anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
Vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency is common throughout the lifespan, and across all race and ethnic groups. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently recommended supplementation dose to 400 international units (IU) daily in all children. These recommendations target rickets prevention, but address neither the vitamin D supplementation necessary to optimize bone health nor the nontraditional vitamin D roles in immune disease, insulin resistance, muscle function, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Moreover, the AAP recommendation noted that it had little pediatric data upon which to base guidelines. The Institute of Medicine also recently published Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D: the estimated average requirement in children and adults was set at 400(IU) daily and the recommend dietary allowance was set at 600 IU daily. Data on outcomes and supplementation levels in African Americans (a population at particular risk for vitamin D deficiency) and across pediatric age ranges and body habitus types, are lacking. The Vitamin D supplementation requirement in obese, African American adolescents is particularly problematic since obesity is associated with 1) lower circulating vitamin D levels (25OHD) and 2) insulin resistance. This pilot study will examine the effect of vitamin D supplementation upon 25OHD, the serum marker of vitamin D status, in obese, African American adolescents with vitamin D deficiency. Subjects will be randomized to receive cholecalciferol 1000 IU or 5000 IU daily for 3 months. Serum 25OHD, parathyroid hormone, glucose, insulin, CVD risk markers, and measures of muscle function and pain will be obtained at baseline and post-treatment. This pilot study will provide data on serum 25OHD responses to vitamin D at doses more likely to meaningfully impact 25OHD than the current American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) supplementation guideline. Responses to supplementation can then inform future clinical trials aimed at addressing outcomes of vitamin D replacement on insulin sensitivity and CVD risk in obese adolescents.
The standard of care for treating postpartum depression in the US is antidepressants, psychotherapy or both. Little data exist on the best method for treating perinatal depression (PND) in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is a mixed method study including a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) of antidepressant medication (ADM) versus interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) and qualitative semi-structured interviews (SSIs). The study will enroll 100 pregnant HIV infected women over the age of 18 seeking postnatal care and continuing antiretroviral therapy in pregnancy. An additional 20 women enrolled in the RCT will be invited to participate in SSIs. Each participant will be followed for 24 weeks.
A system for facilitating routing to a provider via artificial intelligence is provided. The system interacts with a user to obtain information from the user during an encounter. The information is provided to an artificial intelligence engine to determine a medical complaint of the user. The artificial intelligence engine proceeds to generate a list of providers matching criteria associated with the medical complaint, the information, or a combination thereof. Additional filters are applied to the list of providers to enhance correlation of the providers in the list for the individual. The artificial intelligence engine determines an optimal provider from the list based on the optimal provider having a greater correlation with the information, the medical complaint, or a combination thereof, than other providers in the list. The system presents the list of providers and digital links to enable selection of one or more providers to establish connections with the providers.
The invention discloses an external traditional Chinese medicine lotion for treating pediatric diaper dermatitis. According to the traditional Chinese medicine, diaper dermatitis belongs to the domain of ''Perineum inflammation''. The skin of a child is tender and dedicate and easy to be affected by external heat toxin, if the diaper is not replaced in time after being wetted by defecation or airtight and non-hygroscopic materials such as rubber, plastic diaper, cloth liner and the like are used for a long time, damp is combined with heat, and then the damp-heat causes harm to the buttock skin. The external traditional Chinese medicine lotion disclosed by the invention is prepared by adding water to soak traditional Chinese medicines of viola inconspicua, mulberry root, moutan bark, houttuynia cordata, small-fruited balloon vine fruit, roseleaf and camphire leaf, and then adding fresh water to boil the medicines to prepare the external lotion. The external lotion is used for washing children patient in water. Clinical experiments prove that the total effective rate is as high as 90.0%, the curative effect is remarkable and small side effects are caused.
