INTRODUCTION fibromyalgia is a chronic disease characterized by generalized pain, stiffness, poor physical conditioning, non-restorative sleep and poor health-related quality of life. Ganoderma lucidum a type of mushroom that has demonstrated several benefits in different populations. Ceratonia siliqua is a natural therapy rich in antioxidants with potential benefits on health. OBJECTIVE to e...

Background: Diarrhea is a well-recognized side effect associated with pelvic radiation; however, there is not any effective common treatment for radiation-induced diarrhea. A popular alternative is probiotics, which have been used in several gastrointestinal disorders. Probiotics are live microbial food supplements. Furthermore, honey is a putative nutritional with a variety of health effects, ...

Pertuzumab is a monoclonal antibody against HER2. Diarrhea and abdominal pain are common adverse events of pertuzumab-based therapy, occurring in almost 70% of patients. The incidence of gastrointestinal toxicities intensifies when pertuzumab is given in combination with chemotherapy. Rifaximin, a non-absorbable oral antibiotic, may provide symptomatic relief in patients with refractory gastroi...

Matricaria chamomilla contained oils, sterols, triterpenes, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, alkaloids, sugars, proteins, mucins, sesquiterpenes, coumarins, polyacetylenes, phenyl carboxylic acids, amino phytosterols, choline and mineral substances. The pharmacological studies revealed that possessed dermatological, antioxidant, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antimicrobial, reproductiv...

Received 12/08/2010 Accepted 28/02/2012 (004983) 1 Department of Food Science and Experimental Nutrition, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires – UBA, Junín 956, Buenos Aires, 1113, Argentina, e-mail: [email protected] 2 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas – CONICET, Av. Rivadavia, 1917, CABA, República Argentina. *Corresponding author Not any...

Background Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of preventable death in developing countries and mainly affects children and infants. It has been reported that the leaf of Justicia schimperiana is used as an antidiarrheal agent in Libo Kemekem district, northwest Ethiopia. Method The 80% methanolic leaf extract of J. schimperiana was evaluated for its activity against castor oil-induced diar...

BACKGROUND Weekly administration of irinotecan plus cisplatin was evaluated for untreated patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixty mg/m(2) of irinotecan plus 30 mg/m(2) of cisplatin were administered on days 1, 8 and 15 every 4 weeks. Patients with no evidence of disease progression were treated with at least two cycles (8 weeks). Of the 39 patients, 29 wer...