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Zinc sulfate taste acuity reflects dietary zinc intake in males.

Gauging an individual's response after they taste a solution of zinc sulfate has been proposed as a method of determining nutritional zinc deficiency, a so-called "zinc taste test." Despite the lack of evidence regarding any relationship between…

Young girl with lower leg rash.

Writing for publication in biomedical journals.

Although not as significant as the dissemination of your results, the sense of accomplishment associated with publishing a manuscript in a medical journal is a welcome reward for working through the research process. Three basic strategies will help…

Tags: *Authorship, 2002, Health Services Research, Humans, Peer Review, Periodicals as Topic, Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, Publishing/*standards, Research, United States, White Lynn J, Writing/*standards

Wound seeding associated with endometrial cancer.

We report a patient with well-differentiated adenocarcinoma of the endometrium who developed a recurrence in the anterior abdominal wall probably secondary to wound seeding at the time of her original surgery. She underwent total abdominal…

Tags: *Neoplasm Recurrence, *Neoplasm Seeding, 1994, Adenocarcinoma/pathology/radiotherapy/*surgery, Adult, Cross B, Curtis M G, Department of Internal Medicine, Endometrial Neoplasms/pathology/radiotherapy/*surgery, Female, Gynecologic oncology, Hopkins M P, Humans, Jenison E L, Local, NEOMED College of Medicine, Phosphorus Radioisotopes/therapeutic use, Rehmus E, Tantri M D

Wound healing: a multidisciplinary approach for dermatologists.

This article has provided a review of common and some less common approaches to wound healing. Chronic wound healing is one of the more challenging areas of medicine, with a nice balance of the science and art of medicine. An evidence-based,…

Tags: *Wound Healing, 2003, Bandages, Debridement, Dermatologic clinics, Dermatology, Humans, Mostow Eliot N, Patient Care Team

Wound Healing Society 2014 update on guidelines for arterial ulcers.

Tags: 2016, Arterial Occlusive Diseases – Complications, Dardik Alan, Department of Internal Medicine, Evidence-Based, Federman Daniel G, Hopf Harriet W, Humans, Hyperbaric Oxygenation, Kelly Mathew, Ladiiznski Barry, Laser-Doppler Flowmetry, Medical, Mostow Eliot N, Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy, NEOMED College of Medicine, Peripheral Arterial Disease/complications/diagnosis/*therapy, Professional Practice, Pulse Wave Analysis, Richmond Nicholas A, Shapshak Dag, Skin Ulcer/diagnosis/etiology/*therapy, Societies, Ueno Cristiane M, Ulcer – Diagnosis, Ulcer – Surgery, Ulcer – Therapy, Ultrasonic Therapy, Vascular Surgical Procedures, Wound Care – Equipment and Supplies, Wound Care – Methods, Wound Healing Society – Standards, Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society

Wogonin, a plant derived small molecule, exerts potent anti-inflammatory and chondroprotective effects through the activation of ROS/ERK/Nrf2 signaling pathways in human Osteoarthritis chondrocytes.

Osteoarthritis (OA), characterized by progressive destruction of articular cartilage, is the most common form of human arthritis. Here, we evaluated the potential chondroprotective and anti-inflammatory effects of Wogonin, a naturally occurring…

Tags: *ERK1/2, *Nrf2, *OSTEOARTHRITIS, *Redox, *Wogonin, 2017, Ansari Mohammad Y, Anti-Inflammatory Agents/administration & dosage, Chondrocytes/drug effects/pathology, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Devarapalli Pratap, Flavanones/*administration & dosage, Free radical biology & medicine, Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects, Haqqi Tariq M, Haseeb Abdul, Haynie Sara, Humans, Inflammation/*drug therapy/metabolism/pathology, Kelch-Like ECH-Associated Protein 1/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism, Khan Nazir M, MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects, Molecular Docking Simulation, NEOMED College of Medicine, NF-E2-Related Factor 2/antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism, Osteoarthritis/*drug therapy/metabolism/pathology, Protein Binding, Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism, Signal Transduction/drug effects

Wogonin, a natural flavonoid, intercalates with genomic DNA and exhibits protective effects in IL-1beta stimulated osteoarthritis chondrocytes.

Wogonin has recently been shown to possess anti-inflammatory and chondroprotective properties and is of considerable interest due to its broad pharmacological activities. The present study highlights that Wogonin binds DNA and exerts…

Willingness and Ability of Older Adults in the Emergency Department to Provide Clinical Information Using a Tablet Computer.