Chemotherapeutic agents that interfere with microtubule assembly or disassembly in the cell are potent inhibitors of cell replication. Examples of such agents include halichondrin B analogs. It has been shown that the susceptibility of certain cancers to analogs of halichondrin B correlates with the expression of particular tubulin isotypes or other microtubule-associated proteins such as MAP-4 and stathmin. Correlations such as these may be used in identifying patients suitable for treatment using a particular chemotherapeutic agent. Such a system avoids treating patients with cytotoxic compounds where there is a minimal or no effect on the cancer. The invention also provides a system of establishing these correlations for different compounds and cancer types. The system will be particularly useful in establishing correlations between anti-microtubule agents and cancers such as lung, breast, and ovarian cancer. Kits and reagents useful in practicing the invention are also provided.
PURPOSE: A hair dye composition using natural material is provided to supply nutrition to hair and soften the surface of scalp or hair. CONSTITUTION: A hair dye composition contains 16wt% of Dioscorea batatas powder, 17wt% of wheat flour, 13 wt% of coffee liquid, 16wt% of Pyroligneous liquor of oak, 16wt% of yolk of egg, and 7wt% of black soybean powder in 15wt% of dye solution. The dye solution contains dyes having various colors. The amount of the dye can be determined by kinds of dye and desired hair color. The Pyroligneous liquor of oak does not contain toxic substance(methanol, phenol, cresol, tar). The dye composition is used in the form of powder.
Two-weeks screening period and a 4-weeks open-label intralesional treatment period with L19TNF. Pembrolizumab will be administered by i.v. infusion on the first day of intralesional treatment with L19TNF, and will continue every 3 weeks for approximately 2 years, 35 cycles, 2 year cap or until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity, whichever comes first.
Minimal residual disease (MRD) monitoring is currently performed in T-ALL patients to evaluate treatment response and define risk stratification. Patients with good prognosis have undetectable MRD levels after treatment, while persistent MRD defines high relapse-risk patients. The standardized flow cytometry assay detects MRD reliably in bone marrow or peripheral blood at levels ≥0.01% mononuclear cells. More sensitive MRD assay detecting specific clonal T cell receptors (TCR) by next-generation sequencing (NGS) can reliably detect blasts at levels ≤10-6 cells. Given the high sensitivity, NGS-MRD approach improves distinction between deeply negative and very low positive cases. Recent studies also demonstrate that NGS-MRD assessment of the bone marrow with undetectable blast cells is a strong predictive factor, indicating patients with possible long-term response after CAR-T cell therapy.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is hematological malignancy with the highest incidence in children and adolescents. After standardized treatment, the survival rate is relatively high. ALL is divided into two types: B cells and T cells, the latter accounting for about 15% of childhood leukemias and about 25% of adult leukemias. Compared with children and adolescents with B-lineage ALL (B-ALL), T-ALL is extremely aggressive, and patients are prone to early disease recurrence, and in the event of recurrence, event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) are lower, at less than 25%, even with more intensive treatment, which might require further combination therapy to enhance anti-tumor immunity and eradicate all malignant cells. Therefore, this protocol includes multi-target CAR-T cell infusions followed by antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)-based immunotherapy, which is based on T cells reacting with specific T-ALL tumor antigens and immune-modified dendritic cells (DCvac) fused with T leukemic cells as DC vaccines. In addition to the significant success of CAR-T cell therapy, various clinical studies also reported the importance and potential benefits of using tumor-specific T cells in different types of cancer. Moreover, DC-based vaccines as another agent of immunotherapy have proven to prevent or delay relapse in leukemia patients achieving remission. In this study, we combine those strategies to augment anti-tumor immunity in patients and expect undetectable NGS-MRD, a long-lasting remission to prevent disease recurrence.

We propose a novel protocol which combines multi-CAR-T cell therapy, engineered immune effector CTLs and DCvac against T-ALL. The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of the NGS-MRD analysis-based combinational immunotherapy.
