infections, and autosomal recessive CARD9 deficiency should be considered in patient with fatal invasive fungal infections.
Evisceration of the small intestine from a perforated rectum is a rare condition, particularly seen in elderly women. We present a case involving an 83-year-old woman with a history of chronic rectal prolapse and no other comorbidities. The patient declined surgical intervention for her rectal prolapse, and one month later, she presented with evisceration of the small intestine from the anus. The intervention was a laparotomy followed by Hartmann's procedure, which is the most recommended procedure. No small bowel resection was necessary. Although the management of this case was adequate and timely, the patient did not survive. This case underscores that elective repair of rectal prolapse might prevent this very rare but potentially fatal complication of transanal small intestinal evisceration.
We plan to test the efficacy of alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E), a potent inhibitor of the protein kinase C pathway in vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) induced vascular permeability, for the treatment of uveitis-associated macular edema. This will be performed using a double-masked, randomized study in which uveitis patients with macular edema will receive either alpha-tocopherol or placebo. This study should be considered a pilot study that will provide information on design and outcome measurement for the development of a larger, definitive, future study. Patients will receive 1600IU/day of Vitamin E or placebo for 4 months. The primary outcome will be a visual acuity increase of 10 letters or more from baseline to month 4. Secondary outcomes are total area of leakage and macular height as determined by fluorescein angiography, changes in CME as measured by stereoscopic color photographs, optical coherence tomography (OCT), the need for periocular injections or additional systemic immunomodulatory medications, and the NEI VFQ summary score.
A single 20 mg/kg intraperitoneal dose in 1-liter of 7.5% icodextrin solution of vancomycin will be administered. Sparse blood sampling will be obtained during an overnight 12-hour dwell and during the exchange period.
BACKGROUND: Alopecia areata (AA) is an autoimmune condition that leads to patchy, nonscarring hair loss. Its etiology remains unknown; the condition can be debilitating for patients, impacting their psychosocial wellbeing. Various triggers have been reported, ranging from genetic predisposition and infections to environmental factors. Medications have also been thought to be an inciting factor in AA.
METHODS: Using the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Events Reporting System (FAERS), all cases reporting AA as an adverse event were used to capture associated medications and patient characteristics.
RESULTS: There were 1,331 AA cases reported as an adverse event with medication use. Monoclonal antibodies accounted for 6 out of the top 10 drugs associated with the highest number of AA cases. Males were more likely to report AA when taking adalimumab (OR: 1.79, P = 0.04) and dupilumab (OR: 2.56, P = 0.03) compared to females. Individuals between 42 and 64 years old accounted for 46.7% of AA cases. Lastly, females in older age groups showed greater odds of developing AA compared to males (OR: 1.03, P < 0.01).
CONCLUSIONS: Based on the FAERS, there has been a steady rise in AA cases, and monoclonal antibodies were the most frequently cited medication class tied to AA. With a dearth of literature on triggers and patient demographics, we sought to describe features of AA cases that could increase awareness and be used to improve future clinical outcomes in patients.
Nutritional formulations and methods to produce safe vitamin A/retinol are described. In particular, methods and formulations containing plant pro-vitamin A carotenoids from momordica cochinchinensis spreng are disclosed. The formulations and associated method are characterized by high concentration of provitaminA carotenoids in a water soluble form with enhanced stability and absorption. This invention describes methods to produce water-soluble provitamin A powder from “gac” and formulas to enhance absorption of plant provitamin A carotenoids to a subject. The method described herein requires no chemical solvents, nor involves genetic modification, also delivers other nutrients to improve nutritional status of subjects. This method provides a safe source of vitamin A to be used in pharmaceuticals, cosmeceuticals, nutraceuticals and food supplements for humans and animals.
Medical image classification requires labeled, task-specific datasets which are used to train deep learning networks de novo, or to fine-tune foundation models. However, this process is computationally and technically demanding. In language processing, in-context learning provides an alternative, where models learn from within prompts, bypassing the need for parameter updates. Yet, in-context learning remains underexplored in medical image analysis. Here, we systematically evaluate the model Generative Pretrained Transformer 4 with Vision capabilities (GPT-4V) on cancer image processing with in-context learning on three cancer histopathology tasks of high importance: Classification of tissue subtypes in colorectal cancer, colon polyp subtyping and breast tumor detection in lymph node sections. Our results show that in-context learning is sufficient to match or even outperform specialized neural networks trained for particular tasks, while only requiring a minimal number of samples. In summary, this study demonstrates that large vision language models trained on non-domain specific data can be applied out-of-the box to solve medical image-processing tasks in histopathology. This democratizes access of generalist AI models to medical experts without technical background especially for areas where annotated data is scarce.
