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Pharmaceuticals (Basel)
December 2024
Department of Medicine (Pulmonology, Allergy and Critical Care), Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.
A significant number of individuals with asthma have poorly controlled daily symptoms and utilize dietary supplements such as ginger in a quest for improved symptom control; however, its effectiveness at improving the control of symptoms is unproven. We questioned whether low-dose oral ginger would improve subjective and objective measurements of asthma control in mild-to-moderate asthmatics. We performed a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded study of a low dose (1 g twice daily) of a dietary supplement of ginger in 32 mild-to-moderate uncontrolled asthmatics over a 2-month trial period while maintaining daily conventional asthma therapies.
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December 2024
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
Even in current guideline-directed medical therapy, including recently introduced vasopressin type 2 receptor antagonist tolvaptan, congestion has not been resolved in patients with heart failure. Kampo medicine goreisan has been receiving considerable attention as an additional therapy for patients who are refractory to conventional diuretics therapy, including tolvaptan. However, the impact of goreisan on urine electrolytes remains uncertain.
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December 2024
Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kamoda 1981, Kawagoe, Saitama, 350-8550, Japan.
Excessive fructose intake causes a variety of adverse conditions (e.g., obesity, hepatic steatosis, insulin resistance and uric acid overproduction).
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December 2024
Translational Research on Renal and Cardiovascular Diseases (TRECARD), Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Salamanca, Spain. Electronic address:
Acute kidney frailty (AKF) is a condition of increased susceptibility to acute kidney injury (AKI), an abrupt impairment of renal excretory function potentially leading to severe complications. Prevention of AKI relies on the recognition of risk factors contributing to AKF. At the population level, dehydration constitutes a predisposing factor for AKI.
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November 2024
Department of Health Care, qilu Hospital (Qingdao), cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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