Do dental implants cause scoliosis?: A case report
Publication date: July 2012 Source:Personalized Medicine Universe, Volume 1, Issue 1 Author(s): Yoshiro Fujii Many cases of scoliosis are idiopathic, and therefore the causes have yet to be clarified. Subject A had experienced involuntary contortions of her spine and discomfort for 3 years. She also experienced difficulty when breathing, particularly at night, and, as a consequence, frequently suffered from insomnia. When a titanium implant was brought close to her body, her spinal column began to twist. This case suggests that dental implants may cause scoliosis. (Source: Personalized Medicine Universe)
Source: Personalized Medicine Universe - November 6, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Japanese herbal medicine for weight loss in a morbidly obese patient: A case report
Publication date: July 2012 Source:Personalized Medicine Universe, Volume 1, Issue 1 Author(s): Izumi Haruta , Akihiro Asakawa , Masako Nakano , Miki Mukai , Kenichiro Koyama , Akio Inui Here, we report a case in which the use of bofu-tsusho-san (BF) was effective for weight loss. A 22-year-old woman with a height of 157 cm, weight of 154.8 kg, and body mass index (BMI) of 63.6 kg/m2 was hospitalized. We limited her dietary calories and prescribed exercise, but there was little resulting decrease in her body weight. We administered BF as an anti-obesity drug. Following BF administration, more effective exercis...
Source: Personalized Medicine Universe - November 6, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Stimulation of dermal fibrous tissue in malignant and chronic diseases: A novel therapeutic approach based on energy medicine
This study illustrates a novel therapeutic technique for treating cancer and chronic diseases. Moreover, FTST has thrown light on a novel biomedical mechanism involving the propagation of systemic signal transduction through fibrotic tissues. (Source: Personalized Medicine Universe)
Source: Personalized Medicine Universe - November 6, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Vitamin C concentration in intracellular free radical oxidation–reduction reactions and chemical shift—Potential for the quantitative analysis of ATP in a mitochondrion
Conclusion It is believed that the chemical shift can be used to integrate physical and chemical study through the study of cyclotrons and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The origin of this result is that the mass and charge of the photon are zero. This means that when composite particles are obtained or lost, the energy produced by collisions of the photons with a receiver can be taken as a signal. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) can be used to embody this concept in a molecule. The relationship between time and the ATP concentration becomes increasingly important in considering this question. Furthermore, when ATP is cons...
Source: Personalized Medicine Universe - November 6, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Activated charcoal as an effective treatment for bacterial vaginosis
Conclusions In the present study, a novel treatment with activated charcoal tampons showed remarkable improvements of the symptoms of bacterial vaginosis. This approach is a potentially promising treatment for this infection without adverse effects. (Source: Personalized Medicine Universe)
Source: Personalized Medicine Universe - November 6, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
High-dose intravenous vitamin C improves quality of life in cancer patients
Conclusions IVC can safely improve the QOL of cancer patients. These results warrant the conduct of prospective comparative studies to evaluate the usefulness of IVC for patients with advanced cancer. (Source: Personalized Medicine Universe)
Source: Personalized Medicine Universe - November 6, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Role of traditional Japanese medicines in the relief effort in areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake
Publication date: July 2012 Source:Personalized Medicine Universe, Volume 1, Issue 1 Author(s): Hajime Nakae The medical system of the Tohoku region was disrupted by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. Akita University Hospital provided medical support to earthquake-affected areas in Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture. The 11th team, out of 27 Akita University Hospital Medical support teams, provided medical support service including Kampo, traditional Japanese medicine, from April 17 to 20, 2011. However, out of the 210 Kampo preparations, only 11 were available. Kampo medicines were prescribed for 1...
Source: Personalized Medicine Universe - November 6, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Personalized cancer therapy for stage IV non-small cell lung cancer: Combined use of active hexose correlated compound and genistein concentrated polysaccharide
Conclusions AHCC and GCP resulted in increased patient survival time, better QOL, and reduced adverse effects related to cancer chemotherapy. (Source: Personalized Medicine Universe)
Source: Personalized Medicine Universe - November 6, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Treating relapsing carcinoma with high-quality image-guided intensity-modulated radiation therapy using the TomoTherapy treatment system
In conclusion, treatment with high-quality IGIMRT using the TomoTherapy treatment system provides scope for treating cases of relapsing tumors. (Source: Personalized Medicine Universe)
Source: Personalized Medicine Universe - November 6, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Retrospective analysis of the clinical efficacy of a dendritic cell-based cancer vaccine in patients with advanced or recurrent breast cancer
Conclusion DC vaccine-based immunotherapy demonstrates promising OS times and tolerable toxicities in the setting of breast carcinoma. A full risk/benefit analysis of DC-based vaccines in patients with metastatic breast carcinoma will be determined in a future phase II trial. (Source: Personalized Medicine Universe)
Source: Personalized Medicine Universe - November 6, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Regulatory role of natural killer (NK)-T cells for EAE
Publication date: July 2012 Source:Personalized Medicine Universe, Volume 1, Issue 1 Author(s): Rong-Rong Song , Huan-Ren , Wei Sun , Xu-Wen , Cheng-bin Zhao , Jing Qu , Feng Lian , Ben-ning Zhang , Chan Li , Hong Zhang , Hiroyuki Abe , Kazuhiro Tada , Yun-long Qi NK1.1+ natural killer (NK)-T cells reactive to CD1 appear to be involved in spontaneous autoimmune disease, but their role in induced autoimmune disease remains unclear. While we previously reported a regulatory role of NK cells in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), we demonstrate here that NK-T cells would also play a pivotal role in...
Source: Personalized Medicine Universe - November 6, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Amycenone, a nootropic found in Hericium erinaceum
Publication date: July 2012 Source:Personalized Medicine Universe, Volume 1, Issue 1 Author(s): Kazutoyo Inanaga The current paper describes the physiological and nootropic actions of Amycenone, which is an activator of brain function that is obtained from extracts of the Yamabushitake (Hericium erinaceum). Kawagishi and his group have studied compounds that are derived from medicinal mushrooms and their use in the treatment of dementia since 1991. They have found that H. erinaceum exerts important bioactivities, including the induction of nerve growth factor (NGF) synthesis, the inhibition of the cytotoxicity of bet...
Source: Personalized Medicine Universe - November 6, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Epigenetics in cancer and inflammation
Conclusion Elucidating DNA methylation is important for understanding molecular biology and human disease. Further studies of epigenetics will contribute to applications for diagnosis and therapy in human disease. (Source: Personalized Medicine Universe)
Source: Personalized Medicine Universe - November 6, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Mind–body medicine: Effect of the mind on gene expression
Conclusions Mind–body medicine potentially elicits positive emotions affecting gene expression. (Source: Personalized Medicine Universe)
Source: Personalized Medicine Universe - November 6, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Five patients with severe burns and refractory infections treated using the traditional Japanese medicine juzentaihoto
Publication date: July 2013 Source:Personalized Medicine Universe, Volume 2 Author(s): Hajime Nakae , Aya Yokoi , Maki Kato , Tomonori Akama , Takehiro Yamakawa , Motomu Manabe , Naoko Hasunuma Immunodeficient patients such as those with severe burn injuries are usually at risk for systemic infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MDRP). Juzentaihoto (JTT) is a traditional Japanese herbal complex used for the treatment of fatigue, anemia, weakness, hypotension, malaise following illness or surgery, and chronic wasting diseases. We treated 5 ...
Source: Personalized Medicine Universe - November 6, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
