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Effects of the increase in co-payments from 20 to 30 percent on the compliance rate of patients with hypertension or diabetes mellitus in the Employed Health Insurance System [PDF]

, 2005
Objectives: How to contain medical expenditures is a universal problem. The Japanese government has increased patient co-payments to control it. The purpose of this study is to clarify whether the increase in co-payments to 30 percent prevented patients ...
Babazono, Akira, Imatoh, Takuya, Miyazaki, Motonobu, Tanaka, Kiyoshi, Tanihara, Shinichi, Tsuda, Toshihide, Une, Hiroshi, Yamamoto, Eiji   +7 more
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Crohn's disease activity index and Vienna classification - Is it worthwhile to calculate before surgery? [PDF]

, 2006
Background: Crohn's disease (CD) patients with increased disease activity may reveal an increased risk for perioperative complications. The `Crohn's disease activity index' (CDAI) and the `Vienna classification' (VC) were developed for standardized ...
A. Beham, Best WR, Best WR, Dirks E, Friedman S, Goebell H, Greenstein AJ, H.J. Schlitt, Heimann TM, K.W. Jauch, Kiran RP, Lichtenstein GR, M. Rentsch, Mekhjian HS, Michelassi F, Murch SH, Otterson MF, Post S, Post S, Post S, Raab Y, Scholmerich J, Shepherd HA, Speranza V, Veloso FT, Wettergren A, Whelan G, Yamamoto T, Yamamoto T, Yamamoto T   +29 more
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Neurological complications of coronavirus and COVID-19.

Revista de neurología (Ed. impresa), 2020
INTRODUCTION Clinical and experimental studies have shown that the coronavirus family has a certain tropism for the central nervous system. Seven types of coronavirus can infect humans.
F. J. Carod-Artal
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Can Weight Loss Improve the Cardiovascular Outcomes of Patients with Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

Hearts, 2022
Cardiovascular events are the primary cause of mortality in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and obesity. The rising prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in recent decades has been linked to increasing rates of obesity.
Ayyad Alruwaily, Heshma Alruwaili, John Garvey, Carel W. le Roux   +3 more
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Liver resections: complications and survival outcome [PDF]

, 2007
none1noToday, liver resection represents one of the most effective therapies in the treatment of defined liver diseases, particularly for hepatocellular carcinomas, liver metastases and tumors originating from the bile ducts.
Grazi, Gian Luca
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Oncologic Emergencies: Immune-Based Cancer Therapies and Complications [PDF]

, 2020
Cancer therapies have undergone several recent advancements. Current cancer treatments include immune-based therapies comprised of checkpoint inhibitors, and adoptive immunotherapy; each treatment has the potential for complications that differ from ...
Brém, Elizabeth, Koyfman, Alex, Long, Brit Jeffrey   +2 more
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MASLD: a systemic metabolic disorder with cardiovascular and malignant complications

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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has rapidly become the most common chronic liver disease globally and is currently estimated to affect up to 38% of the global adult population.
G. Targher, Christopher D. Byrne, Herbert Tilg   +2 more
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Sex and Gender Differences in Risk, Pathophysiology and Complications of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Endocrine reviews, 2016
The steep rise of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and associated complications go along with mounting evidence of clinically important sex and gender differences.
A. Kautzky-Willer, J. Harreiter, G. Pacini   +2 more
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Regulation of angiotensin II actions by enhancers and super-enhancers in vascular smooth muscle cells

Nature Communications, 2017
The repertoire of tissue-specific distal regulators of gene transcription enhancers defines homeostasis or disease. Here, the authors reveal the enhancer and super-enhancer signature of vascular smooth muscle cells under normal and angiotensin II stimuli,
Sadhan Das, Parijat Senapati, Zhuo Chen, Marpadga A. Reddy, Rituparna Ganguly, Linda Lanting, Varun Mandi, Anita Bansal, Amy Leung, Selena Zhang, Ye Jia, Xiwei Wu, Dustin E. Schones, Rama Natarajan   +13 more
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'Join us on our journey': Exploring the experiences of children and young people with type 1 diabetes and their parents [PDF]

, 2014
This paper focuses on children and young people with type 1 diabetes and on their parents, and their experiences of diabetes care provision. Nine acute hospitals in the Yorkshire and the Humber region, UK, were recruited to participate in a qualitative ...
Department of Health, Department of Health, Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Research Group, Diabetes UK, Diamond Project Group, Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Research Group., Gunn, Kanavos, Kennedy, Kime, Miles, NHS Confederation, Patterson, Peyrot, Randell, The, Wood   +16 more
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