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Vats, D. et al. Oxidative metabolism and PGC-1 beta attenuate macrophage-mediated inflammation. Cell Metab. 4, 13–24 (2006).

Premise1 Premise 2 Premise 3 … Therefore “if some Jews lived there in the past, all Jews have a right to live there now”.

BACKGROUND: Humidity control measures in the home environment of patients with asthma have been recommended, however there is no consensus about the usefulness of these measures. OBJECTIVES: To study the effect of dehumidification of the home environment on asthma control. SEARCH STRATEGY: A search of the clinical trials registers of the Cochrane Collaboration and Cochrane Airways Group using search terms for asthma and [humid* OR water vapour OR water vapor* OR water-vapour* OR water-vapor*]. SELECTION CRITERIA: Randomized controlled trials on the use of humidity control measures in the home environment of patients with asthma were evaluated for inclusion. Only one trial could be included. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Data was extracted using a predesigned data extraction form. No data was available for entering into RevMan for analysis. MAIN RESULTS: The included trial using mechanical ventilation with or without high efficiency vacuum cleaners did not show any clinical benefit to asthma patients. There was a decline in the house dust mite count and the antigen level. This open trial had a low sample size. REVIEWER’S CONCLUSIONS: There is a need for studying the health benefits of dehumidification by a double blind randomized controlled trial with adequate sample size measuring clinical outcomes in patients of asthma.

I’m Amazed (but not surprised) by how I’m told that I am saying the colonists should leave, when I’m clearly not saying that. I’m amazed yet again how the ‘end of the exclusively Jewish settler-colonial power structure’, morphs into ‘demise of Israel’… Zionists cannot see beyond the deeply ingrained paradigm of ‘everyone hates the Jews, and wants to kill them all’. Everything has to be twisted to mean that…

Within the 55 to 69 age group, it noted the risk of over-treatment has been reduced in recent years by the use of active surveillance in men with low-risk prostate cancer, a way of monitoring prostate cancer that hasn’t spread outside the prostate. Men whose cancers progress during surveillance are offered surgery or radiation treatment.

BACKGROUND: Asthma is the most common chronic childhood illness and is a leading cause for paediatric admission to hospital. Asthma management for children results in substantial costs. There is evidence to suggest that hospital admissions could be reduced with effective education for parents and children about asthma and its management. OBJECTIVES: To conduct a systematic review of the literature and update the previous review as to whether asthma education leads to improved health outcomes in children who have attended the emergency room for asthma. SEARCH STRATEGY: We searched the Cochrane Airways Group Trials Register, including the MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL databases, and reference lists of trials and review articles (last search May 2008). SELECTION CRITERIA: We included randomised controlled trials of asthma education for children who had attended the emergency department for asthma, with or without hospitalisation, within the previous 12 months. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two authors independently assessed trial quality and extracted data. We contacted study authors for additional information. We pooled dichotomous data with a fixed-effect risk ratio. We used a random-effects risk ratio for sensitivity analysis of heterogenous data. MAIN RESULTS: A total of 38 studies involving 7843 children were included. Following educational intervention delivered to children, their parents or both, there was a significantly reduced risk of subsequent emergency department visits (RR 0.73, 95% CI 0.65 to 0.81, N = 3008) and hospital admissions (RR 0.79, 95% CI 0.69 to 0.92, N = 4019) compared with control. There were also fewer unscheduled doctor visits (RR 0.68, 95% CI 0.57 to 0.81, N = 1009). Very few data were available for other outcomes (FEV1, PEF, rescue medication use, quality of life or symptoms) and there was no statistically significant difference between education and control. AUTHORS’ CONCLUSIONS: Asthma education aimed at children and their carers who present to the emergency department for acute exacerbations can result in lower risk of future emergency department presentation and hospital admission. There remains uncertainty as to the long-term effect of education on other markers of asthma morbidity such as quality of life, symptoms and lung function. It remains unclear as to what type, duration and intensity of educational packages are the most effective in reducing acute care utilisation.

Kadukmy™ administration showed a significant reduction in systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) (P < 0.05), increased serum NO level (P < 0.05), reduced serum malondialdehyde (MDA) level (P < 0.05) and reduction of serum total cholesterol level in groups treated with Kadukmy-1™.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of all available randomised trials that assessed PSA based screening for prostate cancer

Townsend, D. M., Tew, K. D. & Tapiero, H. The importance of glutathione in human disease. Biomed Pharmacother. 57, 144–155 (2003).

I’ve been sailing on and off for 45 years , I admire the technology but is it really still a boat ? Bring back the J class I say !

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