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the proportion of older adults in the emergency department (ED) who are willing and able to use a tablet computer to answer questions. DESIGN: Prospective, ED-based cross-sectional study. SETTING: Two U.S. academic EDs.…

Tags: *aged, *Attitude to Computers, *Computers, *Data Collection, *Elderly, *emergency department, *Emergency Service, 2016, 80 and over, Academic Medical Centers, Academic Medical Centers – North Carolina, Aged, Brahmandam Sruti, Braz Valerie A, Computers, Confidence Intervals, Convenience Sample, Cross Sectional Studies, CROSS-sectional method, Cross-Sectional Studies, Descriptive Statistics, Emergency Care – In Old Age, Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Service, Female, Handheld, Holland Wesley C, Hospital, HOSPITAL emergency services, Human, Humans, Hunold Katherine M, Jones Christopher W, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, LONGITUDINAL method, Male, Mangipudi Sowmya A, Mass Screening/*instrumentation, MEDICAL cooperation, Medlin Richard P, Multicenter Studies, New Jersey, North Carolina, OLD age, Patient Attitudes – Evaluation – In Old Age, PATIENTS' attitudes, Platts-Mills Timothy F, Portable – Utilization – In Old Age, PORTABLE computers, Prospective Studies, Research, SCALE analysis (Psychology), Scales, STATISTICAL sampling, Summated Rating Scaling, Surveys and Questionnaires, United States, User-Computer Interface

Who do you think you are? Medical student socioeconomic status and intention to work in underserved areas.

A frequently cited rationale for increasing the participation of students from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds is that it will create a workforce who will choose to work in low SES and medically underserviced communities. Two theoretical…

When saying sorry is not enough: acknowledging past wrongs in human subjects research.

When humor in the hospital is no laughing matter.

What happens when effective outpatient civil commitment is terminated?

Outpatient civil commitment can be effective in slowing the revolving door for selected patients, but it may not be the best mechanism for ensuring treatment over time.

What do we know about rhinogenic headache? The otolaryngologist's challenge.

Sinus headache is a common presenting complaint in the otolaryngology office. Although most patients with this presentation are found to have migraine headache, many do not, and others fail therapy. This review focuses on the current understanding of…

What can we learn from the time course of untreated and partially treated community-onset Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia? A clinical perspective on superiority and noninferiority trial designs for mild community-acquired pneumonia.

There are no well-designed placebo-controlled clinical trials in the recent era that precisely define the magnitude of the drug effect of antimicrobial therapy for mild community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). However, there is evidence that ineffective…

Tags: *Research Design, 2008, Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Community-Acquired Infections/*drug therapy/microbiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Disease Progression, File Thomas M Jr, Humans, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pneumococcal/*drug therapy/microbiology, Pneumonia, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic/*methods, Schentag Jerome J, Streptococcus pneumoniae/*isolation & purification, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome

WFUMB Guidelines and Recommendations on the Clinical Use of Ultrasound Elastography: Part 5. Prostate.

The World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) has produced guidelines for the use of elastography techniques, including basic science, breast, liver and thyroid elastography. Here we present elastography in prostate diseases.…

WFUMB Guidelines and Recommendations on the Clinical Use of Ultrasound Elastography: Part 4. Thyroid.

The World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) has produced guidelines for the use of elastography techniques including basic science, breast and liver. Here we present elastography in thyroid diseases. For each available…

WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 2: breast.

The breast section of these Guidelines and Recommendations for Elastography produced under the auspices of the World Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) assesses the clinically used applications of all forms of elastography used…

WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 1: basic principles and terminology.

Conventional diagnostic ultrasound images of the anatomy (as opposed to blood flow) reveal differences in the acoustic properties of soft tissues (mainly echogenicity but also, to some extent, attenuation), whereas ultrasound-based elasticity images…

Weighted Lin-Wang tests for crossing hazards.

Lin and Wang have introduced a quadratic version of the logrank test, appropriate for situations in which the underlying survival distributions may cross. In this note, we generalize the Lin-Wang procedure to incorporate weights and investigate the…

Tags: *Survival Analysis, 2014, Algorithms, Animal, Animals, Computational and mathematical methods in medicine, Computer Simulation, Data Interpretation, Disease Models, Humans, Jia Zhenyu, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Koziol James A, Leukemia/drug therapy, Mice, Models, Reproducibility of Results, Statistical

Weight loss and bedtime weakness.