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an almost odorless transparent liquid horse oil having a specified cloud point, by performing prescribed times operations for fractionating a crude horse fat into liquid and solid phases by spontaneous fractionation under specified controlled temperature conditions and for separating solid fat by filtration to obtain a liquid oil part to thereby completely remove impurities. SOLUTION: Feedstock horseflesh is minced to about one tenth of inch and boiled with water by heating to 100 deg.C. The obtained molten oil is filtered to give an original horse oil. This oil is heated to 105 deg.C by means of a vacuum heater and filtered to give a crude horse oil. This oil is heated at 26 deg.C for 4hr and then left to stand at 20 deg.C for 16hr to effect spontaneous fractionation into solid and liquid phases. The upper oil part thus separated is taken as a primary liquid horse oil, while impurities such as protein and unsaponified materials are precipitated. The primary liquid horse oil is filtered to give a secondary liquid horse oil. This oil is heated at 10-3 deg.C for 2hr and then left to stand at 3 deg.C for 2hr, and the obtained upper oil part is taken as a tertiary liquid horse oil, which is filtered to give a liquid horse oil.  This oil is treated with activated carbon and silica to give a liquid horse oil having a cloud point of 0±3 deg.C.
This group (B) will receive the same exercise program in addition to hydrocortisone phonophoresis. Patients will receive topical medium phonophoresis of 10% hydrocortisone gel.
Preventing chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health objective. CKD leads to significant cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, with a negative impact on quality of life and significant societal repercussions. Several drugs are effective in preventing and curbing CKD, including blockers of the renin/angiotensin/aldosterone system and inhibitors of the SGLT2 co-transporter. New molecules are currently in clinical trials focusing on the nephro-protection, such as non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists and GPL-1 receptor agonists. In addition to this drug arsenal, CKD prevention also relies on non-pharmacological optimization of hygienic-dietary measures, including smoking avoidance, physical activity and dietetics. The aim of this article is to detail this non-medicinal approach to the prevention and slow down of CKD.
This study aims to investigate the relationship between the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and the altered vaginal microecological environment of patients. Initially, HPV genotyping and microecological detection were performed in 1281 subjects in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of The First Hospital of Qinhuangdao (Qinhuangdao, China). The relationship between the enzymes of vaginal microecology, that is, proline aminopeptidase and acetylglucosaminidase, and vaginal inflammatory diseases, as well as the prognosis of HPV infection, was analyzed. The experimental findings indicated a close relationship between the expression of positive prolyl aminopeptidase and trichomonas vaginitis, as well as bacterial vaginitis. In addition, the expression of acetylglucosaminidase is closely associated with trichomonas vaginitis and vulvovaginal candidiasis. Furthermore, the observations indicated that positive prolyl aminopeptidase and acetylglucosaminidase could increase the risk of various subtypes of HPV infection in patients. The receiver operating characteristic curve analysis presented that the expression of prolyl aminopeptidase and acetylglucosaminidase could offer exceptional diagnostic efficacy, indicating their association with persistent HPV infection. In summary, our results highlighted that the expression of positive prolyl aminopeptidase and acetylglucosaminidase in the vaginal microecology could be substantially correlated to the occurrence and the development of vaginal inflammatory diseases, as well as the outcome and the risk of persistent HPV infection.
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the administration of lipid-based vehicles to treat various disorders, including bladder inflammation, infection, dysfunction, and cancer. In various aspects, the compositions and methods of the invention are useful for prolonged delivery of drugs, e.g., antibiotics, pain treatments, and anticancer agents, to the bladder, genitourinary tract, gastrointestinal system, pulmonary system, and other organs or body systems. In particular, the present invention relates to liposome-based delivery of vanilloid compounds, such as resiniferatoxin, capsaicin, or tinyatoxin, and toxins, such as  botulinum  toxin, for the treatment of bladder conditions, including pain, inflammation, incontinence, and voiding dysfunction. Further related are methods of using these vehicles alone or in conjunction with antibodies, e.g., uroplakin antibodies, to improve duration of liposome attachment, and provide a long-term intravesical drug delivery platform. The present invention specifically relates to antibody-coated liposomes that are useful for targeting specific receptors for drug, peptide, polypeptide, or nucleic acid delivery. In one particular aspect, the present invention relates to liposomes coated with antibodies against nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor and containing NGF antisense nucleic acids, which are used as a treatment for neurogenic bladder dysfunction.