Effects of low molecular weight peptides from monkfish ( Lophius litulon) roe…

This study aimed to investigate the immunomodulatory activation of low-molecular-weight peptides from monkfish (Lophius litulon) roe (named MRP) on cyclophosphamide (CTX)-induced immunosuppressed mice. Our results indicated that MRP (100 mg/kg/d BW) could significantly increase the body weight and immune organ index, and improve the morphological changes in the spleen and thymus of mice. These …

Use of terazosine in patients with chronic pelvic pain syndrome and evaluatio…

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The role of combination medical therapy in benign prostatic hyperplasia

To review key trials of monotherapy and combination therapy of a1-adrenergic receptor antagonists (a1-ARAs), 5a-reductase inhibitors (5aRIs) and anti-muscarinic agents in the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). To assess the safety and efficacy of combination therapies for LUTS associated with BPH, a search of the MEDLINE and Coch…

Effects of a-blocker ‘add on’ treatment on blood pressure in symptomatic …

We investigated the effects of ‘add on’ treatment of a-blocker (AB) on blood pressure (BP) and the safety of ABs in men with symptomatic BPH with or without hypertension. We retrospectively reviewed 2,924 BPH outpatients who took ABs at our institution between 2005 and 2009. BPH symptom severity, prostate volume and BP were determined for 953 patients with their baseline data. BP level and …

Substrate Profiling of Cysteine Protease from Zingiber officinale

Plants have different types of proteases and four types of cysteine protease have been isolated from ginger (GPI, II, 2, and 3). This study analyzed the structure and cleavage specificity of a newly isolated protease (GPii) from Zingiber officinale to evaluate the general properties of this protease. GPs were purified using anion exchange chromatography. Three GPs were purified and shown to be …

Effect of ginger on gastric motility and symptoms of functional dyspepsia

To evaluate the effects of ginger on gastric motility and emptying, abdominal symptoms, and hormones that influence motility in dyspepsia

An Approach to Management of Gas in the Elderly

In this article I shall review the physiology, clinical manifestations, and management of gaseousness in the elderly. While not an infrequent complaint, little scientific study has been done of the causes or management of this problem. The regulation of bowel gas is surprisingly complex. When problems occur, it is usually either because of excessive swallowing of air or because of the intralumi…

Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

The present guidelines are the most recent data on postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and an update on the 2 previous sets of guidelines published in 2003 and 2007. These guidelines were compiled by a multidisciplinary international panel of individuals with interest and expertise in PONV under the auspices of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia. The panel members critically and systema…

Factors Influencing Malaysian Men’s Perceptions of Gender Equity in Family …

Various factors influence men’s perceptions regarding gender equity in family planning (FP). Identifying these factors can contribute to a deeper understanding of the roles that men play in family planning and ultimately leads to women’s reproductive health outcomes.

Eurycoma longifolia Jack in managing idiopathic male infertility

This study investigated the effect of treatment with the proprietary standardized, water-soluble extract of the root of the Malaysian plant, Eurycoma longifolia Jack, which is thought to enhance male fertility with regard to higher semen volumes, sperm concentrations, the percentage of normal sperm morphology and sperm motility in male partners of sub-fertile couples with idiopathic infertility…