Tags: *Weight Loss, 1994, Adult, Department of Internal Medicine, Greifenstein E, Hospital practice (Office ed.), Humans, Hyperthyroidism/*complications/physiopathology/therapy, Hypokalemia/etiology, Hypoparathyroidism/etiology, Iodine Radioisotopes/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Male, NEOMED College of Medicine, Paralysis/*etiology, Recurrence, Rudick J, Rutecki G W, Thyrotoxicosis/*complications/physiopathology/therapy, Torabzadeh S

Weakness and fatigue in older ED patients in the United States.

BACKGROUND: The objectives of this study are to estimate the prevalence of weakness and fatigue visits in older emergency department (ED) patients, to compare demographics and resource use in these patients with those without these complaints, and to…

Waxy keratoses of childhood in a segmental distribution.

Waxy keratoses of childhood is a rare genodermatosis previously noted in both familial and isolated presentations. Three previous cases have been described in which the lesions appeared over the trunk and extremities. We report a case in which the…

Tags: 2001, Child, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Keratosis/diagnosis/*genetics/pathology, Mehrabi D, Pediatric dermatology, Prose N S, Selim M A, Thomas J E

Vulnerability: its meaning and value in the context of contemporary bioethics.

Vocal cord paralysis from prostatic carcinoma metastasizing to the larynx.

According to 1992 Cancer Statistics, prostate carcinoma is once again predicted to be the most common cancer in men, exceeding the incidence of lung cancer. In American men, this cancer is estimated to be the second most frequent cause of cancer…

Tags: 1993, Adenocarcinoma/*pathology/*secondary, Aged, Head & neck, Humans, Laryngeal Neoplasms/*secondary, Male, Park M H, Park Y W, Prostatic Neoplasms/*pathology, Thyroid Cartilage/pathology, Vocal Cord Paralysis/*etiology

Vitamin D supplementation to prevent falls in the elderly: evidence and practical considerations.

Pharmacists in both ambulatory and institutional settings are often in a position to help optimize the drug regimens of patients who are experiencing falls. Supplementation with vitamin D is an important emerging therapy for the prevention of falls.…

Vitamin B12 protects against superoxide-induced cell injury in human aortic endothelial cells.

Superoxide (O(2)(*-)) is implicated in inflammatory states including arteriosclerosis and ischemia-reperfusion injury. Cobalamin (Cbl) supplementation is beneficial for treating many inflammatory diseases and also provides protection in…

Virtual screening to identify novel antagonists for the G protein-coupled NK3 receptor.

The NK(3) subtype of tachykinin receptor is a G protein-coupled receptor that is a potential therapeutic target for several neurological diseases, including schizophrenia. In this study, we have screened compound databases for novel NK(3) receptor…

Vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials in three patients with large vestibular aqueduct.

An enlarged vestibular aqueduct (LVA) is a common congenital inner ear anomaly responsible for some unusual vestibular and audiological symptoms. Most of the cases show bilateral early onset and progressive hearing loss in children. The gross…

Verruca vulgaris. Treatment with natural interferon alfa using a needleless injector.

Tags: 1993, Adult, Archives of dermatology, Brodell R T, Child, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Female, Foot Diseases/therapy, Hand, Humans, Injections, Interferon-alpha/*administration & dosage, Intralesional, Jet, Naples S P, NEOMED College of Medicine, Warts/*therapy

Ventricular tachycardia in acute myocardial infarction: the role of hypophosphatemia.

The relationship between serum concentration of certain electrolytes and the pathogenesis of ventricular arrhythmia in myocardial infarction has been the subject of frequent review. The role of hypophosphatemia in the pathogenesis of arrhythmia in…

Veno-venous ECMO: a synopsis of nine key potential challenges, considerations, and controversies.

BACKGROUND: Following the 2009 H1N1 Influenza pandemic, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) emerged as a viable alternative in selected, severe cases of ARDS. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a major public health problem. Average…

Vascular precursor cells in tissue injury repair.

Vascular precursor cells include stem cells and progenitor cells giving rise to all mature cell types in the wall of blood vessels. When tissue injury occurs, local hypoxia and inflammation result in the generation of vasculogenic mediators which…

Vascular complications associated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is now an accepted pathway for aortic valve replacement for patients who are at prohibitive, severe and intermediate risk for traditional aortic valve surgery. However, with this rising uptrend and…

Vascular anatomy anterior to lumbosacral transitional vertebrae and implications for anterior lumbar interbody fusion.