Lung cancer and cachexia are the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Cachexia is manifested by weight loss and white adipose tissue (WAT) atrophy. Limited nutritional supplements are conducive to lung cancer patients, whereas the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. In this study, we used a murine cancer cachexia model to investigate the effects of a nutritional formula (NuF) rich in fish oil and selenium yeast as an adjuvant to enhance the drug efficacy of an EGFR inhibitor (Tarceva). In contrast to the healthy control, tumor-bearing mice exhibited severe cachexia symptoms, including tissue wasting, hypoalbuminemia, and a lower food efficiency ratio. Experimentally, Tarceva reduced pEGFR and HIF-1α expression. NuF decreased the expression of pEGFR and HIF-2α, suggesting that Tarceva and NuF act differently in prohibiting tumor growth and subsequent metastasis. NuF blocked LLC tumor-induced PTHrP and expression of thermogenic factor UCP1 and lipolytic enzymes (ATGL and HSL) in WAT. NuF attenuated tumor progression, inhibited PTHrP-induced adipose tissue browning, and maintained adipose tissue integrity by modulating heat shock protein (HSP) 72. Added together, Tarceva in synergy with NuF favorably improves cancer cachexia as well as drug efficacy.
This arm attempts to manage patient's pain and agitation with analgesia first. Fentanyl intravenous (IV) pushes are administered every 5 minutes as needed to target pain and sedation score, up to 4 doses per hour. Every morning 120-min CPAP trial is performed as long as patient's RASS score is 0 to -2 and patient passes the SBT safety screen. If fentanyl IV push doses alone cannot manage patient's pain and agitation (could not reach the target score), notify the study team. Fentanyl infusion is started and titrated to target pain and sedation score up to 6 hours. If fentanyl infusion is titrated up twice consecutively and target pain and sedation score are not met, notify the study team. Propofol infusion is started and titrated to target RASS score up to 6 hours.
Group A will be submitted to photodynamic therapy (Curcumin and red laser, λ450 nm) with 142 J/cm2, 100mW. The number of points will be calculated based on the size of lesion (1 laser shot per cm2 of lesion). The intervention will be repeated daily until cure of the oral mucositis was attained.
Open-Label Induction Phase: Participants will self-administer esketamine intranasally twice per week for 4 weeks as a flexible dose regimen (56 mg or 84 mg). Participants greater than or equal to (\>=) 65 will start at a dose of 28 mg on Day 1. Direct-entry participants will initiate a new, open-label oral antidepressant (duloxetine, escitalopram, sertraline, or venlafaxine extended release \[XR\]) on Day 1; transferred-entry participants will continue the same oral antidepressant from ESKETINTRD3005. Optimization/Maintenance Phase: Participants will self-administer esketamine (56mg or 84mg for those \< 65 years; 28 mg, 56 mg or 84 mg for those \>= 65 years) intranasally once per week for 4 weeks; transferred entry responder subjects from ESKETINTRD3005 will start at a dose of 28 mg in the first week. All participants will continue their same oral antidepressant during this phase.
The present invention relates to a composition containing an ATL2 inhibitor for preventing or treating Alzheimer's disease and a method for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease by measuring ATL2. In the present invention, it was confirmed that PS1 mutation causes mitochondrial dysfunction in brain glioma cells, such as increased endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondrial binding, increased mitochondrial ROS production, decreased mitochondrial membrane potential, decreased ATP production, decreased complex I activity, and decreased peroxidase activity. Also, it was confirmed that the PS1 mutation abnormally increases the association between the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria by increasing the expression of ATL2 in the brain. In addition, when ATL2 was knocked down, it was confirmed that the endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondrial binding decreased again, and the expression of ATL2 was confirmed to be increased in the brains of Alzheimer's disease animal models and patients. Accordingly, it is expected that it will be possible to effectively prevent or treat Alzheimer's disease by inhibiting the expression or activity of ATL2, diagnose or predict the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by measuring the expression or activity of ATL2, and screen treatments for Alzheimer's disease. A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating Alzheimer's disease contains: an expression or activity inhibitor of the Atlastin 2 (ATL2) gene or protein as an active ingredient.
