The standard of care for ovarian cancer is aggressive cytoreductive surgery followed by chemotherapy with platinum and taxane. Despite initial favorable responses, 65 percent of these patients recur with chemoresistant cancer during the first three years and succumb to disease. Currently, there is no diagnostic tool that identifies patients who have a high likelihood of recurrence, and treatmen...

New technologies lead us to a series of new applications that we could not imagine just a few years before. Many services have appeared for Internet, the global computer network: FTP, email, World Wide Web... Psychological treatments are one of the multiple applications that can be developed using these tools. Dynamic web pages that include information prepared by the therapist for different pa...

A dynamical system model for tumor-immune system interaction together with a method to mimic radiation therapy are proposed. A large population of virtual patients is simulated following an ideal radiation treatment. The dependency of the results on system parameter values is studied. Conclusions for treatment optimization and patient classification are drawn from the statistic treatment of the...

New optimism surrounds treatments for chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Interferon- alpha , lamivudine, and adefovir dipivoxil are currently approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of CHB. All 3 treatments possess unique characteristics with respect to their side effect profiles, potencies, and treatment niches within the spectrum of CHB. New agents, which are in v...

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1. A mucocele of the lacrimal sac, or 2. Chronic dacryocystitis or conjunctivitis due to lacrimal sac obstruction, or 3. Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction that cannot be cured by probing (members should be over 1 year of age), or 4. Epiphora (excessive tearing) due to acquired obstruction within the nasolacrimal sac and duct, or 5. Lacrimal sac infection that must be relieved before intr...

Melasma is a common, acquired facial skin disorder, mostly involving sun-exposed areas like cheeks, forehead and upper lip. Melasma occurs in both sexes, although almost 90 percent of the affected are women. It is more common in darker skin types (Fitzpatrick skin types IV to VI) especially Hispanics/Latinos, Asians and African-Americans. The onset of the melasma is at puberty or later, with ex...

A group of seven ponies naturally infected with large numbers of small strongyles and raised under conditions to minimize reinfection were treated periodically over a three year span with thiabendazole at the rate of 44 mg/kg body weight. Based on the absence of worm eggs in the feces following each treatment, thiabendazole removed the adult strongyles present with a new population subsequently...

Authors: David Gravette, Pharm.D. Candidate, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University; Morgan Luger, Pharm.D. Candidate, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University; Jay Moulton, Pharm.D. Candidate, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University; Wesley T. Lindsey, Pharm.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Drug Information and Learning Resource Center, Harrison Schoo...