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In a prospective, randomized clinical trial of de novo mandibular fracture patients requiring intraoral surgical repair with plating, the investigators will:
1. Compare the effects of supplemental vitamin C to placebo on soft tissue wound healing, measured by a) biomarkers of soft tissue repair
COPD is a respiratory condition that is often associated with cigarette smoking, and defined by incompletely reversible airflow obstruction and complicated by exacerbations. Mucous hypersecretion with impaired mucociliary transport are frequently present, and are associated with infective AECOPD,
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States
The American Cancer Society estimates lung cancer incidence in the United States for 2018 to be about 234,030 and about 154,050 deaths.
In 2012, GLOBOCAN estimated that 1.8 million people were diagnosed with lung cancer,
Bronchiolitis is an acute lower respiratory tract infection in early childhood.A subcommittee of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) together with the European Respiratory Society (ERS) underlined that is a clinical diagnosis, recognized as "a constellation of clinical symptoms and signs
Pomegranate has anti-oxidative capacity. It might reduce symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, Drug-induced hepatitis, and might prevent deterioration of cardiovascular diseases and cancer progression. But, the beneficial effects of pomegranate on hearing impairment was still unclear.
This study aimed to
Hookah (water pipe) smoking is a new global epidemic. The World Health Organization wants to prohibit all claims that hookah is less harmful than cigarettes and wants hookah products to bear the same warning labels as cigarettes. But there is little scientific evidence to substantiate this proposal.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedure is the treatment of choice for cholelithiasis as it has several advantages like smaller and more cosmetic incision, reduced blood loss, less postoperative pain, reduced post-operative stay, low post-operative complications, and early mobilization. Although this
Carbon monoxide (CO) is an endogenously produced gas that play important physiological roles in the circulation. Traditionally considered a poisonous gas that causes tissue hypoxia, CO produced by vascular cells as a byproduct of heme catabolism, also functions to regulate blood flow by inhibiting
Development of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in chronic lung diseases has both functional and prognostic implications .
PH in Lung diseases is usually mild to moderate with preserved cardiac output, and evolves slowly alongside the progression of lung disease and hypoxemia .
However, a minority of
Langerhans cells are antigen-presenting cells of monocyte-macrophage lineage present in various epithelium like airways. Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), also called histiocytosis X or pulmonary eosinophilic granulomatosis, are characterized by proliferation and infiltration of Langerhans cells
Rapid estrogen level decline after menopause is associated with systemic bone loss in women leading to osteopenia/osteoporosis. Estrogen therapy (ET) improves bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women. Currently, ET has been associated with statistically significant increased risk of breast
The advanced chronic lung disease (PAD) is characterized by the development of several structural abnormalities, and pulmonary and systemic functional with low potential for reversibility, in spite of the treatment. It is defined DPA whole lung non-neoplastic chronic in its final phase. Most people
A dedicated team interviewed patients preoperatively and during the first five postoperative days and collected data regarding medical history, surgery, anaesthesia and the presence of postoperative headache by manual record review. The frequency of preoperative headache was assessed by asking the
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine whether the addition of bevacizumab to chemotherapy improves overall survival. Also to determine if a regimen involving paclitaxel and topotecan improves overall survival in comparison to a regimen involving cisplatin and paclitaxel. These regimens are to be