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Int J Biometeorol
January 2025
5th Department of Internal Medicine, "Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca,Romania, Victor Babeş Str., No. 43, 400012, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
The treatment of type 2 diabetes patients with diabetic neuropathy using pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures remains a current topic. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of comprehensive medical rehabilitation programs that include natural therapeutic factors (carbonated natural mineral water) on pain, gait, and functional status in these patients. Fifty patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and diabetic neuropathy in the lower limbs participated in the study.
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February 2025
Italian Liver Cancer (ITA.LI.CA) Association, Bologna, Italy.
Background And Aims: Presence of active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may influence the outcome of patients treated for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), although this issue has never been adequately assessed in a large series of patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the presence of active HCV affects the survival of patients treated for HCC.
Methods: This study assessed the outcome of 3123 anti-HCV-positive patients with HCC, subdivided according to the presence of active HCV infection or previous sustained virological response (SVR).
Alzheimers Dement
January 2025
Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Introduction: Plasma-based biomarkers have shown promise for clinical implementation, but their accuracy in differentiating Alzheimer's disease (AD) from syndromes associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) has yet to be fully investigated. This study assessed the potential of plasma biomarkers for differential diagnosis.
Methods: This cohort study included 374 participants (96 AD, 278 FTLD).
Mycoses
January 2025
Infectious Diseases Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Background: Infections with fluconazole-resistant Candida parapsilosis have been increasing in Israeli hospitals with unclear implications for patient outcomes.
Objectives: To determine the frequency, mechanisms, molecular epidemiology, and outcomes of azole-resistant C. parapsilosis bloodstream infections in four hospitals in Israel.
Nat Med
January 2025
Parkinson's Disease Centre of Excellence, Department of Neurology, Univeristy of Lille, CHU Lille, INSERM U1172-Degenerative & Vascular Cognitive Disorders, Lille, France.
Continuous compensation for cerebral dopamine deficiency represents an ideal treatment for Parkinson's disease. Dopamine does not cross the digestive and blood-brain barriers and is rapidly oxidized. The new concept is the intracerebroventricular administration of anaerobic dopamine (A-dopamine) using an abdominal pump connected to a subcutaneous catheter implanted in the third ventricle, near the striatum.
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