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Factors correlated with drug use for constipation: perspectives from the 2016 open Japanese National Database

open access: yesBMC Gastroenterology, 2020
Background The prevalence of chronic constipation is increased in females and with age or environmental (low temperature), racial, socioeconomic, and habitual risk factors.
Hiroshi Mihara   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ovarian cancer risk and use of phenolphthalein-containing laxatives

open access: yes, 2004
Purpose Experimental studies in rodents demonstrated the carcinogenic potential of phenolphthalein, the active ingredient in some laxatives, administered at doses similar to the dose that could be used by humans.
Longnecker, Matthew P.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Sleep Health in Bulimia Nervosa: A Systematic Review

open access: yesEuropean Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Research on sleep in bulimia nervosa (BN) is methodologically varied and yields inconsistent findings. This review synthesised BN‐sleep studies and examined whether comorbid mood disorders contribute to sleep disturbance. Method PsycINFO, Medline (Ovid), and Scopus were searched for English or French quantitative studies comparing ...
Samantha Kenny   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microvascular Abnormalities in Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa: Nailfold Video Capillaroscopic Evidence at Acute and Remission States

open access: yesEuropean Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Chronic malnutrition, hypothermia, and hormonal imbalance in anorexia nervosa (AN) may impair capillary structure and perfusion. This study aimed to describe the nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) findings in adolescents with AN and atypical AN (AAN), to assess their association with Raynaud's phenomenon (RP), and evaluate ...
Muserref Kasap‐Cuceoglu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laxatives in Geriatric Practice: From Preoperative Bowel Preparation to Correction of Chronic Constipation

open access: yesРоссийский журнал гериатрической медицины
The first part of  the article discusses the issues of  preoperative bowel preparation in  older and oldest-old patients, with a  particular emphasis on  the safest drugs. The second part of  the article presents the problem of  chronic constipation as a
V. S. Ostapenko
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of laxatives in elderly - a cross sectional study in nursing homes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background Laxatives are efficient drugs, but the effectiveness has been questioned. In nursing homes, the prevalence of constipation is high and laxatives are commonly used drugs.
Lydersen, Stian   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Exogenous lipoid pneumonia secondary to repetitive micro-aspiration of paraffin oils laxatives

open access: yes, 2023
Lipoid pneumonia (LP) is a rare lung disease caused by the exposure and subsequent accumulation of lipidic substances in the lung. It can be classified in exogenous or endogenous and in acute and chronic.
MONDONI, Michele   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Phytochemical profiling and bioactivity evaluation of Anthocephalus cadamba flower extracts through in vitro, and in silico studies

open access: yesFood Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.
Abstract Anthocephalus cadamba (Kadamba) is a medicinally important tropical plant with well‐documented antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties. However, comparative evaluation of solvent extraction efficiency combined with computational validation of bioactive compounds remains limited.
Manisha Panchal   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Constipation needs to be treated

open access: yesМедицинский совет, 2018
The article presents etiology, pathophysiology and epidemiology of constipation. The main groups of drugs that are used for this pathology are described in the section Treatment of Constipation.
E. Yu. Plotnikova, K. A. Krasnov
doaj   +1 more source

Urinary and Faecal Amino‐Acids as Biomarkers for Colorectal Neoplasia in Lynch Syndrome—A Prospective Longitudinal Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Lynch syndrome, colonoscopy surveillance for colorectal cancer (CRC) is burdensome and post‐colonoscopy CRCs still occur. Unlike the faecal immunochemical test (FIT), gut metabolomic alterations including amino‐acids have shown potential as non‐invasive biomarkers for detecting both advanced and non‐advanced sporadic colorectal neoplasia ...
Roza C. M. Opperman   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

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