Systematic Review: Bisphosphonates and Osteonecrosis of the Jaws
Systematic Review: Bisphosphonates and Osteonecrosis of the Jaws ~ Bisphosphonates are used to treat osteoporosis, Paget disease of bone and other metabolic bone diseases, multiple myeloma, and skeletal events associated with metastatic neoplasms. Their primary mechanism of action is inhibition of osteoclastic resorption of bone. Within the past 2 years, ...
October 30, 2012 by Jimbo | Books | photos | » read more . . .
Breast cancer in association with thyroid disorders
Breast cancer in association with thyroid disorders ~ Breast cancer is a hormone-dependent neoplasm. Conflicting results regarding the clinical correlation between breast cancer and thyroid diseases have been reported in the literature. Many studies showed that thyroid diseases are common among women with breast cancer [1–6], whereas other reports did ...
September 11, 2012 by densus99 | Cancer | photos | » read more . . .
Deletion of the thrombin cleavage domain of osteopontin mediates breast cancer cell adhesion, proteolytic activity, tumorgenicity, and metastasis
Deletion of the thrombin cleavage domain of osteopontin mediates breast cancer cell adhesion, proteolytic activity, tumorgenicity, and metastasis ~ Background: Osteopontin (OPN) is a secreted phosphoprotein often overexpressed at high levels in the blood and primary tumors of breast cancer patients. OPN contains two integrin-binding sites and a thrombin cleavage ...
August 26, 2012 by densus99 | Cancer | photos | » read more . . .
Acupuncture Point Topography in the Horse
Christiane P. Krueger, D. V. M. Tannenstrasse 6, D 8431 Freystadt/Opf., West Germany Abstract: Chinese texts describe some 130 acu- puncture points on the horse, but fail to identify the “master points” and their locations. This lack of clearness was the reason for a more precise examination of the acupuncture points and their ...
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Chinese acupuncture–moxibustion
Chinese acupuncture–moxibustion75Chinese medicine (TCM). It is the study ofthe meridians and collaterals, acupoints,acupuncture techniques, and the laws ofprevention and treatment of diseases byacupuncture–moxibustion. Thousands ofyears ago, ancient Chinese medicine usedbianstone (needle stone) as an instrumentfor the treatment of diseases, and thendiscovered the points and invented specialacupuncture instruments. Gradually, the“theory of ...
February 07, 2013 by densus99 | Health & Medicine | photos | » read more . . .
Somatosympathetic Reflex and Acupuncture-Related Analgesia
Corresponding author: Dr. Yuan-Feen Tsai, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1 Jen-Ai Road, Section 1, Taipei 10051, Taiwan, ROC. Tel: +886-2-2312-3456 ext. 88240, Fax: +886-2-2322-5007, E-mail:
[email protected] Received: June 19, 2009; Accepted: August 17, 2009. ©2009 by The Chinese Physiological Society. ISSN : 0304-4920. http://www.cps.org.tw ...
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Clinical Research on Treating Senile Dementia by Combining Acupuncture with Acupoint-Injection
Yemeng Chen, M.D. Acupuncture Department, Huashan Hospital Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai 20040, P. R. China Abstract: Combining: Combining acupuncture with acupoint-injection of aceglutamidi has been used in treating 38 cases of senile dementia. The experiment showed that the therapy is effective for the cases of multi-infarct dementia, the rate of success being 42.82% ...
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Acupuncture and Knee Osteoarthritis A Three-Armed Randomized Trial
Acupuncture and Knee Osteoarthritis A Three-Armed Randomized Trial Hanns-Peter Scharf, MD; Ulrich Mansmann, PhD; Konrad Streitberger, MD; Steffen Witte, PhD; Jürgen Krämer, MD; Christoph Maier, MD; Hans-Joachim Trampisch, PhD; and Norbert Victor, PhD Background: Despite the popularity of acupuncture, evidence of its efficacy for reducing pain remains equivocal. Objective: To assess the efficacy and ...
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Effects of Acupuncture at Neiguan (PC 6) of thePericardial Meridian on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Variability
Corresponding author: Dr. Shyang Chang, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, ROC. Tel: 886-35731146, Fax: 886-35715971, E-mail:
[email protected] Received: October 8, 2007; Revised: December 27, 2007; Accepted: February 19, 2008. 2008 by The Chinese Physiological Society. ISSN : 0304-4920. http://www.cps.org.tw Chinese Journal of Physiology 51(3): ...
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Effect of electro-acupuncture at Foot-Yangming Meridian onsomatostatin and expression of somatostatin receptor genesin rabbits with gastric ulcer
Shou-Xiang Yi, Ren-Da Yang, Jie Yan, Xiao-Rong Chang, Ya-Ping Ling www.wjgnet.com Shou-Xiang Yi, Ren-Da Yang, Jie Yan, Xiao-Rong Chang, Ya- Ping Ling, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changsha 41007, Hunan Province, China Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.30171136 Correspondence to: Professor Shou-Xiang ...
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A pilot study on acupuncture for lower urinary tract symptomsrelated to chronic prostatitis/ chronic pelvic pain
Research A pilot study on acupuncture for lower urinary tract symptoms related to chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain Jillian L Capodice*1, Zhezhen Jin2, Debra L Bemis1, David Samadi1, Brian A Stone1, Steven Kapan3 and Aaron E Katz1 Address: 1Department of Urology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA, 2Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University Medical ...
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