anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
The invention provides a composition for treating cervical syndrome and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the technical field of traditional Chinese medicines. The composition can rapidly penetrate through skin surface, penetrate into subcutaneous tissue and mucous membrane, and enter blood circulation system to achieve good relieving and treating effects. In addition, the composition mainly comprises epimedium and musk, and is supplemented with notopterygium root, asarum, myrrh, angelica, turmeric and safflower, so that the composition can effectively treat symptoms such as limb weakness, waist and knee weakness, difficult walking and the like. Because the composition is prepared from ligusticum wallichii, rhizoma cyperi, clove, rheum officinale and poria cocos, the composition can effectively treat symptoms such as dizziness, vomiting, migraine and the like. In addition, the ginger can promote the qi and blood circulation and the meridian passage, promote the composition to quickly take effect, quickly take effect and relieve the pain of patients. In addition, the preparation method of the composition is simple and easy to implement, the preparation period is short, and the automation is easy to realize.
There have been no long-term studies performed in animals to evaluate carcinogenic potential. There was a positive Ames test result in the Escherichia coli tester strain WP2uvrA and the Salmonella typhimurium tester strain TA102 in the absence of metabolic activation.

There was no evidence of a clastogenic effect in the in vivo mouse micronucleus assay.

In rats, fomepizole (110 mg/kg) administered orally for 40 to 42 days resulted in decreased testicular mass (approximately 8% reduction). This dose is approximately 0.6 times the human maximum daily exposure based on surface area (mg/m2). This reduction was similar for rats treated with either ethanol or fomepizole alone. When fomepizole was given in combination with ethanol, the decrease in testicular mass was significantly greater (approximately 30% reduction) compared to those rats treated exclusively with fomepizole or ethanol.
This study is aimed at assessing the impact of soluble dietary fiber inulin on the treatment of diabetes-related chronic inflammation and kidney injury in mice with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The T2DM model was created by feeding the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) mice a high-fat diet and intraperitoneally injecting them with streptozotocin (50 mg/kg for 5 consecutive days). The thirty-six ICR mice were divided into three dietary groups: the normal control (NC) group, the T2DM (DM) group, and the DM + inulin diet (INU) group. The INU group mice were given inulin at the dose of 500 mg/kg gavage daily until the end of the 12th week. After 12 weeks, the administration of inulin resulted in decreased serum levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and creatinine (CRE). The administration of inulin not only ameliorated renal injury but also resulted in a reduction in the mRNA expressions of inflammatory factors in the spleen and serum oxidative stress levels, when compared to the DM group. Additionally, inulin treatment in mice with a T2DM model led to a significant increase in the concentrations of three primary short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) (acetic acid, propionic acid, and butyric acid), while the concentration of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), a prominent inflammatory factor in diabetes, exhibited a significant decrease. The results of untargeted metabolomics indicate that inulin has the potential to alleviate inflammatory response and kidney damage in diabetic mice. This beneficial effect is attributed to its impact on various metabolic pathways, including glycerophospholipid metabolism, taurine and hypotaurine metabolism, arginine biosynthesis, and tryptophan metabolism. Consequently, oral inulin emerges as a promising treatment option for diabetes and kidney injury.
Despite differences in prostate cancer risk across ancestry groups, relative performance of prostate cancer genetic risks scores (GRS) for positive biopsy prediction in different ancestry groups is unknown. This cross-sectional retrospective analysis examines the association between a polygenic hazard score (PHS290) and risk of prostate cancer diagnosis upon first biopsy in male veterans using 2-sided tests. Our analysis included 36 717 veterans (10 297 of African ancestry). Unadjusted rates of positive first prostate biopsy increased with higher genetic risk (low risk: 34%, high risk: 58%; P < .001). Among men of African ancestry, higher genetic risk was associated with increased prostate cancer detection on first biopsy (odds ratio = 2.18, 95% confidence interval = 1.93 to 2.47), but the effect was stronger among men of European descent (odds ratio = 3.89, 95% confidence interval = 3.62 to 4.18). These findings suggest that incorporating genetic risk into prediction models could better personalize biopsy decisions, although further study is needed to achieve equitable genetic risk stratification among ancestry groups.