We aimed to analyze sex-related differences in galectin-1 (Gal-1), a β-galactoside-binding lectin, in aortic stenosis (AS) and its association with the inflammatory and fibrocalcific progression of AS. Gal-1 was determined in serum and aortic valves (AVs) from control and AS donors by western blot and immunohistochemistry. Differences were validated by ELISA and qPCR in AS samples. In vitro experiments were conducted in primary cultured valve interstitial cells (VICs). Serum Gal-1 was not different neither between control and AS nor between men and women. There was no association between circulating and valvular Gal-1 levels. The expression of Gal-1 in stenotic AVs was higher in men than women, even after adjusting for confounding factors, and was associated with inflammation, oxidative stress, extracellular matrix remodeling, fibrosis, and osteogenesis. Gal-1 (LGALS1) mRNA was enhanced within fibrocalcific areas of stenotic AVs, especially in men. Secretion of Gal-1 was up-regulated over a time course of 2, 4, and 8 days in men's calcifying VICs, only peaking at day 4 in women's VICs. In vitro, Gal-1 was associated with similar mechanisms to those in our clinical cohort. β-estradiol significantly up-regulated the activity of an LGALS1 promoter vector and the secretion of Gal-1, only in women's VICs. Supplementation with rGal-1 prevented the effects elicited by calcific challenge including the metabolic shift to glycolysis. In conclusion, Gal-1 is up-regulated in stenotic AVs and VICs from men in association with inflammation, oxidative stress, matrix remodeling, and osteogenesis. Estrogens can regulate Gal-1 expression with potential implications in post-menopause women. Exogenous rGal-1 can diminish calcific phenotypes in both women and men.
Objective Edoxaban is an anticoagulant used for venous thromboembolism (VTE) treatment and requires pretreatment with parenteral anticoagulants. However, pretreatment is not always performed in the clinical setting. In this study, we investigated the safety and effectiveness of edoxaban treatment in patients with VTE with or without pretreatment. Methods We retrospectively enrolled 364 patients who received edoxaban for VTE treatment between September 2014 and March 2020 and investigated patient demographics, VTE recurrence, and major bleeding as clinical outcomes in patients with or without pretreatment. Furthermore, the factors contributing to pretreatment decisions were assessed. Results Patients without pretreatment (n=208) had more active cancer cases and fewer pulmonary embolism complications than those with pretreatment (n=156). Lower levels of hemoglobin and higher levels of white blood cell counts, C-reactive protein, and D-dimer at the diagnosis were found in patients who received pretreatment than in those without pretreatment. No symptomatic VTE recurrence was observed. After propensity score matching, the cumulative incidence of major bleeding was not significantly higher in patients with pretreatment than in those without it (log-rank test, p=0.136). The incidence of deteriorated VTE on imaging did not significantly differ between patients with and without pretreatment, even after propensity matching (log-rank test, p=0.414). Conclusion In a real-world clinical setting, where physicians determined the use of parenteral anticoagulant lead-in according to their experience, patient demographics, and VTE characteristics, no significant differences were found regarding safety and effectiveness in edoxaban-treated VTE patients with or without pretreatment with parenteral anticoagulants.
The Coxib and traditional NSAID Trialists’ Collaboration meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials demonstrated an approximately two-fold increase in hospitalizations for heart failure in COX-2 selective-treated patients and nonselective NSAID-treated patients compared to placebo-treated patients. In a Danish National Registry study of patients with heart failure, NSAID use increased the risk of MI, hospitalization for heart failure, and death.

Additionally, fluid retention and edema have been observed in some patients treated with NSAIDs. Use of oxaprozin may blunt the CV effects of several therapeutic agents used to treat these medical conditions (e.g., diuretics, ACE inhibitors, or angiotensin receptor blockers [ARBs]) [see Drug Interactions (7)] . 

Avoid the use of oxaprozin in patients with severe heart failure unless the benefits are expected to outweigh the risk of worsening heart failure. If oxaprozin is used in patients with severe heart failure, monitor patients for signs of worsening heart failure.
