clinical trials

Association Between Ward-Specific Antimicrobial Use Density and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcu Aureus Surveillance: A 60-Month Study.

Association between ward-specific antimicrobial use density and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcu aureus surveillance: a 60-month study.

Infect Drug Resist. 2013; 6: 59-66
Yoshida J, Kikuchi T, Matsubara N, Asano I, Ogami N

It is not known whether or not ward-specific antimicrobial… Continue reading

Examining the Effect of Teleconferences on Oncology Phase 1 Trials.

Examining the effect of teleconferences on oncology phase 1 trials.

J Cancer. 2013; 4(6): 464-7
McKane A, Sima C, Fleck S, Weiss GJ

Objective: Phase 1 clinical trials are the first stage of clinical development of an investigational agent.… Continue reading

Morphological Patterns of Indirect Choroidal Rupture on Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography.

Morphological patterns of indirect choroidal rupture on spectral domain optical coherence tomography.

Clin Ophthalmol. 2013; 7: 1503-9
Nair U, Soman M, Ganekal S, Batmanabane V, Nair K

To evaluate the morphological types of indirect choroidal rupture (ICR) using spectral… Continue reading

Corrosive Oesophageal Injuries: A Preventable Menace.

Corrosive oesophageal injuries: a preventable menace.

Pan Afr Med J. 2013; 15: 11
Adedeji TO, Tobih JE, Olaosun AO, Sogebi OA

Potentially catastrophic presentations and lifelong complications resulting from corrosive ingestions in humans is one of the most challenging… Continue reading

Mechanisms of Resistance to Sorafenib and the Corresponding Strategies in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Mechanisms of resistance to sorafenib and the corresponding strategies in hepatocellular carcinoma.

World J Hepatol. 2013 Jul 27; 5(7): 345-52
Zhai B, Sun XY

Sorafenib, the unique drug as first-line treatment for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), has opened a… Continue reading

Anthracycline Nano-Delivery Systems to Overcome Multiple Drug Resistance: A Comprehensive Review.

Anthracycline Nano-Delivery Systems to Overcome Multiple Drug Resistance: A Comprehensive Review.

Nano Today. 2013 Jun 1; 8(3): 313-331
Ma P, Mumper RJ

Anthracyclines (doxorubicin, daunorubicin, and idarubicin) are very effective chemotherapeutic drugs to treat many cancers; however, the development… Continue reading

Antiproliferative Activity of New Benzimidazole Derivatives.

Antiproliferative activity of new benzimidazole derivatives.

Acta Biochim Pol. 2013 Jul 25;
B?aszczak-?wi?tkiewicz K, Olszewska P, Mikiciuk-Olasik E

A series of new benzimidazole derivatives were synthesized and tested in vitro for possible anticancer activity. Their effect of proliferation into… Continue reading

Opportunities for Reversible Inhibitors of Monoamine Oxidase-a (RIMAs) in the Treatment of Depression.

Opportunities for reversible inhibitors of monoamine oxidase-A (RIMAs) in the treatment of depression.

CNS Spectr. 2012 Sep; 17(3): 107-20
Lum CT, Stahl SM

Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) may be implicated in 33–57% of depression cases. The currently available effective treatments… Continue reading

Vibration and Pressure Wave Therapy for Calf Strains: A Proposed Treatment.

Vibration and pressure wave therapy for calf strains: a proposed treatment.

Muscles Ligaments Tendons J. 2013 Apr; 3(2): 60-2
Saxena A, St Louis M, Fournier M

Calf (lower leg) strains have a variety of treatment regimens with variable outcomes… Continue reading

“My Body’s a 50 Year-Old but My Brain Is Definitely an 85 Year-Old”: Exploring the Experiences of Men Ageing With HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Challenges.

“My body’s a 50 year-old but my brain is definitely an 85 year-old”: exploring the experiences of men ageing with HIV-associated neurocognitive challenges.

J Int AIDS Soc. 2013; 16: 18506
Hopcroft L, Bester L, Clement D, Quigley A, Sachdeva… Continue reading