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Effects of adjuvant berberine therapy on acute ischemic stroke: A meta-analysis
Phytother Res. 2023 Jul 8. doi: 10.1002/ptr.7920. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the clinical efficacy of berberine (BBR) in treating acute ischemic stroke (AIS), explore its anti-inflammatory effects, and assess its potential applications for AIS patients. We comprehensively searched nine databases from inception until July 1, 2022, to identify clinical trials investigating the use of BBR in treating AIS. We performed statistical analyses using RevMan5.4 software and focused on primary outcomes such as inflammatory markers as well as secondary outcomes including immune system indica...
Source: Atherosclerosis - July 8, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dan Luo Baili Yu Shoukai Sun Bonan Chen Harsh Vivek Harkare Longlong Wang Jie Pan Bin Huang Yang Song Tianhong Ma Shihua Shi Source Type: research

12 Innovations That Will Change Health Care and Medicine in the 2020s
Pocket-size ultrasound devices that cost 50 times less than the machines in hospitals (and connect to your phone). Virtual reality that speeds healing in rehab. Artificial intelligence that’s better than medical experts at spotting lung tumors. These are just some of the innovations now transforming medicine at a remarkable pace. No one can predict the future, but it can at least be glimpsed in the dozen inventions and concepts below. Like the people behind them, they stand at the vanguard of health care. Neither exhaustive nor exclusive, the list is, rather, representative of the recasting of public health and medic...
Source: TIME: Health - October 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: TIME Staff Tags: Uncategorized HealthSummit19 technology Source Type: news

Prevalence of Uterine Fibroids Among Women with Two or More Recurrent Pregnancy Losses: A Systematic Review
Publication date: Available online 31 March 2016 Source:Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology Author(s): Miguel Russo, Michael Suen, Mohamed Bedaiwy, Innie Chen Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL), defined as two or more failed clinical pregnancies, affects approximately 5% of reproductive women. Several etiologies for RPL have been studied including uterine fibroids. However, the effect of uterine fibroids on pregnancy outcomes in this patient population remains unclear. The purpose of this systematic review is to critically appraise the evidence associating uterine fibroids with RPL and quantify the prevalence of ute...
Source: Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology - March 31, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research

Fetal blood sampling
Objective: We sought to review indications, technical aspects, risks, and recommendations for fetal blood sampling (FBS).Methods: A systematic review was performed using MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library using the terms “fetal blood sampling,” “percutaneous umbilical blood sampling,” and “cordocentesis.” The search was restricted to English-language articles published from 1966 through July 2012. Priority was given to articles reporting original research, in particular randomized controlled trials, although review articles and commentaries also were consulted. Abstracts of research presented at symp...
Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - September 1, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Stanley M. Berry, Joanne Stone, Mary E. Norton, Donna Johnson, Vincenzo Berghella, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Tags: SMFM Clinical Guideline Source Type: research