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Clin Nutr ESPEN
January 2025
Post-Graduate Program in Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Electronic address:
Background And Aims: Chemotherapy is one of the treatments of choice for patients with hematological or head and neck neoplasms. However, chemotherapy promotes elevate occurrence of adverse events and many of them directly impact nutritional status and patients' quality of life, which may include a low treatment tolerance. Suggested mechanisms include inflammation and oxidative stress as contributing factors to adverse effects of chemotherapy.
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January 2025
Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
Most rare diseases (RDs) encompass a diverse group of inherited disorders that affect millions of people worldwide. A significant proportion of these diseases are driven by functional haploinsufficiency, which is caused by pathogenic genetic variants. Currently, most treatments for RDs are limited to symptom management, emphasizing the need for therapies that directly address genetic deficiencies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurol Int
December 2024
Santa Lucia Foundation, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00179 Rome, Italy.
Background/objectives: Drug development involves multiple stages, spanning from initial discovery to clinical trials. This intricate process entails understanding disease mechanisms, identifying potential drug targets, and evaluating the efficacy and safety of candidate drugs. Clinical trials are designed to assess the effects of drugs on humans, focusing on determining safety profiles, appropriate modes of administration, and comparative efficacy against placebos.
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January 2025
Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety, Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 800, Nashville, TN, 37203, United States, 16153431528.
Background: Only 15% of the nearly 30 million Americans with hearing loss use hearing aids, partly due to high cost, stigma, and limited access to professional hearing care. Hearing impairment in adults can lead to social isolation and depression and is associated with an increased risk of falls. Given the persistent barriers to hearing aid use, the Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule to allow over-the-counter hearing aids to be sold directly to adult consumers with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss at pharmacies, stores, and online retailers without seeing a physician or licensed hearing health care professional.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This qualitative study explored public and prescriber awareness of pharmaceutical pollution in the water environment and eco-directed sustainable prescribing (EDSP) as a mitigation strategy to reduce the environmental impact of prescribing in Scotland.
Design: Focus groups explored prescriber and public perceptions of the topic. Common questions were asked through semistructured facilitation.
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