Patients using topical corticosteroids should receive the following information and instructions:

  1. This medication is to be used as directed by the physician. It is for external use only. Avoid contact with the eyes.
  2. This medication should not be used for any disorder other than that for which it was prescribed.
  3. The treated skin area should not be bandaged, otherwise covered or wrapped, so as to be occlusive unless directed by the physician.
  4. Patients should report to their physician any signs of local adverse reactions.
  5. Hydrocortisone valerate cream USP, 0.2% should not be applied in the diaper areas as diapers or plastic pants may constitute occlusive dressings. (See DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION.) 
  6. This medication should not be used on the face, underarms, or groin areas unless directed by the physician.
  7. As with other corticosteroids, therapy should be discontinued when control is achieved. If no improvement is seen within 2 weeks, contact the physician.
This research is a randomized controlled experimental study aiming to investigate the impact of scenario-based three-dimensional video education using virtual reality goggles on surgical handwashing and sterile dressing skills. Volunteer nursing students, forming the research sample, were divided into three groups using a simple random sampling method. The first group was provided with an 11-minute VR experience using virtual reality goggles, repeated three times. The second group received theoretical training methods, with a one-time 30-minute session and a demonstration, followed by free study time. The third group received training three times with an 11-minute video. Three weeks later, the students' skills were assessed using a validated skills assessment form. Their confidence and satisfaction levels were evaluated through a questionnaire.
People often fail to notice unexpected stimuli when their attention is directed elsewhere. Most studies of this "inattentional blindness" have been conducted using laboratory tasks with little connection to real-world performance. Medical case reports document examples of missed findings in radiographs and CT images, unintentionally retained guidewires following surgery, and additional conditions being overlooked after making initial diagnoses. These cases suggest that inattentional blindness might contribute to medical errors, but relatively few studies have directly examined inattentional blindness in realistic medical contexts. We review the existing literature, much of which focuses on the use of augmented reality aids or inspection of medical images. Although these studies suggest a role for inattentional blindness in errors, most of the studies do not provide clear evidence that these errors result from inattentional blindness as opposed to other mechanisms. We discuss the design, analysis, and reporting practices that can make the contributions of inattentional blindness unclear, and we describe guidelines for future research in medicine and similar contexts that could provide clearer evidence for the role of inattentional blindness.
This group of patients will perform a Virtual Reality "Ball Task" training. This task contains 6 trials of increasing difficulty.
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: We explored the feasibility of using total tumor apparent diffusion coefficient (ttADC) histogram parameters to predict high-risk cytogenetic abnormalities (HRCA) in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and compared the performance of an image prediction model based on these parameters with that of a combined prediction model based on these parameters and clinical indicators.
METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the parameters of the ttADC histogram based on whole-body diffusion-weighted images(WB-DWI) and clinical indicators in 92 patients with MM. The patients were divided into HRCA and non-HRCA groups according to the results of the fluorescence in situ hybridization. Logistic regression analysis was used to construct the image prediction and combined prediction models. The area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the performance of the models to identify HRCA. The DeLong test was used to compare the AUC differences of each prediction model.
RESULTS: Logistic regression analysis results revealed that the ttADC histogram parameter, ttADC entropy < 7.959 (OR: 39.167; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.891-394.208; P < 0.05), was an independent risk factor for HRCA. The image prediction model consisted of ttADC entropy and ttADC SD. The combined prediction model included ttADC entropy along with patient clinical indicators such as biological sex and M protein percentage. The AUCs of the image prediction and combined prediction models were 0.739 and 0.811, respectively (P < .05). The image prediction model showed a sensitivity of 73.9% and a specificity of 68.1%. The combined prediction model showed 82.6% sensitivity and 72.5% specificity.
CONCLUSIONS: Using ttADC histogram parameters based on WB-DWI images to predict HRCA in patients with MM is feasible, and combining ttADC parameters with clinical indicators can achieve better predictive performance.