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Anterior approaches to the lumbosacral spine afford the ideal window to the disc for interbody fusion. Vascular injuries represent the most feared complications of such approaches. Unfortunately, the combination of more procedures…

Tags: *Spinal Fusion, 2001, Fraser R D, Humans, Iliac Vein/*anatomy & histology, Lumbar Vertebrae/anatomy & histology/*blood supply/*surgery, Lumbosacral Region/anatomy & histology/blood supply/surgery, Sacrum/anatomy & histology/blood supply/surgery, Spinal Diseases/surgery, The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society, Walker M, Weiner B K

Vascular access for HD: aligning payment with quality.

The Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative (FFBI) has improved the awareness of the value of fistula creation in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The FFBI Health Policy Workgroup has been charged with reviewing the relationship of policy…

Variation in heart disease mortality across census tracts as a function of overdispersion and social class mixture.

Variation in heart disease (HD) mortality rates across census tracts is greater than expected given binomial error and available explanatory variables. We extended an extra-binomial variation model for rates standardized by the direct method. The…

Tags: *Demography, *Models, *Social Class, 1990, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Female, Heart Diseases/*mortality, Humans, Jarjoura D, Logue EE, Male, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ohio/epidemiology, Statistical, Statistics in medicine

Vanadium in the detection, prevention and treatment of cancer: the in vivo evidence.

Vanadium, a dietary micronutrient, is yet to be established as an essential part of the human diet. Over the past century, several biological effects of vanadium, such as insulin-mimetic action as well as amelioration of hyperlipidemia and…

Tags: 10-Dimethyl-1, 2-benzanthracene, 2010, 9, Animal, Animals, Biological, Bishayee Anupam, Breast Neoplasms – Chemically Induced, Breast Neoplasms – Diagnosis, Breast Neoplasms – Drug Therapy, Cancer letters, Cell Division – Drug Effects, Cell Division/drug effects, Chatterjee Malay, Disease Models, Experimental/chemically induced/diagnosis/drug therapy, Experimental/drug therapy/pathology, Female, Glioblastoma/drug therapy, Glioma – Drug Therapy, Heterologous, Humans, Hydrocarbons, Male, Mammary Neoplasms, Metals, Metals – Diagnostic Use, Metals – Therapeutic Use, Models, Neoplasm Staging, Neoplasm Transplantation, Neoplasms, Neoplasms – Diagnosis, Neoplasms – Drug Therapy, Neoplasms – Pathology, Neoplasms – Prevention and Control, Neoplasms/*diagnosis/drug therapy/prevention & control, Organometallic Compounds – Therapeutic Use, Organometallic Compounds/therapeutic use, Patel Mehool A, Rats, Trace Elements – Diagnostic Use, Trace Elements – Therapeutic Use, Trace Elements/therapeutic use, Transplantation, Vanadium Compounds, Vanadium Compounds – Therapeutic Use, Vanadium Compounds/therapeutic use/toxicity, Vanadium/*therapeutic use/toxicity, Waghray Abhijeet, Xenografts

Vaginovesicostomy using absorbable staples.

Tags: *Surgical Stapling, 1997, British journal of urology, Chronic/complications, Cystostomy/instrumentation/*methods, Female, Green D H, Humans, Khoudary K P, Khoudary M L, Kidney Failure, Recurrence, Summers J L, Suppuration/etiology, Urinary Bladder Diseases/*surgery, Urinary Diversion/adverse effects, Vagina/*surgery, Wilkerson J E

Vaginal leiomyoma co-existing with broad ligament and multiple uterine leiomyomas.

A 48 year old African American woman presented with bladder pressure leading to the diagnosis of broad ligament and multiple uterine leiomyomas. She was also found to have a lateral vaginal wall mass which was confirmed to be a leiomyoma. Unlike…

Tags: *Neoplasms, 2001, Archives of gynecology and obstetrics, Fallopian Tubes/surgery, Female, Hecht B R, Hopkins M P, Humans, Hysterectomy, Leiomyoma/*diagnosis/pathology/surgery, Leiomyomatosis/*diagnosis/pathology/surgery, Meniru G I, Middle Aged, Multiple Primary, Onuora C O, Ovariectomy, Uterine Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathology/surgery, Vaginal Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathology/surgery, Wasdahl D

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