Publications by authors named "I Gerhard"

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  • The study aimed to find effective surrogate markers for a trial on mistletoe treatment in breast cancer patients, focusing on tolerability, quality of life, and immune responses during chemotherapy.
  • It involved 66 patients (33 receiving mistletoe alongside chemotherapy and 33 acting as a control) with evaluations before and after treatment regarding various health parameters and quality of life metrics.
  • Results showed a slight increase in platelets and reduced nausea/vomiting in the mistletoe group, but overall laboratory parameters were similar to controls, suggesting mistletoe treatment might help improve quality of life but needs more investigation.
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Background: Prospective randomized studies on mistletoe therapy repeatedly demonstrated that there is a basic problem in the matter of enrolling the appropriate number of patients within a reasonable amount of time. Most studies have to face this problem. However, recent experience suggests that this problem is more pronounced in the case of mistletoe treatment of cancer patients.

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The European Physiology Modules (EPM) Facility is one of the four major Space Station facilities being developed within the framework of ESA's Microgravity Facilities for Columbus (MFC) programme. In order to allow a wide spectrum of physiological studies in weightlessness conditions, the facility provides the infrastructure to accommodate a variable set of scientific equipment. The initial EPM configuration supports experiments in the fields of neuroscience, bone & muscle research, cardiovascular research and metabolism.

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In 1998-2000, a case-control study of breast cancer was conducted in Heidelberg, Germany. Three hundred ten consecutively recruited cases with primary breast cancer were matched according to 10-yr age groups to 353 controls with conditions unrelated to diet or endocrine disorders. Intake of raw vegetables, total vegetables, and whole-grain products was inversely associated with breast cancer risk (highest vs.

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This prospective observational pilot study investigated the effect of individualized homeopathy on male infertility based on sperm count, hormone values and general health. Forty-five subfertile men were treated with single homeopathic remedies for an average of 10.3 months.

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