[Cognitive behavioral therapy and psychoanalysis : Effectiveness comparable in the depressive crisis ?].

Our study compares the efficacy of two therapeutic treatments, cognitive behavioral and psychoanalytic, on a depressed population hospitalized in the same institution. We recorded the degree of intensity and improvement of fifteen subjects in a depressive state followed by a psychologist trained in CBT, and recorded the same for fifteen subjects followed by a psychoanalytical psychologist, using the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). Both the first and final follow-up scores were compared, and the difference between the two depression scores was calculated.

Antioxidants intake and dry eye syndrome: a crossover, placebo-controlled, randomized trial.

Purpose: To assess whether an orally administered antioxidant dietary supplement could improve the objective clinical signs and alleviate the subjective symptoms of dry eye syndrome.

Methods: Twenty-four subjects diagnosed with dry eye syndrome were randomized in a crossover, double-blind, controlled, randomized study to receive a placebo or an antioxidants combination (Oxybiane) for 12 weeks. In all subjects, break-up time (BUT) test, Schirmer test, ocular symptoms (sore eyes, burning, itching, sensation of foreign object in the eye, photophobia, sticky eyes, and redness), visual comfort, and general well-being were evaluated weekly.

A double blind randomized controlled trial of a probiotic combination in 100 patients with irritable bowel syndrome.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a probiotic combination on symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

Methods: We investigated the efficiency of a probiotic dietary supplement, containing four strains of lactic acid bacteria, on symptoms of IBS. One hundred and sixteen patients with IBS fulfilling the Rome II criteria were randomized in a parallel group, double-blind study to receive a placebo or a probiotic combination (1 x 10(10) cfu once daily) for four weeks.

Anti-inflammatory potential of the probiotic dietary supplement Lactibiane Tolérance: in vitro and in vivo considerations.

Background & Aims: Probiotics are live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host. In inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), where major modifications of the intestinal microflora have been reported, there is an increasing interest in modulating the flora with probiotic products. This work addresses the anti-inflammatory potential of Lactibiane Tolérance, a probiotic dietary supplement (mixture of four strains) using in vitro and in vivo approaches.

The vitamin D receptor FokI start codon polymorphism and bone mineral density in osteoporotic postmenopausal French women.

This study examined the association between bone mineral density (BMD) and a T/C polymorphism in the first of the two initiation codons in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene. The polymorphism was detected using the restriction enzyme FokI, the F allele indicating absence of the first codon and the f allele its presence. The FokI genotype was determined in 124 postmenopausal osteoporotic French women who were 45-90 years old.