Spontaneous Pneumothorax as an Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Paracoccidioidomycosis: A Case Report with Emphasis on the Imaging Findings by Mariana Leite Pereira, Edson Marchiori, Gláucia Zanetti, Guilherme Abdalla, Nina Ventura, Carolina Pesce Lamas Constantino, Viviane Brandão, Pedro Martins, Rodrigo Canellas, Antonio Muccillo, Romulo Varella de Oliveira

“…The patient was treated with antifungal drugs, showed mild improvement, and was referred to outpatient care.…”
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TSE Diagnostics: Recent Advances in Immunoassaying Prions by Anja Lukan, Tanja Vranac, Vladka Čurin Šerbec

“…Such a test would be of paramount importance also for screening of asymptomatic carriers of the disease with the aim of increasing food, drugs, and blood-derived products safety. In the present paper, we have reviewed recent advances in the development of immunoassays for the detection of prions.…”
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The Informed Consent in Allergology from a Scientific, Technological and Social Perspective by Marisela Luisa Pérez Pacaréu, Yanet Morejón del Rosario, Gloria Arlenys Suárez Rodríguez, Aleima Rodríguez Carbajal

“…This paper reviews the application of the informed consent within the specialty of allergology in procedures (skin tests), therapeutic interventions (immunotherapy) and research (clinical trials) from a scientific, technological and social perspective, based on the advances achieved in Cuba in recent years to obtain better allergenic extracts for testing, high-quality vaccines and new drugs to benefit the allergic patient. It is demonstrated that when applying the informed consent in this specialty, the humanistic social precepts are respected by directing health actions to respect the integrity of the patients against possible risks, offering the option to use immunotherapy and respecting their autonomy in research. …”
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Small cell conversion complicated with hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy after targeted therapy for advanced EGFR-mutated lung adenocarcinoma: A case report by Sijia Zhang, Leichong Chen, Kuikui Zhu, Rui Meng

“…EGFR is the most common driver gene in NSCLC, with a positivity rate of 17%. Although targeted drugs for EGFR mutations can benefit this population with efficacy, target therapy resistance inevitably occurs. …”
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Taibai Materia Medica: Unofficial ‘Herb Physicians’ in North Western China by Lena Springer

“…Due to its complex climate, the Taibai habitat supplied a complete set of Chinese medical drugs, the unofficial knowledge holders report, and they introduce additional unique local delicacies. …”
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Protocol for perfusing human axillary lymph nodes ex vivo to study structure and function in real time by Amy Llewellyn, Rachel Barrow-McGee, Julia Stevenson, Jasmine Gore, Kalnisha Naidoo

“…This protocol can be used to study how human lymph nodes change in cancer and other diseases, and/or in response to perturbations, including drugs.For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Barrow-McGee et al.1 : Publisher’s note: Undertaking any experimental protocol requires adherence to local institutional guidelines for laboratory safety and ethics.…”
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L’hyperactivité/TDAH : un analyseur de l’apport des neurosciences aux pratiques médiatiques, éducatives et à la formation des travailleurs sociaux by Sébastien PONNOU

“…We focused our analysis on the neurologic and genetic risk factors for ADHD, and on the effects of drugs on school achievement. The cross-analysis of ADHD representations shows recurrent distortions of neuroscience data. …”
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Fatal acute liver failure following norovirus gastroenteritis in a child: A case report by Rabab Taha, Noura Elazhary, Sarah Alqhtani, Walaa Almansouri

“…Other potential causes including drugs and other possible viral infections were ruled out, only norovirus was isolated from his stool. …”
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Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors: promise or peril? by Laurel J. Mengle-Gaw, Benjamin D. Schwartz

“…While COX-2 specific inhibitors have proven to be efficacious in a variety of inflammatory conditions, exposure of large numbers of patients to these drugs in postmarketing studies have uncovered potential safety concerns that raise questions about the benefit/risk ratio of COX-2-specific NSAIDs compared to conventional NSAIDs. …”
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Successful Treatment for a Large Chronic Expanding Hematoma Treated by Pneumonectomy after Arterial Embolization by Aki Fujiwara-Kuroda, null Nozomu Iwashiro, Masanori Ohara, null Kichizo Kaga

