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Somatoform pruritus : A psychosomatic disease model.
Pruritus is an interdisciplinary symptom that is difficult to diagnose and treat. When there is no evidence of an organic cause, it is challenge for both the patient and the doctor. Itching affecting...
Castleman Disease in the Parapharyngeal Space: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Castleman disease is most commonly found in the mediastinum, while the head and neck is the second most common location. The disease exists in a unicentric and multicentric variety and is usually succ...
A network perspective on unraveling the role of TRP channels in biology and disease.
Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are a large family of non-selective cation channels that mediate numerous physiological and pathophysiological processes; however, still largely unknown are...
Aortopulmonary collateral flow in cystic fibrosis assessed with phase-contrast MRI.
BACKGROUND: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a common genetic disease in Caucasians. Chronic pulmonary disease with progressive destruction of the pulmonary parenchyma is two of the major morbidities, but the...
Primary Budd-Chiari syndrome in a 3-year-old boy with homozygous factor V Leiden G1691A mutation.
Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is an uncommon disorder characterized by obstruction of hepatic venous outflow. The primary BCS is a rare disease with an incidence about 0.2 per million inhabitants per yea...
Inflammation has a role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, which causes hypertension. Results from some studies have suggested links between periodontal disease and atherosclerosis, but links bet...
Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) often goes undiagnosed because of the lack of reliable diagnostic methods. With the aim of assessing biomarker(s) that can aid in the diagnosis of TB infection and disease,...
AIM AND OBJECTIVES: To describe and compare nutritional status, pulmonary function, gender and marital status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pu...
Current and Future Treatments for Malignant Pheochromocytoma and Sympathetic Paraganglioma.
Pheochromocytomas (PHs) and sympathetic paragangliomas (SPGs) are rare neuroendocrine tumors. Approximately 17 % of these tumors are malignant, but because no molecular or histologic markers for mali...
Recent surveys have identified SLC22A4, SLC22A5, RUNX1, JAK1 as susceptibility genes for various immune-related diseases. An association study was performed in 738 Behcet's patients with ocular involv...
News Articles
Consuming coffee linked to lower risk of detrimental liver disease, study finds
Regular consumption of coffee is associated with a reduced risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), an autoimmune liver disease, Mayo Clinic research shows. The findings were being presented at t...
In Patients With Kidney Disease, LDL Cholesterol Is A Poor Marker Of Heart Health
Other measures are needed to assess patients' cardiovascular risks Among patients with chronic kidney disease, those with very low kidney function had a higher risk of having a heart attack than...
Job Stress, How Fatty Acids Are Metabolised In The Body And Associated Heart Disease Risk
Spanish researchers have studied how job stress affects cardiovascular health. The results, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, link this situation to dyslipidemia, a disorder that...
Coffee consumption linked to reduced risk of autoimmune liver disease
Research presented today at Digestive Disease Week explores new discoveries in liver disease research, with findings about the impact of coffee on autoimmune disease and palliative care for cirrhotic...
Consuming coffee linked to lower risk of an autoimmune liver disease
Regular consumption of coffee is associated with a reduced risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), an autoimmune liver disease.
Study Links Coffee to Lower Risk for Rare Liver Disease
SATURDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Just a few extra cups of coffee each month might help prevent the development of an autoimmune liver disease known as primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a new s...
Article examines global health policies and burden of disease on men
Men experience a higher burden of disease and lower life expectancy than women, but policies focusing on the health needs of men are notably absent from the strategies of global health organisations,...
AGA announces new grant to study relationship between gut microbiota, digestive disease
The AGA Research Foundation announced a new grant that intends to stimulate research into the relationship between the gut microbiota, one of today's most exciting areas of science, and digestive heal...
Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands
(AP)—A woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease has been fitted with prosthetic hands.
Dr. Allen J. Schultz now provides Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure gum disease treatment to patients in San Juan Capistrano. The periodontist is fully authorized to perform the Laser Assisted N...
Events
Welcome to AgriGenomics World Congress 2013.
14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY
The annual Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) conference brings together academic and industry scientists intent on accelerating the development of innovative treatments for Alzheimer’s di...
Companies
From its establishment in 1977, simply as a Distributor of diagnostic products, IDS has become a globally-recognised innovator and marketeer in the IVD industry.The Company is particularly well-known...
National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI)
Alvine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a private, clinical-stage, specialty biopharmaceutical company located in San Carlos, CA, focused on the development of biologics targeting autoimm...
