Comparison of symptoms, healthcare utilization, and treatment in diagnosed and undiagnosed individuals with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome [PDF]
, 2017 OBJECTIVES: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional bowel disorder characterized by symptoms including abdominal pain and altered bowel function. Up to 75% of individuals with IBS may be undiagnosed.
Chang, Lin, Sayuk, Gregory S, Wolf, Ray
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Epidemiology, Clinical Features, and Prescribing Patterns of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Taiwan
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Background: Understanding the prescribing patterns could better inform irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) management and health policy. However, there is no study on prescribing patterns of IBS in Taiwan. This study was conducted to evaluate the epidemiology,
Yu-Tung Lai +5 more
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Improving quality of care through payment for performance: examining effects on the availability and stock-out of essential medical commodities in Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of payment for performance (P4P) on the availability and stock-out rate of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) medical commodities in Tanzania and assess the distributional effects.
Binyaruka, Peter, Borghi, Josephine
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Self-medication during Covid-19 pandemic: challenges and opportunities
Drugs & therapy perspectives, 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) defines self-medication (SM) as the selection and utilization of medicines to treat self-recognized symptoms or ailments without consulting a physician [1].
Muna Malik +4 more
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Cancer Causes and Control, 2021 Evidence of differences in the etiology of, and poorer survival from, proximal colon compared to the distal colorectum, necessitates research into its risk factors.
R. Harewood +4 more
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Bioactivity studies on Zanthoxylum budrunga wall (Rutaceae) root bark
Clinical Phytoscience, 2018 Background The root-bark of the medicinally important plant Zanthoxylum budrunga (ZBRB) brooks a variety of uses in ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal practice in Bangladesh and thus demands biological investigation to reveal its therapeutic potentiality.
Md Khirul Islam +6 more
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Phytotherapy in zoo animals [PDF]
, 2015 Phytotherapy is one of the oldest medical disciplines and was traditionally based on empiricism (Reichling et al., 2008). Nowadays, its use as an additional integral component of evidence based medicine is well accepted in human medicine (Finkelmann ...
Hoby, S., Walkenhorst, M., Wenker, C.
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Assessment of the storage and disposal of medicines in some homes in Jos north local government area of Plateau State, Nigeria [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the way medicines are stored and disposed in some households in Jos North Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State, Nigeria.
Auta, Asa +3 more
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Capecitabine-Induced Terminal Ileitis: Case Report and Literature Review
Cureus, 2021 Capecitabine is a well-established agent for adjuvant chemotherapy in breast and colorectal cancers. However, one of the limiting adverse events of this therapy is severe diarrhea, which is reported with increasing frequency as of late.
Artsiom Klimko +4 more
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Antidiarrheal activity of Solanum asterophorum in mice [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 2012 Several species of Solanum are used in folk medicine to treat diarrhea. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate and compare possible antidiarrheal activity of methanol extracts from roots (Sast-MeOHR) and leaves (Sast-MeOHL) of Solanum asterophorum Mart., Solanaceae, in mice.
Anne Dayse Soares da Silva +7 more
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