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among natural weight loss supplements. Theoretically, they may promote weight loss by interfering with the breakdown of complex carbohydrates thereby reducing, or at least slowing, the digestive availability of carbo-hydrate-derived calories and/or by providing resistant starches to the lower gastro[r]

consumption, age of initial HCV infection, degree of inflammation and fibrosis on liver biopsy, HIV or HBV coinfection, and comordid conditions. An estimated 10%-20% of chronic HCV infections advance to end-stage liver disease over one or two decades. Extrahepatic manifestations can occur during chr[r]

such as poorly controlled hypertension or diabetes, obstructive pulmonary disease, or significant heart disease. Patients with autoimmune hepatitis or other conditions known to be exacerbated by interferon and ribavirin or known to have hypersensitivity to these drugs should not receive treatment. T[r]

A group of 16 females, aged 80-93 years old, was divided into 2 groups according to their baseline DHEA-S lev-els: Lower Halves (N = 8) and Upper Halves (N = 8), and participated in a 4-month exercise intervention trial. Insulin response with an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), chol[r]

highly significant association between the rare C allele and lower plasma HDL concentrations in female subjects. The effect remained significant after correcting for multiparametric testing according to Bonferoni and was seen only in subjects with a BMI below the median. In addition, the non-[r]

acute HCV infection persists and 4% to 20% of patients with chronic hepatitis C will develop liver cirrhosis within 20 years. In patients with liver cirrhosis, the risk to develop HCC is 1-5% per year. Current standard therapy is the combination of pegylated interferon-α (PEG-IFN-α) and ribavirin. D[r]

Kevin Robertson5, Robert Paul6, Cecilia Shikuma1, Victor Valcour1 1. Hawaii AIDS Clinical Research Program, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA; 2. Armed Forces Research Inst. Med. Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand; 3. Phramongkutklao Hosp., Bangkok, Thailand; 4. Royal Thai Army Med. Dept., Bangkok, T[r]

genotypes 2 and 3 and 48 weeks in genotype 1 infection. Hematologic inclusion criteria included ANC > 800 cells/mL, hemoglobin > 10 g/dL and platelets > 35,000/mL. Growth factors were allowed in the management of therapy-induced cytopenias. The investigators estimated that “one[r]

were included and 1.2% was found to have severe and 6.2% had mild COPD. 16.1% had only respiratory symptoms at baseline. The survey showed that the presence of obstructive lung disease was a significant predictor of earlier death in long term follow-up. This was true for current and former sm[r]

genotypes 2 and 3 and 48 weeks in genotype 1 infection. Hematologic inclusion criteria included ANC > 800 cells/mL, hemoglobin > 10 g/dL and platelets > 35,000/mL. Growth factors were allowed in the management of therapy-induced cytopenias. The investigators estimated that “one[r]

what appears to be a relatively weak, ineffective immune response since it is inadequate to clear the virus. Since immunologic mediated inflammation is thought to be the mechanism of progressive fibrosis, it is surprising that immune suppression does not ameliorate the disease at the expense[r]

associated with whole-body insulin sensitivity such as CRP and pro-inflammatory cytokines [20]. A few recent studies have investigated exercise training on circulating adiponectin levels. These studies have shown that greater increases in adiponectin levels are associated with higher intensit[r]

Int. J. Med. Sci. 2006, 3 160International Journal of Medical Sciences ISSN 1449-1907 www.medsci.org 2006 3(4):160-167 ©2006 Ivyspring International Publisher. All rights reserved Research Paper Low concentration of ethanol induce apoptosis in HepG2 cells: role of various signal transduction pathwa[r]

it possible to collect a large number of pregnancies where the women used a drug (prescription or over-the counter) and to study offspring for various characteristics, including congenital malformations. Outcome is based on the recording of the attending paediatrician. It is known that[r]

Int. J. Med. Sci. 2006, 3 21International Journal of Medical Sciences ISSN 1449-1907 www.medsci.org 2006 3(1):21-25 ©2006 Ivyspring International Publisher. All rights reserved Research paper Maternal use of Loratadine during pregnancy and risk of hypospadias in offspring Lars Pedersen, Mett[r]

H. pylori infection tests and subsequent eradication treatment, from July 2004 to October 2005. Those aged 20 to 75 years were enrolled after the informed con-sent on polymorphism genotyping. Participants who had smoked less than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime were categorized as never smokers, an[r]

Int. J. Med. Sci. 2006, 3 84International Journal of Medical Sciences ISSN 1449-1907 www.medsci.org 2006 3(3):84-91 ©2006 Ivyspring International Publisher. All rights reserved Research paper Skeletal muscle sodium glucose co-transporters in older adults with type 2 diabetes undergoing resistance t[r]

during the medication and succeeded in H. pylori eradication. Since the smokers during the medication were four at most, eradication rate for smokers could not be estimated with an enough statistical power. In conclusion, the present study confirmed the low eradication rate among the RM who were tre[r]

of steatosis exist in our patients with HCV. The first type of steatosis occurs secondary to metabolic factors namely alcohol use or the metabolic syndrome. This form of steatosis is not initiated by the hepatitis C virus however it can very well increase the progression of fibrosis ultimately towar[r]

and peripheral blood (PB) samples from 13 Patients with AML were obtained at the time of their initial diagnosis after informed consent. For control, 51 PB samples were obtained from voluntary healthy individuals after informed consent. Mononuclear cells were separated by density gradient centrifuga[r]