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a hair growing and restoring agent having excellent hair growing activities such as depilation-proofing and trichogenous effects, containing, as active ingredients, the respective extracts from Caryophilli flos and Houttuyniae herba. SOLUTION: This hair growing and restoring agent contains, an active ingredients, an extract derived from the buds of Syzygium aromaticum Merrill et perry and another extract derived from the whole grass of Houttuynia cordata of Saururaceae family. These extracts can also be used in combination with an extract from cranesbill, and a cell activator and/or blood circulation promoter. The amounts of these extracts to be formulated are 0.001-10wt.% on a dry basis in the final agent. Each of these extracts is obtained by subjecting the dried finely chopped crude drug of an appropriate size to extraction using a solvent (e.g. water, ethanol) at room temperature of higher temperature followed by purification.  The agent can be prepared into hair tonic, hair lotion, hair cream, aerosol, ointment, etc., which is used through application to the scalp at an appropriate amount once to several times a day. This agent is safe over a long period.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of this review is to describe an approach that emphasizes shared decision-making for patients with decompensated cirrhosis and acute kidney injury when liver transplantation is either not an option, or unlikely to be an option.
RECENT FINDINGS: When acute kidney injury occurs on a background of decompensated cirrhosis, outcomes are generally poor. Providers can also be faced with prognostic uncertainty. A lack of guidance from nephrology and hepatology professional societies means that providers rely on expert opinion or institutional practice patterns.
SUMMARY: For patients who are unlikely to receive liver transplantation, the occurrence of acute kidney injury represents an opportunity for a goals of care conversation. In this article, we share strategies through which providers can incorporate more shared decision-making when caring for these patients. The approach involves creating prognostic consensus amongst multidisciplinary teams and then relying on skilled communicators to share the prognosis. Palliative care consultation can be useful when teams need assistance in the conversations.
PURPOSE:To obtain the subject compound having high purity by immersing crushed asparagus in an alcohol, defatting the obtained concentrated extract, extracting with a solvent, treating by column chromatography to separate foreign materials and repeating the above procedures. CONSTITUTION:A lower alcohol such as methanol is added to the edible part of preferably a white asparagus and to the root and stalk of the asparagus and crushed with a mixer, etc. The crushed asparagus is immersed at room temperature in a state left at rest and the solvent is distilled off from the resultant extract to obtain a concentrated extract. A solvent such as benzene, ether, etc., is separately added to the extract and the defatting treatment is repeated once or more. The treated liquid is added with e.g. a 1:1 mixture of n-butane and water to extract the objective compound to the n-butane layer and the extract is passed through the column of a silica gel column chromatography to separate the foreign materials. The objective compound is produced by treating the product by LH-20 column chromatography.
Control group included Myofascial massage - sliding and kneading, for 30 minutes per session/3x per week. Conventional heating pad or face pad for 15 minutes. Therapeutic ultrasound with Frequency: 3MHz, Intensity: 0.75 - 1 W/cm2, Time: Based on treatment head and pulse factor. Temporomandibular joint mobilization (Maitland)-caudal glide, anterior-posterior glide, grade II, III, IV 3 reps x 3 sets per session. 6 x 6 exercise protocol of Rocabado, 6 reps per exercise x 6/day.
Disclosed herein are isolated monoclonal human antibodies that specifically bind insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) with an equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd) of 1 nM or less, wherein the antibodies bind IGF-I with an equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd) of 1 mM or greater. The antibodies inhibit phosphorylation of the insulin-like growth factor receptor. Nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors including these nucleic acids, and isolated host cells that express the nucleic acids are also disclosed. The antibodies can be used to detect human IGF-II in a sample. Methods of diagnosing a tumor are disclosed herein that utilize these antibodies. Methods of treating a subject with a tumor are also disclosed.
In forensic pathology, forensic onychology studies fingernails and toenails for medicolegal purposes. It mainly deals with DNA profiling from nails, toxicological analysis for detecting poisons, and the collection of trace evidence present under the nails. Injuries to fingernails and their interpretation for medicolegal purposes are the neglected areas of this study. We have discussed the most common types of fingernail injuries and their significance. We found that their notification has significant value in drowning cases, defense wounds on the palm, self-inflicted cuts, burns, electrocution, blunt trauma, physical assault, sexual offenses, and other issues like torture. We emphasize the examination of fingernails in the autopsy and medicolegal clinical examination for better administration of law and justice.
