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End of life ethical decision making. Susan's story

Clinical Nutrition Open Science, 2023
Summary: This paper describes the story of a patient at her end of life because of recurrent peritoneal carcinomatosis and malignant bowel obstruction with the aim of discussing the most significant controversies and challenges that presented for her ...
Humberto Arenas, Claudia Maria Takahashi
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Intestinal flora in health and disease

Gastroenterology, 1984
La microflore normale, les etats pathologiques associes a une microflore anormale (diarrhee aigue, syndromes de proliferation bacterienne, sprue tropicale, infection intra-abdominale), la relation entre le cancer du colon et la microflore intestinale, la microflore intestinale et la circulation enterohepatique des hormones steroides ...
G L, Simon, S L, Gorbach
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Survival Outcomes and Complications Among Canadian Children With Retinoblastoma: A Population‐Based Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common pediatric ocular cancer, yet population‐based data on survival and risk factors remain limited. This study aimed to describe survival in a large national RB cohort and identify predictors of death and complications.
Samuel Sassine, Ofélie Trudeau‐Ferrin, Caroline Laverdière, Patrick Hamel, Rosanne Superstein, Bénédicte Koukoui, Carole Provost, Paul C. Nathan, Vijay Ramaswamy, Furqan Shaikh, Brenda Gallie, Ashwin Mallipatna, Stephanie Kletke, Helen Dimaras, Hallie Coltin   +14 more
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Regulatory Effects of an Antioxidant Combination on Seminal Quality and Gut Microbiota in Ningxiang Boars Under Heat Stress

Life
Heat stress during summer significantly impairs seminal quality in swine production. As a key genetic resource for enhancing indigenous Chinese fatty pig breeds, Ningxiang boars require effective nutritional strategies to maintain reproductive ...
Lu Wang, Cheng Zhang, Siqi Li, Xueer Mei, Xijie Kuang, Qiye Wang, Huansheng Yang   +6 more
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In vitro screening of probiotic lactic acid bacteria and prebiotic glucooligosaccharides to select effective synbiotics [PDF]

, 2010
Probiotics and prebiotics have been demonstrated to positively modulate the intestinal microflora and could promote host health. Although some studies have been performed on combinations of probiotics and prebiotics, constituting synbiotics, results on ...
Courtin, Céline, Durand, Henri, Grimoud, Julien, Monsan, Pierre, Ouarné, Françoise, Roques, Christine, Theodorou, Vassilia   +6 more
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Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman, Tadi Hondonga, Alison Berry, Caitlin Elgarten, Jason Freedman, Katelyn Oranges, Sara McDonough, Caroline Diorio, L. Lee Dupuis   +8 more
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Isolation and Mechanistic Investigation of the Efficient Zearalenone-Removing Strain Bacillus licheniformis YJ25

Toxins
Zearalenone (ZEN), a non-steroidal estrogenic mycotoxin produced by Fusarium graminearum species, poses a significant threat to both human food safety and animal feed quality. In this study, we isolated a strain, designated as Bacillus licheniformis YJ25,
Yuting Wu, Feina Wu, Pan Zhao, Yan Gao, Mengyao Li, Mengjiao Luo, Qian Zhou, Siyuan Zhou, Xinhui Li, Yaling Hong, Yang Wu, Zhaorong Zhou, Yang Liu, Yandong Xia, Lijun Zou, Jia Yin   +15 more
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The Role of the Mucus Barrier in Digestion [PDF]

, 2012
Mucus forms a protective layer across a variety of epithelial surfaces. In the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, the barrier has to permit the uptake of nutrients, while excluding potential hazards, such as pathogenic bacteria.
A Macierzanka, AP Corfield, C Atuma, C Taylor, CT Nordgard, D Ambort, DJ Thornton, FJO Varum, G Maconi, G Patsos, G Spaeth, GC Hansson, GJ Besseris, J Celli, J Dekker, J McRorie, J Perez-Vilar, J Petersson, J Schwarz-Linek, JK Sheehan, JL McAuley, JM Barrios, JMH Larsson, K Godl, L Laine, L Marciani, L Marciani, LA Sellers, MA McGuckin, ME Johansson, ME Lidell, MEV Johansson, MEV Johansson, N Asker, RA Cone, RC Sprong, S Mukhopadhyay, S Vaishnava, SK Lai, SK Lai, SK Lai, TA Lang, Y Komiyama, YH Sheng   +43 more
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Bioactivation of Phytoestrogens: Intestinal Bacteria and Health

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2015
Phytoestrogens are polyphenols similar to human estrogens found in plants or derived from plant precursors. Phytoestrogens are found in high concentration in soya, flaxseed and other seeds, fruits, vegetables, cereals, tea, chocolate, etc. They comprise several classes of chemical compounds (stilbenes, coumestans, isoflavones, ellagitannins, and ...
Landete, José María, Arques Orobón, Juan Luis, Medina, Margarita, Gaya Sicilia, María Pilar, De Las Rivas, Blanca, Muñoz, Rosario   +5 more
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Intestinal SGLT1 in metabolic health and disease [PDF]

American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 2016
The Na+-glucose cotransporter 1 (SGLT1/SLC5A1) is predominantly expressed in the small intestine. It transports glucose and galactose across the apical membrane in a process driven by a Na+ gradient created by Na+-K+-ATPase. SGLT2 is the major form found in the kidney, and SGLT2-selective inhibitors are a new class of treatment for type 2 diabetes ...
Anders, Lehmann, Pamela J, Hornby
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