Efficacy of varenicline versus bupropion for smoking cessation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Ashish R. Patel, Jigar R. Panchal, Chetna K. Desai

“…Compared with bupropion, varenicline can significantly improve the CAR at the end of treatment, at 24 weeks, and at 52 weeks of follow-up.…”
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Topical propranolol improves epistaxis in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia - a preliminary report by Meir Mei-Zahav, Hannah Blau, Elchanan Bruckheimer, Eyal Zur, Neta Goldschmidt

“…Results The mean duration of treatment was 30 ± 5.6 weeks. A significant improvement in the ESS was found in all patients, with a mean decrease from 6.4 ± 2.1 at treatment onset to 3.5 ± 1.7 at 12 weeks (p = 0.028). …”
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Natural fermentation of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) and noni fruit (Morinda citrifolia) in honey increases total phenol, total flavonoid, and antioxidant activity by Guardiola Esther Natalia, Sumitro Sutiman Bambang, Widyarti Sri

“…Total phenol (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC), and antioxidant activity were measured every two weeks. TPC in fermented NF increased from 56.62 mg GAE/gr to 156.59 GAE in the 6-week. …”
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Effects of an intervention combining physical activity and components of Amygdala and Insula Retraining (AIR) on sleep and working memory among older male adults by Monireh Asadi Ghaleni, Forouzan Fattahi Masrour, Narjes Saryar, Alexandra J. Bratty, Ebrahim Norouzi, Matheus Santos de Sousa Fernandes, Georgian Badicu

“…Both interventions were conducted in-person over 12 weeks. The participants met twice weekly for 45-minute sessions at a local elderly training and rehabilitation center. …”
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Omeprazole: Inhibiting the Final Common Pathway to Acid Secretion - The Acid Pump by A.B.R. Thomson

“…Omeprazole once daily has been shown to heal over 80% of duodenal ulcers within two weeks and over 95% within four weeks In gastric ulcer, the healing rates are up to 80% within four weeks and 96% within eight weeks. …”
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Randomised controlled trial of topical kanuka honey for the treatment of rosacea by James Fingleton, Mark Weatherall, Richard Beasley, Irene Braithwaite, Janwillem Kocks, Mark Holliday, Andrew Corin, Colin Helm, Davitt Sheahan, Barney Montgomery, Judith Riley, Anna Hunt, Christopher Tofield

“…The change in IGA-RSS for Honevo compared to control at week 2 minus baseline was −1 (Hodges-Lehman estimate, 95% CI −1 to 0, p=0.03), and at week 8 minus baseline was −1 (Hodges-Lehman estimate, 95% CI −1 to 0, p=0.005). …”
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Decomposition and nutrient release pattern of wheat (Triticum aestivum) residues under different treatments in desert field conditions of Sudan by Fatoma A. M. Rezig, Elsadig A. Elhadi, Mubarak R. Abdalla

“…The half-life (t0.5) values of the treatments were in the following order: RF ? CR (6.70 weeks) SS (8.0 weeks)CR (9.60 weeks)C (11.91 weeks). …”
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Macroscopic Hematuria due to Placenta Percreta: Report of Two Cases and Short Review by Ourania Koukoura, George Lialios, Antonios Garas, George Sveronis, Asterios Nidimos, Irondiana Gkorezi, Zoi Alevra, Vassilios Tzortzis, Athanasios Oeconomou, Ioannis Zachos, Alexandros Daponte

“…Herein we present two cases of pregnant women with placenta percreta and severe hematuria during the 24th and 35th weeks of pregnancy, respectively. A timely sonographic diagnosis was feasible in the first case and cesarean section was performed during the 29th week. …”
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I’ll Show You Mine, If You Show Me Yours

“…The human genome dominated science news last week. Both Science and Nature lead this week with articles about the simultaneous publication of the human genome sequence by the private company Celera Genomics and the publicly funded Human Genome Project (HGP).…”
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Effect of Muscle Energy Technique Combined with Conventional Rehabilitation Therapy on Elderly Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis by FAN Jingjing, HUANG Lihua, XU Yiming, LIU Kun, FANG Ping

“…Both groups received conventional rehabilitation therapy (power bicycle and physical factor therapy), including power bicycle training for 20 min a time, and physical factor therapy such as dynamic interferential electricity and ultrashort wave therapy for 30 min a time (15 min a time for each item), once a day, five days a week, lasting for four weeks. The observation group received muscle energy technique treatment on the basis of the control group, 30 minutes a time, once a day, five days a week, lasting for four weeks. …”
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Impact of hepatic steatosis on the efficacy of antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis B and the establishment of predictive model: a cohort study by Guanghui Ren, Kaining Jia, Shi Yin, Yunpeng Guan, Qingwei Cong, Ying Zhu

“…Kaplan–Meier survival analysis revealed a shorter median time to HBsAg response at 48 weeks for the CHB + MASLD group (HR = 3.251, 40 weeks vs. 42.5 weeks, p = 0.002). …”
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SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia follow-up and long COVID in primary care: A retrospective observational study in Madrid city. by Sara Ares-Blanco, Marta Pérez Álvarez, Ileana Gefaell Larrondo, Cristina Muñoz, Vanesa Aguilar Ruiz, Marta Castelo Jurado, Marina Guisado-Clavero