“…A chronic expanding hematoma is a rare late complication of thoracoplasty for tuberculosis, before the development of drugs. Total resection of a chronic expanding hematoma often requires invasive surgery consisting of combined resection of the lung and chest wall, accompanied by intraoperative bleeding. …”
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Bioactive Components and Health Benefits of Saskatoon Berry by Lunan Zhao, Fei Huang, Amy Leung Hui, Garry X. Shen

“…In response to the recent rise in numbers of diabetes patients, many treatments have been developed; but currently, oral antihyperglycemic agents and insulin are still the main clinical treatments. Since current drugs have limitations and harmful side effects, research in alternative treatments has been sought. …”
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Tumor cells proliferation and migration under the influence of their microenvironment by Avner Friedman, Yangjin Kim

“…The modelscan be used to generate hypotheses regarding the developmentof drugs which will confine tumor growth.…”
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Anti- and Protumorigenic Effects of PPARγ in Lung Cancer Progression: A Double-Edged Sword by Howard Li, Mary C. M. Weiser-Evans, Raphael Nemenoff

“…Ligands for PPARγ include naturally occurring fatty acids and the thiazolidinedione class of antidiabetic drugs. Activation of PPARγ in a variety of cancer cells leads to inhibition of growth, decreased invasiveness, reduced production of proinflammatory cytokines, and promotion of a more differentiated phenotype. …”
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Toxic epidermal necrolysis induced by moxifloxacin and exacerbated by clindamycin in an elderly patient: A case report by Yongguang Wang, Yongguang Wang, Qizheng Guo, Qizheng Guo, Zhenyang Li, Zhenyang Li, Guifen Gan, Chun Pan

“…Typical causative agents include allopurinol, antibiotics, anticonvulsants, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and penicillin being the most frequently implicated among antibiotics. …”
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Local controllability and optimal control for\newline a model of combined anticancer therapy with control delays by Jerzy Klamka, Helmut Maurer, Andrzej Swierniak

“…We study some control properties of a class of two-compartmental models of response to anticancer treatment which combines anti-angiogenic and cytotoxic drugs and take into account multiple control delays. …”
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Quantitative Liver Function Tests: A Realizable Goal? by Denis J Morgan, Susan L Elliott, Hany Ghabrial, Richard A Smallwood

“…These tests comprise clinical assessment, simple biochemical measurements and so-called ‘quantitative’ tests of liver function, ie, elimination rate measurements of exogenous markers such as drugs and other compounds. So far no single test or group of tests has proved to be a sufficiently sensitive and accurate measure of overall hepatic function across the whole spectrum of liver disease. …”
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MICRO RNA: A PROSPECTIVE DIAGNOSTICBIOMARKER IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE by Syeda Uroosa Hashmi, Ameer Haider Ali

“…Epidemiological data indicates that over 50 million people globally are affected by AD, and no existing drugs have successfully reversed its progression. …”
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Post-cholecystectomy functional disorders of the sphincter of Oddi after by Yu. M. Pantsyrev, S. G. Shapoval’yants, S. A. Chernyakevich, A. G. Pankov, I. V. Babkova, S. Yu. Orlov, N. V. Zubova

“…Treatment was prescription was differential, spasmolytic and prokinetic drugs were applied.…”
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Spontaneous Complete Remission in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Severe Sepsis by Rambod Mozafari, Mahsa Moeinian, Ali Asadollahi-Amin

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THE GENUS AS, A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF ANTICANCER AGENT: AN UPDATED REVIEW

“…Defects in regulating apoptotic pathways enable cancer cells to become chemoresistant,  highlighting the need to develop new anti-apoptotic drugs to combat the disease. Apoptosis can be induced  by inhibiting anti-apoptotic factors or by activating pro-apoptotic molecules. …”
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