Intra-Articular Application of Sluijter-Teixera Poisson Pulsed Radiofrequency in Symptomatic Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: Focus upon Clinical Efficacy and Safety by D. Filippiadis, A. Tsochatzis, E. Petsatodis, S. Galanis, G. Velonakis, C. Giankoulof, A. Kelekis

“…This was reduced to a mean value of 0.90 ± 1.50 NVS units one-week post-RF, 1.08 ± 1.53 at one month, 1.54 ± 1.88 at three months, 2.33 ± 2.17 at six months, and 3.23 ± 2.23 at 12 months of follow-up p<0.01. …”
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Gender Differences in the Appetite Response to a Satiating Diet by Alexandra Bédard, Anne-Marie Hudon, Vicky Drapeau, Louise Corneau, Sylvie Dodin, Simone Lemieux

“…Thirty-eight men and 32 premenopausal women consumed a 4-week isoenergetic MedDiet under controlled conditions. …”
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Animal Models of Steatosis (NAFLD) and Steatohepatitis (NASH) Exhibit Hepatic Lobe-Specific Gelatinases Activity and Oxidative Stress by Giuseppina Palladini, Laura G. Di Pasqua, Clarissa Berardo, Veronica Siciliano, Plinio Richelmi, Stefano Perlini, Andrea Ferrigno, Mariapia Vairetti

“…Eight-week-old male Wistar rats fed with 8-week methionine-choline-deficient (MCD) diet and relative control diet were used for NASH. …”
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Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Trans-Sacral Epiduroscopic Laser Decompression Compared to Percutaneous Epidural Neuroplasty by Bong Ju Moon, Seong Yi, Yoon Ha, Keung Nyun Kim, Do Heum Yoon, Dong Ah Shin

“…The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for leg pain; Oswestry Disability Index (ODI); 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12); preoperative and postoperative 4-, 12-, and 24-week Macnab criteria; and preoperative and 24-week postoperative lumbar spinal MRIs after SELD were obtained. …”
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Effectiveness of dynamic neuromuscular stabilization training on strength, endurance, and flexibility in adults with intellectual disabilities, a randomized controlled trial by Hamed Babagoltabar-Samakoush, Behnoosh Aminikhah, Saeid Bahiraei

“…Participants in the intervention group engaged in the DNS training program for 8 weeks, with 3 sessions per week, while the control group maintained their usual activities. …”
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Effect of beetroot extract (beta vulgaris) against olanzapine on the pituitary, thyroid, and fertility in adult white male rats by Haleema Yousef ALNAHARY, Ghada L. TALEB, Naglaa Y. ABUZINADAH, Hanan Msaa AL JAMEI, Mariam ALGAMDI, Haneen Nasser AHMED, Hanan Abdulkarim SANGOUF, Anoud A. ALTHAGAFI

“…The study found that beetroot extract treatment significantly increased thyroidstimulating hormone levels by 81% and TSH by 82% in the third and sixth weeks, while Triiodothyronine levels decreased by 42% and thyroxin levels by 115% in the third and sixth weeks, also, there was a significant decrease in testosterone levels in the group treated with Olanzapine by 108 % in the third week and by 116% in the sixth week when compared to a control group; additionally, the study found a 25% increase in absolute body weight in the beetroot extract group and 26% increase in a combined group treated with Olanzapine compared to Olanzapine. …”
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Efficacy of pegylated interferon alfa-2b «Algeron» in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C by M. V. Mayevskaya, O. O. Znoyko, E. A. Klimova, S. L. Maximov, S. N. Kizhlo, N. A. Petrochenkova, F. I. Nagimova, R. A. Ivanov, Yu. N. Linkova, T. V. Chernovskaya

“…In the two main groups the patients received Algeron in the dosage of 1.5 or 2.0 μg/kg/week, in the active control group – PegIntron 1.5 μg/kg/week in combination with ribavirin. …”
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Clinical Response Predictive Model for Omalizumab in Moderate-to-Severe Asthma Patients by Ruiqi Qian, Lingyi Yang, Xurui Shen, Cheng Chen, Jianan Huang, Xiuqin Zhang, Cuiping Fu

“…Eighty-nine patients finished treatment for 16 weeks, and 74 patients (83.1%) had an excellent or good response. …”
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Efficacy of tezepelumab in patients with severe asthma and persistent airflow obstruction by Elliot Israel, Mario Castro, Christopher S. Ambrose, Jean-Pierre Llanos, Nestor A. Molfino, Nicole L. Martin, Sandhia S. Ponnarambil, Neil Martin

“…This post hoc analysis included PATHWAY and NAVIGATOR patients who received tezepelumab 210 mg or placebo every 4 weeks for 52 weeks. Change from baseline to week 52 in pre-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and the annualised asthma exacerbation rate (AAER) over 52 weeks were assessed in patients with and without PAO (post-bronchodilator FEV1/forced vital capacity ratio <0.7) at baseline. …”
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Erythropoietin Dose and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients: Marginal Structural Model to Examine Causality by Elani Streja, Jongha Park, Ting-Yan Chan, Janet Lee, Melissa Soohoo, Connie M. Rhee, Onyebuchi A. Arah, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh

