Effect of Neck Exercises Combined with Stimulating Baihui and Yongquan Acupoints Based on the Concept of Muscle and Bone Balance on Patients with Cervical Hypertension by CHEN Xiuming, LIN Jian, LIU Jinyong, FANG Yuelong, ZHAN Zhengxuan, HE Zhen, CAI Shuhe

“…Stimulating Baihui and Yongquan acupoints included head and neck scraping therapy and moxibustion of Yongquan acupoint, once every other day. …”
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Economic and Humanistic Burden of Moderate and Severe Hemophilia A and B in Spain: Real-World Evidence Insights from the CHESS II Study by Carmen Peral, Alfonso De Lossada Juste, Nadia Lwoff, Nataly Espinoza-Cámac, Miguel Ángel Casado, Tom Burke, Jose Alvir, Sheena Thakkar, Enrico Ferri Grazzi

“…The main direct cost component in all groups except moderate HA was factor replacement therapy. Mean per-patient indirect cost was €4089 (moderate HA), €797 (moderate HB), €8633 (severe HA) and €8049 (severe HB). …”
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SAA3 deficiency exacerbates intestinal fibrosis in DSS-induced IBD mouse model by Xiaodong Zou, Tong Wu, Jianjiao Lin, Tao Su, Hui Xiao, Chuyan Ni, Lijuan Hu, Wenchu Lin, Weilin Chen, Richard D. Ye, Li Xiang

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Validated HPLC method for simultaneous determination of azelastine hydrochloride fluticasone propionate and oxymetazoline in nasal mucosa and nasopharyngeal swabs from real human s... by Neven N. Mikawy, Nancy Magdy, Marwa H. Mohamed, Amira M. El-Kosasy

“…Abstract A combination of three co-administrated drugs, such as azelastine hydrochloride (AZT), fluticasone propionate (FP), and oxymetazoline (OXY), is more effective than single therapy for the treatment of seasonal allergy and COVID-19. …”
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Integrated Traditional Chinese and western medicine nursing of a patient with COVID-19 complicated with chronic cough (1例新型冠状病毒感染合并慢性咳嗽患者的中西医结合护理体会)... by YANG Xiaoyu (杨肖雨), CAO Hongjing (曹红京), LI Ning (李宁), LI Yueru (李月茹), LI Jing (李静), ZHENG Xinnan (郑鑫楠)

“…In addition, Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing techniques such as dressing aromatherapy, Chinese herbal medicine ointment rubbing, acupoint application, auricular acupoint pressing and five-tone music therapy were carried out to relieve the negative emotion and cough symptoms, and improve patient’s quality of life. …”
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Fully Covered Stent-TIPS for Advanced HCC Patients with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus-Related Severe Symptomatic Portal Hypertension by Liu Z, Lyu T, Yang J, Xie Y, Fan S, Song L, Zou Y, Wang J

“…The median OS was 6.0 months and the cumulative survival rates at 3, 6, 12 months were 80.0%, 52.0% and 21.3%.Conclusion: FCS-TIPS is safe and effective for treating PVTT-related severe SPH and can serve as a bridging therapy for advanced HCC.Keywords: fully covered stent, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, hepatocellular carcinoma, portal vein tumor thrombus, symptomatic portal hypertension…”
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Non-inferiority study to compare the efficacy of relugolix with dienogest for endometriosis-associated pain and usefulness of administering relugolix prior to dienogest (READY stud... by Fuminori Taniguchi, Motoko Fukui, Yutaka Osuga, Tasuku Harada, Jo Kitawaki

“…Progestin preparations, such as dienogest, are the first-line therapy for endometriosis symptoms, but may cause abnormal uterine bleeding. …”
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Characterization of the genomic landscape in liver oligometastatic NSCLC by Rongxin Liao, Guangming Yi, Lu Shen, Xiao Xiao, Chuan Zeng, Liangzhong Liu, Hongjun Tang, Shunping Huang, Xiaoyue Zhang, Zaicheng Xu, Zhenzhou Yang, Yuan Peng

“…A total of 78.12% patients harbored at least one potentially actionable molecular alteration that may guide further targeted therapy according to the OncoKB evidence. Conclusions Our study comprehensively delineated the genomic characteristics of liver oligometastatic NSCLC - such findings were helpful to better understand the distinct clinic-biological features of oligometastasis and optimize personalized treatment of this population.…”
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Pulsed Radiofrequency of the Trigeminal Ganglion for Treating Postherpetic Neuralgia of the Ophthalmic Branch by Dong-Yang Liu, Jin-Sheng Chen, Ze-Zang Fang, Shao-Yan Liu, Li Wan

“…Only two patients had a recurrence of the severe burning pain and returned to the hospital for other medical therapies 2 weeks after the PRF procedure. No patient lost the corneal reflex. …”
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S100A8/A9 Molecular Complexes Promote Cancer Migration and Invasion via the p38 MAPK Pathway in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by Ning Xu, Bei-Bei Zhang, Xia-Ning Huang, Xiang Yi, Xue-Min Yan, Yan Cai, Qin He, Zi-Jian Han, Yuan-Jiao Huang, Wei Liu, Ai-Jun Jiao

“…This may shed light on the mechanism understanding of NPC prognosis and provide more novel clues for NPC diagnosis and therapy.…”
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The impact of delay in HIV diagnosis on patient survival: analysis of HIV infection trends from 2007 to 2023 by Riyaz A. Shaik, Sharan K. Holyachi, Mohammad S. Ahmad, Mohammed Miraj, Syed Yousaf Kazmi, Mohammad Rehan Asad, Ali Faraz, Mirwais Ramozi, Ritu Kumar Ahmad