“…Different cut-off points were applied for long COVID and week 4 was considered the best milestone (28.3% of the sample still had symptoms after week 4) versus week 12 (8.3%). …”
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Preliminary investigation on the establishment of a new meibomian gland obstruction model and gene expression by Ming Sun, Huanmin Cheng, Zheng Yang, Jiangqin Tang, Shengshu Sun, Zhanglin Liu, Shaozhen Zhao, Lijie Dong, Yue Huang

“…MG acini was smaller at 8-week and 16-week MGO rats in HE staining. Oil Red O staining showed less condensed staining in the 8- and 16-week MGO groups, while more condensed staining in the 4-week MGO group. …”
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Loss of Appetite in Adult Patients: Effectiveness and Safety of an Appetite Stimulating Medication in an Open-Label, Investigator-Initiated Study in India by S. Nagaraj

“…Majority of the patients had CNAQ appetite scores of 17–28 at baseline (94%), week 1 (66%), and week 2 (78%) of treatment. For patients with acute and chronic illness, a statistically significant improvement was observed in the mean CNAQ score at week 1 (26.75 (3.69), P = 0.0256; 25.24 (5.33), P = 0.0004) and at week 2 (26.63 (3.46), P = 0.0027; 25.26 (4.43), P ≤ 0.0001) from baseline (21.88 (3.31) and 22.12 (2.69), respectively). …”
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Effects of supplementing a polyphenol-rich sugarcane extract through drinking water on egg production and quality of laying hens. by Namalika D Karunaratne, Sasmitha De Silva, Minoli Herath, Ruvini Liyanage, Pabodha Weththasinghe, Barana C Jayawardana, Eranga De Seram, Anil Pushpakumara, Mathew Flavel

“…However, there was a trend toward significance in egg weight at week 45. The results indicated that PRSE supplementation led to a significant reduction in yolk colour during week 45 (P = 0.001), although no differences were observed in subsequent weeks. …”
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Impact of Online Stress Management Training Program on the Sexual Function of Perimenopausal Women: A Clinical Trial by Leila Neisani Samani, Shima Arjmand, Naeimeh Seyedfatemi, Shima Haghani

“…They were divided into five groups of 10 and received stress management training online using WhatsApp at 8 sessions of 30 minutes, two times per week, for four weeks. They completed a sociodemographic/obstetric form and the female sexual function index (FSFI) before, immediately after, 4 weeks after, and 8 weeks after the intervention through self-reporting. …”
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Efficacy of pegylated interferon alfa-2b «Algeron» in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C by M. V. Mayevskaya, O. O. Znoyko, E. A. Klimova, S. L. Maximov, S. N. Kizhlo, N. A. Petrochenkova, F. I. Nagimova, R. A. Ivanov, Yu. N. Linkova, T. V. Chernovskaya

“…In the two main groups the patients received Algeron in the dosage of 1.5 or 2.0 μg/kg/week, in the active control group – PegIntron 1.5 μg/kg/week in combination with ribavirin. …”
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Pembrolizumab, radiotherapy, and an immunomodulatory five-drug cocktail in pretreated patients with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical or endometrial carcinoma: Results... by Emiel A. De Jaeghere, Sandra Tuyaerts, An M. T. Van Nuffel, Ann Belmans, Kris Bogaerts, Regina Baiden-Amissah, Lien Lippens, Peter Vuylsteke, Stéphanie Henry, Xuan Bich Trinh, Peter A. van Dam, Sandrine Aspeslagh, Alex De Caluwé, Eline Naert, Diether Lambrechts, An Hendrix, Olivier De Wever, Koen K. Van de Vijver, Frédéric Amant, Katrien Vandecasteele, Hannelore G. Denys

“…Median interval-censored progression-free survival was 4.1 weeks (95% CI 4.1–25.7) in cervical cancer and 3.6 weeks (95% CI 3.6–15.4) in endometrial cancer; median overall survival was 39.6 weeks (95% CI 15.0–67.0) and 37.4 weeks (95% CI 19.0–50.3), respectively. …”
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Comparison of the Retinal Straylight in Pseudophakic Eyes with PMMA, Hydrophobic Acrylic, and Hydrophilic Acrylic Spherical Intraocular Lens by Ya-wen Guo, Jun Li, Hui Song, Xin Tang

“…Straylight was measured using C-Quant at 1 week and 1 month postoperatively in natural and dilated pupils. …”
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Multi-center, prospective, non-interventional, observational study on the efficacy and safety of Mirabek® in adult patients with overactive bladder by Jee Soo Park, Won Sik Jang, Jongchan Kim, Moon-Hwa Park, Won Sik Ham

“…Results: Among 1,714 patients, Mirabek® SR Tab. 50 mg effectively improved OAB symptoms over an 8-week treatment period, with significant differences in symptom improvement between baseline and both 4- and 8-week time points as well as between 4 weeks and 8 weeks. …”
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