“…There was a dose-dependent positive association between weekly epoetin-α doses ≥18 000 U/week and mortality risk. …”
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Effect of increased protein intake before pre-event on muscle fatigue development and recovery in female athletes by Taghread Ahmed Elsayed Ahmed, Heba Ali Ibrahim Seleem, Ghada Mohamed Youssef Elsayed, Marwa Ahmed Fadl Kholif, Rania Mohammed Abduljawad, Nour Taha Ebrahem Housen, Naglaa Mohamed Roby Sofy, Hager Abdel Hady

“…Both groups performed the same training protocol, three times a week, over 6 weeks. All variables were assessed one week before the experimental program and after the 6-week training period. …”
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Physical activity pattern and its influencing factors among patients with inflammatory bowel disease in East China by Ying Zhou, Feng Xu, Liyan Xu, Huiwei Liu, Xie Zhang

“…The median sedentary time was 2325 (1500~3120) min/week in IBD patients, with CD significantly more than UC (p&lt;0.01). …”
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Effect of Liuzijue Combined with Inspiratory Muscle Training on Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by WANG Qing, LIU Siyuan, CAO Haihao, QU Xinjie, ZHANG Linlin, BI Hongyan

“…The control group received routine drug treatment and rehabilitation training, including rehabilitation training 30 minutes a time, once a day, five days a week, lasting for eight weeks. The inspiratory muscle training group received the inspiratory muscle training on the basis of the control group, 20 minutes a time, once a day, five days a week, lasting for eight weeks. …”
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High Compliance with the 11+ Injury Prevention Program Results in Better Win-Loss Records by Holly Silvers-Granelli, Mario Bizzini, Bert Mandelbaum, Amelia Arundale, Ryan Pohlig, Lynn Snyder-Mackler

“…There were three compliance categories that were defined prospectively, low (LC, \< 1 dose/week), moderate (MC, \>1 and \<2 doses/week), and high (HC, \>2 doses/week). …”
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Feasibility of individualized home exercise programs for patients with head and neck cancer-study protocol and first results of a multicentre single-arm intervention trial (OSHO #9... by Sabine Felser, Julia Rogahn, Änne Glass, Lars Arne Bonke, Daniel Fabian Strüder, Jana Stolle, Susann Schulze, Markus Blaurock, Ursula Kriesen, Christian Junghanss, Christina Grosse-Thie

“…This should be carried out at least three times a week over 12 weeks for 15 to 30 minutes, supplemented by aerobic training two to three times a week for 30 minutes (intervention). …”
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Longitudinal non-targeted metabolomic profiling of urine samples for monitoring of kidney transplantation patients by Ihsan Yozgat, Ulkem Cakır, Muhittin Abdulkadir Serdar, Sevgi Sahin, Osman Ugur Sezerman, Emirhan Nemutlu, Ahmet Tarik Baykal, Mustafa Serteser

“…A group of 61 kidney transplant recipients underwent thorough monitoring during a one-year follow-up period, which included a one-week hospital stay and follow-up assessments at three and six months. …”
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Self-administered active versus sham acupressure for diarrhea predominant irritable bowel syndrome: a nurse-led randomized clinical trial by Maha Gamal Ramadan Asal, Ahmed Abdelwahab Ibrahim El-Sayed, Samira Ahmed Alsenany, Zahraa Hassan Ramzy, Rasha Fathy Ahmed Dawood

“…Outcomes were assessed at baseline, week 2, and week 4. Results The active acupressure group showed a significant reduction in symptom severity, improved stool consistency, and frequency, and greater adequate symptom relief by week 4 compared to the sham group. …”
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Efficacy of unified protocol for transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders in adolescents (UP-A) in China: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Xue Gao, Lu Liu, Mei-Rong Pan, Hai-Mei Li, Yu-Feng Wang, Xue-Ying Liu, Zhong-Fang Fu, Qiujin Qian

“…Participants will be assessed at baseline (T1), week 4 (T2), week 8 (T3), post-treatment (T4) and 3 month follow-up (T5).Discussion This protocol outlines the first randomised controlled trial investigating the efficacy of the UP-A among Chinese adolescents with emotional disorders. …”
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Fungi, Drugs, and Money: New Issues, Old Problems

“…Nature leads this week with a story about a modern potato famine - this time in Russia. …”
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Immunological composition of human milk before and during subclinical and clinical mastitis by Irma Castro-Navarro, Ryan M. Pace, Ryan M. Pace, Ryan M. Pace, Janet E. Williams, Christina D. W. Pace, Harpreet Kaur, Julia Piaskowski, Alberto Aragón, Alberto Aragón, Juan M. Rodríguez, Juan M. Rodríguez, Mark A. McGuire, Leonides Fernandez, Leonides Fernandez, Michelle K. McGuire

“…To help close this research gap, we documented the immune profiles of milk produced by both breasts of 10 women experiencing clinical (CM) and 8 women experiencing subclinical (SCM) mastitis during the week of sign/symptom development as well as the week prior and compared them with milk produced by 14 healthy controls. …”
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