At the present time, emphasis is placed on viewing asthma as a manifestation of chronic airway inflammation, possibly secondary to allergen hypersensitivity. Consequently, one aspect of management is to institute measures of environmental control to minimize the inflammatory response related to allergen stimulation, and to administer anti-inflammatory therapy to resolve inflammation and prevent...

The prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is affected by tumoral factors and liver functions; therefore it is often difficult to select the appropriate therapeutic methods for HCC. Recently, two global phase III trials showed that sorafenib, which is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, improved the prognosis of patients with advanced HCC. As a new therapeutic strategy for HCC, sorafenib is expec...

malaria remains a complex problem during the pregnancy, which threatens > 35 millions pregnant women every year. malaria pathogenesis in pregnancy results in accumulation of infected rbcs in the intervillous spaces causing severe alterations leading to the reduced materno-foetal exchanges. in this article we have revisited the current evidences of clinical implications and overall burden of mal...