Patients with Benign prostatic hyperplasia, low urinary tract symptoms, and erectile dysfunction (BPH/LUTS-ED) present chronic inflammation. We studied in patients with BPH/LUTS-ED the effect of tadalafil treatment (5 mg/day) on changes in peripheral inflammation, cognitive function, and the auditory evoked potential, "mismatch negativity" (MMN). Nine patients with BPH/LUTS-ED and 12 controls performed psychometric tests, MMN.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSleep disturbance is one of the key diagnostic criteria for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). In this cross-sectional, prospective, observational, and multicenter study, factors associated with the prevalence of insomnia and the impact of insomnia-associated factors on quality of life were evaluated. Using multivariate analyses, the factor most strongly associated with the presence of insomnia (ISI ≥ 8) was the severity of the disorder (Odds Ratio [OR]: 9.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To assess the activity and toxicity of low-dose weekly paclitaxel in patients with non-resectable or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and who had disease recurrence or failure with previous chemotherapy.
Patients And Methods: Forty patients with NSCLC previously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy received weekly paclitaxel 80 mg/m(2) as a 1 h infusion. The median age was 63 years (range 42-77 years); 25 patients had Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (PS) 1 and 15 had PS 2.