Clinical utility analysis of the Hoxb8 mast cell activation test for the diagnosis of peanut allergy.

Background: Peanut allergy is among the most severe and common food allergies. The diagnosis has a significant impact on the quality of life for patients and their families. An effective management approach depends on accurate, safe, and easily implementable diagnostic methods.

Systematic Review of the Gonadotoxicity and Risk of Infertility of Soft Tissue Sarcoma Chemotherapies in Pre- and Postpubertal Females and Males.

Increasing awareness of gonadotoxicity in cancer treatments and infertility risk is essential for counseling young cancer patients. While fertility preservation options are available in many countries, limited data on gonadotoxicity hinder recommendations, especially for soft tissue cancers. This review, part of the FertiTOX project (www.

Risk factors for herpes zoster infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis unveiling common trends and heterogeneity patterns.

Purpose: The burden of herpes zoster (HZ) is substantial and numerous chronic underlying conditions are known as predisposing risk factors for HZ onset. Thus, a comprehensive study is needed to synthesize existing evidence. This study aims to comprehensively identify these risk factors.

Primary hepatic metastatic epitheloid trophoblastic tumor of the uterus treated with multimodal therapy including pembrolizumab and thermoablation. Case report of an extremely rare disease and review of the literature.

Epithelioid trophoblastic tumor (ETT) is a rare gestational trophoblastic tumor, first described by Shih and Kurman in 1998. ETT often present as abnormal vaginal bleeding in women of reproductive age, but unlike more common forms of GTN tend to produce much less human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) for the volume of disease present. ETT can occur after any gestational event and can occur in both intrauterine and extrauterine sites.

subsp. Reduces Perceived Psychological Stress in Healthy Adults: An Exploratory Clinical Trial.

Emerging science shows that probiotic intake may impact stress and mental health. We investigated the effect of a 6-week intervention with (1 × 10 CFU/daily) on stress-related psychological and physiological parameters in 45 healthy adults with mild-to-moderate stress using a randomized, placebo-controlled, two-arm, parallel, double-blind design. The main results showed that supplementation with the probiotic significantly reduced the perceived stress and improved the subjective sleep quality score compared to placebo.