Reverse Medical Corporation is a privately-held medical device company focused on expanding the endovascular management of acute stroke and neurovascular disease. The technology p...
PatientsLikeMe is a patient network that improves lives and a real-time research platform that advances medicine. Through the network, patients connect with others who have the sa...
Nimbus Discovery, a biotechnology company, harnesses cutting-edge computational technologies to uncover breakthroughs in small molecule pharmacology. Nimbus focuses on medically i...
VGTI Florida is the Florida-funded expansion of Oregon Health & Science University's highly successful Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute. Research at the facility will focus on v...
The Apothecary Shops is one of the foremost chains of independent full-service pharmacies with specialties in veterinary medicine, infectious disease, oncology, ophthalmology, fer...
20/20 http://www.2020gene.com develops and commercializes innovative diagnostic and detection technologies for personalized medicine, early disease detection, and biodefens...
Privately held ReCor Medical, based in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., and Paris, France, was founded in July 2009 by CEO Mano Iyer, Prof. Jacques Séguin, and Sofinnova Partners, to revoluti...
Clinical Trials
A Study of Prasugrel in Pediatric Participants With Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the study drug known as prasugrel for the reduction of Vaso-Occlusive Crisis events in pediatric participants with s...
Data and Sample Collection Study to Elucidate the Mechanisms of Eosinophilic Disorders
The purpose of this study is to elucidate the mechanisms underlying eosinophil growth, survival, migration, and function and to investigate and further characterize the pathophysiology of,...
An Efficacy and Safety Study of Galantamine for the Treatment of Patients With Alzheimer's Disease
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of two fixed doses (16mg/day and 24mg/day) of galantamine (a drug for treating dementia) versus placebo for the treatment o...
A Study in Patients With Diabetic Kidney Disease
The purpose of this study is to determine if LY2382770 is safe and effective at protecting kidney function in patients with kidney disease due to diabetes.
Parkinson's Disease Registry of the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center
The purpose of the Parkinson’s disease Registry is to develop a national and international database of persons with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The Registry will be used to facilitate t...
D-Serine Adjuvant Treatment for Parkinson's Disease
The proposed experiment will evaluate the effects of the NMDA receptor full agonist D-serine (~2g/day) on persistent symptoms of Parkinson's Disease and on antiparkinsonian drugs-induced d...
The Fabry Registry is an ongoing, international multi-center, strictly observational program that tracks the routine clinical outcomes for patients with Fabry disease, irrespective of trea...
Study Of PHarmacogenetics in Ethnically Diverse Populations (SOPHIE Study)
Collect DNA from well-characterized healthy volunteers. DNA will be used to identify and determine allele frequencies of genetic variants in membrane transporters and other genes relevant...
Selenium Supplementation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients
Does an oral selenium supplement increase blood levels of antioxidants in patients with established, smoking-related lung disease? Members of our study group recently discovered that elev...
Coenzyme Q10 as a Symptomatic Treatment in Parkinson's Disease
This study was designed to evaluate the symptomatic effects of Coenzyme Q10 nanodispersed solution in middle-stage Parkinson's disease (PD) patients (Hoehn&Yahr II to III). The treatment p...
Videos
Bascom Cleft Lift Pilonidal Surgery Short Video
A short introduction to the Bascom Cleft Lift surgery for Pilonidal Disease. A longer version with more detail is also available. For more information on tre...
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Casuistry
A method of ETHICAL ANALYSIS that emphasizes practical problem solving through examining individual cases that are considered to be representative; sometimes used to denote specious argument or rationalization. Differentiate from casuistics, which is the recording and study of cases and disease.
Incidental Findings
Unanticipated information discovered in the course of testing or medical care. Used in discussions of information that may have social or psychological consequences, such as when it is learned that a child's biological father is someone other than the putative father, or that a person tested for one disease or disorder has, or is at risk for, something else.
Wasting Disease, Chronic
A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (prion disease) of DEER and elk characterized by chronic weight loss leading to death. It is thought to spread by direct contact between animals or through environmental contamination with the prion protein (PRIONS).
Ulmus
A plant genus of the family ULMACEAE that is susceptible to Dutch elm disease which is caused by the ASCOMYCOTA fungus, Ophiostoma.
Virulence Factors
Those components of an organism that determine its capacity to cause disease but are not required for its viability per se. Two classes have been characterized: TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL and surface adhesion molecules that effect the ability of the microorganism to invade and colonize a host. (From Davis et al., Microbiology, 4th ed. p486)