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Restoration of a Critical Mandibular Bone Defect Using Human Alveolar Bone-Derived Stem Cells and Porous Nano-HA/Collagen/PLA Scaffold by Xing Wang, Helin Xing, Guilan Zhang, Xia Wu, Xuan Zou, Lin Feng, Dongsheng Wang, Meng Li, Jing Zhao, Jianwei Du, Yan Lv, Lingling E, Hongchen Liu

“…The goal of this study was to explore human craniofacial BMSC-based therapy for the treatment of localized mandibular defects using a standardized, minimally invasive procedure. …”
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Bariatric Endocrinology: Principles of Medical Practice by J. Michael Gonzalez-Campoy, Bruce Richardson, Conor Richardson, David Gonzalez-Cameron, Ayesha Ebrahim, Pamela Strobel, Tiphani Martinez, Beth Blaha, Maria Ransom, Jessica Quinonez-Weislow, Andrea Pierson, Miguel Gonzalez Ahumada

“…In addition to the well-established metabolic complications of overweight and obesity, adiposopathy leads to hyperinsulinemia, hyperleptinemia, hypoadiponectinemia, dysregulation of gut peptides including GLP-1 and ghrelin, the development of an inflammatory milieu, and the strong risk of vascular disease. Therapy for adiposopathy hinges on effectively lowering the ratio of orexigenic to anorexigenic signals reaching the the hypothalamus and other relevant brain regions, favoring a lower caloric intake. …”
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Identification of natural phytochemicals as AKT2 inhibitors using molecular docking and dynamics simulations as potential cancer therapeutics by Jibon Kumar Paul, Mahir Azmal, Md Naimul Haque Shohan, Mohua Mrinmoy, ANM Shah Newaz Been Haque, Omar Faruk Talukder, Ajit Ghosh

“…Therefore, targeting AKT2 for inhibition is a promising strategy for cancer therapy. This study utilized molecular docking and dynamics simulations to identify natural phytochemicals that inhibit AKT2. …”
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The Association between the Parents’ Knowledge of Carbohydrate Counting and the Glycaemic Control of the Children with Type 1 Diabetes by Priyanga Ranasinghe, Vidarsha Rajini Senadeera, Rashmi Senarathna, Uththara Sapurnika, Vindhya Ramanayake, Ranil Jayawardena

“…Background. Medical nutritional therapy is an important component of type 1 diabetes (T1D) care in children and carbohydrate counting is one such method. …”
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The Effect of Exercise on Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of a Single Dose of Unfractionated Heparin—A Randomized, Controlled, Crossover Study by Liva K. Stuhr, Joshua B. Feinberg, Thea Christoffersen, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Mikkel B. Christensen, David P. Sonne, Troels Riis, Peter S. Plomgaard, Jens P. Goetze, Emil L. Larsen, Kristian Karstoft

“…The study thus underscores that physical exercise affects temporal uptake of subcutaneously administered therapy.…”
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DNM3OS Enhances the Apoptosis and Senescence of Spermatogonia Associated with Nonobstructive Azoospermia by Providing miR-214-5p and Decreasing E2F2 Expression by Rui Hua, Qingjun Chu, Feiyan Guo, Qinjie Chen, Maocai Li, Xuan Zhou, Yongtong Zhu

“…DNM3OS was found to regulate the apoptosis and senescence of spermatogonia by providing miR-214-5p and decreasing E2F2 expression, suggesting it as a novel target for gene therapy of male infertility.…”
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Nursing of a patient with herpes zoster treated by integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine (中西医结合治疗1例带状疱疹患者的护理体会) by RUAN Na (阮娜), CHEN Lu (陈璐), GUO Xinyi (郭新一), ZHANG Xinyu (张欣宇), GENG Miaomiao (耿苗苗), SUN Mingli (孙明丽)

“…Under the guidance of TCM syndrome differentiation and nursing assessment, TCM nursing technology such as collapse stains, cupping, auricular acupoint sticking and pressing were carried out, working collaboratively with antiviral and analgesic therapy, to relieve the pain and other clinical symptoms of herpes zoster. …”
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A Comparison between Two Different Remineralizing Agents against White Spot Lesions: An In Vitro Study by Hassan Alsubhi, Mohammad Gabbani, Abdulsalam Alsolami, Mohammed Alotaibi, Jameel Abuljadayel, Waleed Taju, Omair Bukhari

“…Enamel demineralization and white-spot lesions (WSLs) around the orthodontic brackets are common clinical complications after orthodontic fixed appliance therapy. WSLs form mainly due to plaque deposition around the brackets during the orthodontic treatment period. …”
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Evaluating the risk of underdiagnosis of invasive breast cancer in needle biopsy-diagnosed ductal carcinoma in situ eligible for radiofrequency ablation by Hideo Shigematsu, Mutsumi Fujimoto, Kanako Suzuki, Haruka Ikejiri, Ai Amioka, Emiko Hiraoka, Shinsuke Sasada, Koji Arihiro, Morihito Okada

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified lesion size ≥ 10 mm as a significant risk factor for underdiagnosis (p = 0.016). Adjuvant endocrine therapy and chemotherapy were administered to 26 (65.0%) and 6 (15.0%) of the underdiagnosed lesions, respectively. …”
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