The taiep rat is a tubulin mutant with an early hypomyelination followed by progressive demyelination of the central nervous system due to a point mutation in the Tubb4a gene. It shows clinical, radiological, and pathological signs like those of the human leukodystrophy hypomyelination with atrophy of the basal ganglia and cerebellum (H-ABC). Taiep rats had tremor, ataxia, immobility episodes, epilepsy, and paralysis; the acronym of these signs given the name to this autosomal recessive trait. The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) and motor evoked potentials (MEPs) in adult taiep rats and in a patient suffering from H-ABC. Additionally, we evaluated the effects of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) on sensory responses and locomotion and finally, we compared myelin loss in the spinal cord of adult taiep and wild type (WT) rats using immunostaining. Our results showed delayed SSEPs in the upper and the absence of them in the lower extremities in a human patient. In taiep rats SSEPs had a delayed second negative evoked responses and were more susceptible to delayed responses with iterative stimulation with respect to WT. MEPs were produced by bipolar stimulation of the primary motor cortex generating a direct wave in WT rats followed by several indirect waves, but taiep rats had fused MEPs. Importantly, taiep SSEPs improved after systemic administration of 4-AP, a potassium channel blocker, and this drug induced an increase in the horizontal displacement measured in a novelty-induced locomotor test. In taiep subjects have a significant decrease in the immunostaining of myelin in the anterior and ventral funiculi of the lumbar spinal cord with respect to WT rats. In conclusion, evoked potentials are useful to evaluate myelin alterations in a leukodystrophy, which improved after systemic administration of 4-AP. Our results have a translational value because our findings have implications in future medical trials for H-ABC patients or with other leukodystrophies.
In the United States and around the world, people are living longer lives. As the population ages, so does the number of older adults who may experience declines in memory, attention, reasoning, or other thinking skills. Some of these changes in cognition can be treated and reversed if caught early. Others can be slowed down and hopefully one day prevented. Unfortunately, people with cognitive decline or very mild dementia often are not recognized until late in the disease course when treatments are less effective. As the first health care professional most people reach out to about medical concerns, primary care providers play a critical role in detecting cognitive decline early. While many primary care providers conduct cognitive screening at Medicare Annual Wellness Visits and when patients voice concerns, 9 out of 10 would like more information about who to screen, which assessment tool to use, and what to say if screening is positive. Deciding who to screen with a brief cognitive assessment tool is a key part of the process because not everyone needs to be screened, and primary care providers already face time pressures to address the obvious and immediate concerns of their patients. The long-term goal of this project is to develop a risk assessment and cognitive screening tool that requires minimal time and effort from primary care providers or their staff and is sensitive to cognitive decline in older adults from diverse educational and racial/ethnic backgrounds. The tool will be integrated into electronic health record systems to make it easy for primary care providers and patients to see results. The specific aims for the R33 phase of this project are to further test the effectiveness of the newly developed risk assessment and cognitive screening application in 500 older adults receiving care in two primary care clinics, to find out from primary care providers using the tool how much they liked it and if it was useful and easy to use, and to integrate findings into multiple electronic health record systems. Findings from this project will fill a gap in the existing toolkit of primary care providers and will make screening for cognitive decline quick, easy, and effective.
Here, we describe an interesting case of a patient with the duplication of inferior vena cava, high-positioned bifurcation of the abdominal aorta with transposition of iliac arteries, and right renal aplasia associated with end-stage renal disease who underwent kidney transplant. In this case, the patient with anorectal malformations with a vaginal fistula was prepared and underwent a kidney transplant. During the surgery, we discovered duplicated inferior vena cava and transposed iliac arteries. After the surgery, computed tomography angiography revealed the inferior vena cava duplication with the 2 connections between the right and left inferior vena cava with the formation of an anomalous circle, high-positioned bifurcation of the abdominal aorta at the level of the L2 vertebral body, and transposition of right and left iliac arteries. Also, we observed the right kidney aplasia and absence of blood circulation in the left native kidney. In our case, a delayed diagnosis of pyelonephritis resulted in the progression to end-stage renal disease that necessitated a kidney transplant, during which we found these anomalies. We confirmed the asymptomatic course of these anomalies, diagnosed only during radiological imaging or surgical intervention. Patients with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract should undergo complete investigations before surgical decisions. Diagnosis of this pathology in the preoperative period, especially in transplant patients, will alert the surgery team in advance of the operation and allow preparation for the intraoperative difficulties that are typically associated with anomalies such as inferior vena cava transposition or aplasia.
A liposome with ability to stably encapsulating active ingredient includes at least one encapsulating layer. Each encapsulating layer has a hollow spherical structure composed of a bilayer. The bilayer includes a first phospholipid layer and a second phospholipid layer. The first phospholipid layer constitutes the outer layer of the hollow sphere structure, the second phospholipid layer constitutes the inner layer of the hollow sphere structure, and the first phospholipid layer and the second phospholipid layer are side by side. A liposome with ability to stably encapsulating active ingredient, provided by the utility model, can be used to encapsulate active ingredients in at least one inner space. Herein, the liposome has a stable structure, can stably encapsulate the active ingredients, and can be used to increase the bioabsorption rate of the encapsulated active ingredients.
