tinnitus/diarrhea

OBJECTIVE We surveyed the benefit of dietary supplements to treat tinnitus and reported adverse effects. METHODS A website was created for people with tinnitus to complete a variety of questions. RESULTS The 1,788 subjects who responded to questionnaires came from 53 different countries; 413 (23.1%)

Within 48 hours of arrival in Mexico, 182 US students participated in a study to compare the efficacy of two dosages of bismuth subsalicylate (262 mg per tablet) as a prophylactic agent against diarrhea. The students were randomly assigned to receive two tablets (high dose) or one tablet (low dose)

Objective:To analyze the clinical features of Vestibular migraine（VM） and provide evidence for its accurate diagnosis and medical identification of flight personnel. Method:A total of 490 samples of VM patients were collected. Among them, 88 samples were secondary to benign paroxysmal

OBJECTIVE A municipal water system became contaminated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Campylobacter spp. Beginning 2 years after an outbreak, all residents from the region were invited to participate in a cohort study assessing the risk of long-term sequelae. We aimed to develop a method to grade

Case 1. A 67-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of fever, diarrhea and abdominal pain. Hemoglobin was 10.7 g/dl, white cell count 6,900/microliters and platelet count 36.7 x 10(4)/microliters. Bone marrow biopsy showed non-lobulated megakaryocytes. The karyotype was 47, XY, +8, -16,

Paromomycin sulfate (aminosidine) at a single dose of 32 to 53 mg/kg was orally given to 24 cases with proven diphyllobothriasis. Evaluation of efficacy of the drug was based on stool examination for the eggs after 3--4 weeks of treatment. The cure rate was obtained as 96% (23/24), and 30 worms were

It was reported that there was a case of severe malaria patient with jaundice who presented with arrhythmia (premature ventricular contraction) while getting quinine infusion was reported. A man, 25 years old, was admitted to hospital with high fever, chill, vomiting, jaundice. The patient was fully

Oxaprozin, a new long-acting, antiinflammatory agent, and aspirin were compared utilizing gastroscopic evaluation and photography of the gastric mucosa in a double-blind, crossover study in normal volunteers. Submucosal hemorrhages or mucosal bleeding was observed in seven of eight subjects on

Although clinical evidence of major organ damage is typical of adulthood, many of the signs and symptoms of Anderson Fabry Disease (AFD) occur frequently in childhood. The clinical phenotype of AFD in pediatric patients has been described in several studies which show a higher incidence and an

BACKGROUND Chinese herbal medicine is an alternative therapy for menopausal problems and is widely practiced in China and many other Asian countries. However, efficacies and side-effects are rarely assessed according to the standards of evidence-based medicine. METHODS This is a prospective

1. Ten patients with chronic urinary tract infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Proteus species were treated with carfecillin. Excellent response was seen in one case, fairly good in 5 cases and clinical effective rate was 60%. 2. The recurrence suppression effect of carfecillin was examined in

BACKGROUND Cisplatin still has a central role in cancer chemotherapy, but is associated with the risk of toxicities, the most common of which is nephrotoxicity. The aim of the present study is evaluation of cisplatin nephrotoxicity in Iranian population of cancer patients. METHODS All admitted

A good tumoricidal activity of vindesine (VDS) has been reported in a variety of animal tumors and in human leukemias and lymphomas. We treated 22 patients who had received no prior chemotherapy and were suffering from a variety of malignant neoplasms with 0.5 mg/m2 to 3.0 mg/m2 VDS i. v. once or

BACKGROUND Recent clinical trials have demonstrated the benefit and feasibility of perioperative chemotherapy for treatment of gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma (GEA). Despite convincing results, patients entering such trials usually represent only a fraction of those who are candidates for treatment.

A 38-year-old male Caucasian with Fabry disease presented with angiokeratomas and tortuous conjunctival and retinal vessels. Additionally, the patient showed characteristic skin lesions of psoriasis and seborrheic dermatitis. His past medical history revealed anhidrosis, acral paresthesias,