Comparison of Daiwa Brain Health (Hokkaido Scallop Oil Plasmalogen) and Prevagen (Apoaequorin) on Cognitive Function: An In-Office Pilot Study.

Objective: Daiwa Brain Health, which contains Hokkaido scallop oil plasmalogen, was compared with Prevagen, the market leader in the category of cognitive function improvement.

Methods: Thirty people with subjective cognitive decline or its premorbidities were divided into 2 groups of 15 people each, and each group was given either Daiwa Brain Health or Prevagen for 90 days. The Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS) and Standardized Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) were conducted before treatment and after 90 days of treatment to evaluate cognitive function.

Therapeutic termination of pregnancy and major psychiatric outcomes in parents.

Objectives: Therapeutic termination of pregnancy (TToP) may have psychiatric outcomes like depression, anxiety and post-traumatic-stress disorder (PTSD).

Material And Methods: 45 couples had psychiatric evaluation before TToP and after one-year period.

Results: TToP is linked to acute development of depressive symptoms that recover with time and professional support.

RBAC and Its Role with the Immune System.

Context: Rice Bran Arabinoxylan Compound (RBAC) is a trusted and proven immunomodulator made from a rice bran extract that has been enzymatically modified with an enzyme complex from the shiitake mushroom.

Objective: The study's primary objective was to identify the role of RBAC in supporting cancer therapies.

Design: The author designed an open study.

Disentangling binge eating disorder and food addiction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Aims: The concept of "Food Addiction" has been based on criteria of Substance Use Disorder. Several studies suggested a relationship between food addiction and eating disorders, but little is known about its extent or role. We aim at exploring if food addiction is coincident with a specific eating disorder (binge eating disorder appears the closest) or it is a separate diagnostic entity that afflicts in comorbidity with eating disorders or other conditions like obesity or even in the general population.

Cannabis and Pregnancy: A Psychiatric, Medical, or General Population Issue?

Background: Cannabis use during pregnancy may adversely affect the health of pregnant women and their fetus. Several recent surveys led in the US general population in the last decade showed an increase in cannabis use during pregnancy from 1.95 to 7%, with a 0.

The burden of personality disorders on the DSM 5 addiction to tobacco during pregnancy.

Background: Tobacco smoking is a major health concern. Many women smoke during their reproductive years, some of them during their pregnancy. Adverse outcomes for the newborns physical health are well recognized, while the influence on their mental health is still under investigation.

Regulation of autophagy and the ubiquitin-proteasome system by the FoxO transcriptional network during muscle atrophy.

Stresses like low nutrients, systemic inflammation, cancer or infections provoke a catabolic state characterized by enhanced muscle proteolysis and amino acid release to sustain liver gluconeogenesis and tissue protein synthesis. These conditions activate the family of Forkhead Box (Fox) O transcription factors. Here we report that muscle-specific deletion of FoxO members protects from muscle loss as a result of the role of FoxOs in the induction of autophagy-lysosome and ubiquitin-proteasome systems.

Evaluation of sequential thallium and gallium scans of the chest in AIDS patients.

Unlabelled: With decreasing incidence of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in AIDS as a result of prophylactic regimens, there is a higher incidence of tuberculosis (TB), mycobacterium avii complex (MAC), kaposi sarcoma and malignant lymphoma. There is a need for differentiating these various pathological entities. The purpose of this study was for a retrospective evaluation of sequential thallium and gallium scans in AIDS patients for differentiating intrathoracic kaposi sarcoma from malignant lymphoma and opportunistic infections.

Diffuse Tl-201 uptake in the lungs. Etiologic classification and pattern recognition.

Diffuse Tl-201 uptake in the lungs could be because of cardiac, neoplastic, inflammatory, or interstitial lung disease. Examples from the different categories, differential diagnosis, and different patterns are presented. The authors discuss the different mechanisms of increased Tl-201 uptake in the lungs which vary according to the underlying pathology.

Diffuse thallium lung uptake in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

Five patients with AIDS with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) showed diffuse bilateral lung uptake on sequential thallium and gallium scans. This creates a problem in the sequential use of these tests for the differentiation of Kaposi's sarcoma from acute inflammatory or other malignant diseases. In Kaposi's sarcoma, thallium uptake is usually focal and not diffuse unless associated with other pathology.