anxiety/phosphatase

Hereditary hypophosphatemia (XLH) is a rare, inherited disease. Loss-of-function mutation in PHEX results in excess fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) production and manifests as rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. FGF23 is a hormone that reduces renal phosphate reabsorption, decreases

The sample size was selected based on the number of obese patients who underwent SG at our Bariatric Center of Excellence IFSO-EC over the last 12 months, and the end-time of evaluation was estimated independently due to the lack of high evidence-based studies, such as randomized trials or

Background Within Latin American indigenous communities tea brewed from fresh or dried crushed Souroubea leaves is used to treat Susto, a culture-bound syndrome resembling manifestations of Anxiety Disorders. Souroubea sympetala (Ss) leaf extract has shown to be effective as an anxiolytic in animal

The study aims to determine highly specific personified predictors of response to the therapy by different groups of hypoglycemic drugs in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, to develop on their basis a mathematical model that allows to objectify the choice of therapy for each patient, and

1. Current Knowledge and Rationale Gastro-esophageal (GE) cancers are a highly aggressive disease and are one of the major causes of cancer-related death in the world. Despite improvements in surgical and radiation techniques and the availability of newer agents, the prognosis of recurrent GE

Breast reconstruction (BR) is commonly requested following mastectomy, and recent measures have been taken to ensure patient access is universal. Transferring autologous tissue from the abdomen using microvascular surgical techniques provides a reliable reconstruction method with high levels of

This is an observational retrospective study to describe the clinical problems and healthcare use of adults and children with hypophosphatasia. Interviews will be conducted with patients with childhood- and adult-onset hypophosphatasia (and the parents of the children). Hospital notes, appointment

1.0 Background While atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia requiring therapy, it is also associated with increased risk of stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction, dementia, and death. The number of Americans affected with AF is expected to surge to nearly 16

BACKGROUND Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a complex disorder characterized by disturbed body image, ego-syntonic neglect, ambivalence, self-starvation, loss of body weight, obsessive thoughts of food, ritualistic patterns of food intake, elevated physical activity, depression, anxiety and emotional

INTRODUCTION Cigarette smoking harms nearly every system of the human body, thus causing a broad range of diseases, many of which are fatal. In particular, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most important cause of death in those who smoke (1). Both diabetes mellitus and cigarette smoking are

INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND: In recent years, the need to achieve increasingly ambitious therapeutic goals for dyslipidemias has prompted the search for more potent pharmacological agents to lower circulating atherogenic lipoprotein concentrations and enhance reverse cholesterol transport (RCT). While

Study Design: A six week, open-label, flexible dosing study using quetiapine. Subjects who qualify at Screening will then proceed to the baseline visit. If all inclusion and exclusion criteria are met, subjects will be administered quetiapine at the baseline visit. Enrollment will be 15 subjects.

Background: One of the major limitations of conventional antipsychotics is their high propensity to cause extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS). Tardive dyskinesia (TD) in particular causes problems, insofar as it is common, and resistant to treatment. TD is under-recognised in clinical settings. However,