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This a placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial to test the efficacy and security of colchicine 1.5 mg at day one followed by 0.5 mg BID to complete 10 days of treatment. The researchers will recruit patients 18-70 years of age who are hospitalized because of the diagnosis of mild or severe

One hundred healthy health workers will be randomly assigned to receive either Levamisole, Isoprinosine, Levamisole and Isoprinosine or no-intervention for two months. Written informed consent will be obtained from all participants. During the study: 1. Participants will be assessed by detailed

1. Background In the case of acute cholecystitis, in which acute inflammation was manifested in patients with gallstones and was accompanied by pain and fever, cholecystectomy through surgery was the standard treatment, and the use of empirical antibiotics to treat inflammation and prevent

Study Setting: The present study is a single blinded placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial, in which target individuals were obese females (BMI≥30 kg/m2), within the age of 20-60 years, attending the Obesity research and therapy unit of Al-Kindy College of Medicine, University of Baghdad

The goals of the research protocol are to clearly untie the respective roles of uric acid (UA) and xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) pathways on endothelial function and oxidative stress in humans. UA represents the end-product of purine metabolism due to the loss of uricase 15 million years ago in

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE OF THE STUDY The long term prognosis of patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has progressively improved since the introduction of reperfusion therapies and in particular primary angioplasty [1]. In the setting of ST-elevation

INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is characterized by deficiencies in blood cell production that can lead to anemia, which may necessitate regular transfusions of red blood cells (RBCs) as supportive therapy. While this treatment can be life-saving, since the body has no

The patients were divided into two groups :Group I: control group, included pediatric patients with standard risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia in maintenance phase day 0 and receiving oral Methotrexate (20 mg / m2) weekly without any supplementation . Group II: study group, included standard risk

INTRODUCTION: Fructose is transported via the portal vein to the liver, where is rapidly taken up by hepatocytes and phosphorylated to fructose-1-phosphate independent of insulin action by the enzyme fructokinase. Thus, under normal conditions, fructose is converted mainly to glucose, glycogen, and

INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND: In recent years, the need to achieve increasingly ambitious therapeutic goals for dyslipidemias has prompted the search for more potent pharmacological agents to lower circulating atherogenic lipoprotein concentrations and enhance reverse cholesterol transport (RCT). While

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women in the United States. It is estimated that there are over 170,000 new cases of lung cancer in the United States and over 150,000 deaths annually. Surgical excision is currently the treatment of choice for patients with operable