Abstract The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (i) or (ii), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, or 5 prodrug, thereof: formula (I), formula (II): which inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3-NS4A protease. Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and 10 are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCF infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a 15 subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention. C:NrPortbl\GHMatters\ROSG21 992211. DOC 19102110
Purpose of the research; The aim of this study is to determine the effect of informing patients with video before heart surgery on their intensive care experience."Patient Descriptive Information Form" and "Intensive Care Experience Scale (ICES)" will be used to collect data.In Kavuncu's study, the average score they got from ICES was found to be 57.07±5.6. It was calculated that 45 patients from each group should be included in the study in order to test the 0.6-unit effect size value, which was calculated by accepting a 5% difference from this score in the experimental group, with a 5% margin of error, 95% confidence level and 80% power value.In the study, after the patients admitted to the cardiovascular surgery service for cardiac surgery were informed about the purpose and importance of the study and the research, informed consent will be obtained verbally and in writing from the volunteer patients. In order to ensure randomization of the patients in the study, a randomization plan was prepared for 45 experiments and 45 controls using a probabilistic scheme-based computer program. 24-48 hours before the surgery, the patients will be shown an informative video about the intensive care environment in a separate room through a one-on-one interview. In the study, no attempt will be made to the control group patients other than the routine practice of the institution before the surgery. In the study, the day of discharge from the intensive care unit will be counted as the first day, and on the second day, the 'Intensive Care Experience Scale' will be applied to the patients in both the experimental and control groups by face-to-face interview method.
Ovarian cancer (OC) is the deadliest gynecological malignancy among all female reproductive cancers. It is characterized by high mortality rate and poor prognosis. Genomic instability caused by mutations, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), copy number variations (CNVs), microsatellite instability (MSI), and chromosomal instability (CIN) are associated with OC predisposition. SNPs, which are highly prevalent in the general population, show a greater relative risk contribution, particularly in sporadic cancers. Understanding OC etiology in terms of genetic basis can increase the use of molecular diagnostics and provide promising approaches for designing novel treatment modalities. This will help deliver personalized medicine to OC patients, which may soon be within reach. Given the pivotal impact of SNPs in cancers, the primary emphasis of this review is to shed light on their prevalence in key caretaker genes that closely monitor genomic integrity, viz., DNA damage response, repair, cell cycle checkpoints, telomerase maintenance, and apoptosis and their clinical implications in OC. We highlight the current challenges faced in different SNP-based studies. Various computational methods and bioinformatic tools employed to predict the functional impact of SNPs have also been comprehensively reviewed concerning OC research. Overall, this review identifies that variants in the DDR and HRR pathways are the most studied, implying their critical role in the disease. Conversely, variants in other pathways, such as NHEJ, MMR, cell cycle, apoptosis, telomere maintenance, and PARP genes, have been explored the least.
In the emergency department, patients with potential or confirmed cardiovascular diseases constitute a significant portion of the overall patient population. Monitoring for cardiovascular surveillance of these patients, until and during the diagnostics and acute therapy often presents an interdisciplinary and interprofessional challenge. This is partly due to the limited number of monitoring spaces in emergency departments. Therefore, it is crucial to establish a differentiated indication for cardiovascular monitoring. Despite limited monitoring resources, ensuring high patient safety is paramount. The correct approach holds significant prognostic importance. For patients requiring extended monitoring, especially using invasive systems, close personnel monitoring is essential, in addition to appropriate staffing and medical equipment. The overarching goal for such patients is to ensure prompt transfer to a suitable destination unit. The provision of an intensive care bed for further care within one hour is aimed for according to the directive of the Federal Joint Committee on staged emergency care in hospitals. Often, at the beginning of the emergency department visit, a definitive diagnosis is not yet established - this is addressed accordingly with symptom-oriented considerations. The present review article focuses on the practical Implementation and modalities of monitoring, as well as its application in a selection of cardiovascular diagnoses in the emergency department.
Participants were randomized to receive version #2 of 5 different versions of a message from a physician regarding vaccination. All messages included a statement that the vaccine is very safe and very effective. In Message 2, this statement was followed by a comparison of the COVID-19 vaccine to the flu shot and an explicit recommendation ("I recommend that you get it").