Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-3634/1410072

Seniors and Diabetes Education on Social Media

Edson da Silva, Marileila Marques Toledo and Luciana de Freitas Campos

Article Type: Short Commentary | First Published: September 28, 2017

The growing life expectancy of the population has shown significant increase in the number of elderly and seniors have more diabetes than any other age-group. Worldwide, the number of people aged 60 or older is growing faster than all younger age groups, with most of the increase in developing countries....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3664/1410019

Silver Nanoparticles for the Rapid Healing of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Cesar Alejandro Almonaci Hernandez, Karla Juarez-Moreno, Martin E Castaneda-Juarez, HoracioAlmanza-Reyes, Alexey Pestryakov and Nina Bogdanchikova

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 28, 2017

Diabetic foot ulcers are one of the major complications of patients with diabetes mellitus. And, due to their high susceptibility to microbial infections, are the leading cause of hospitalization and amputation of lower limbs. It has been well studied the antimicrobial properties of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), therefore their use in biomedicine is a trend. ...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-567X/1510035

Concurrent HIV and Zika Virus Infection, A Problem to be Address in HIV Medicine

Beuy Joob and Viroj Wiwanitkit

Article Type: Letter | First Published: October 25, 2017

The concurrences between HIV infection and Zika virus infection are already reported [1-3]. The first case report was from Brazil. There is no significant important clinical observation on the concurrence. The problem in the HIV pregnant woman is also already reported....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-584X/1510049

LRAT Promoter Hypermethylation as a Prognostic Marker for Colorectal Cancer Impairs Retinol Metabolism

Vania DePaoli, Francis Barany and Yu-Wei Cheng

Article Type: Short Communication | First Published: September 30, 2017

Retinoids and its derivatives are known to regulate tumor progression. Our previous study in Colorectal Cancer (CRC) has shown that the expression of LRAT, a gene converts excess retinol into retinyl ester to balance retinoids homeostasis, may be regulated by its promoter methylation status to modulate the retinoids synthesis....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-584X/1510048

Presence of Fundic Gland Polyps in Patients Undergoing Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Incidence and the Relation with the Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors

RJLF Loffeld

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: September 30, 2017

All consecutive patients who underwent endoscopy in the years 2006-2015 in whom FGP's were seen were included. An extensive search was done in order to assess use of PPI's. As a control group all consecutive patients in 2012, in whom no macroscopic abnormalities were seen, were used....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5742/1510031

Bilateral Renal Papillary Hypertrophy: A Rare Cause of Benign Essential Hematuria Endoscopic Diagnosis and Management

Alexander Birk, Achanking Afiadata and Jyoti Upadhyay

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 30, 2017

Benign essential hematuria is an idiopathic gross hematuria of renal origin without evidence of radiographic, histologic, or functional abnormalities of the kidney. Although the natural history for benign essential hematuria often is spontaneous resolution of symptom, some severe cases may require treatment for control of persistent hematuria....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5742/1510030

Case Report about a Primary Bladder Lymphoma

Nina Combaz and Annette Kuhn

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 30, 2017

Primary isolated bladder lymphoma represents around 0.2% of all extranodal Non-Hodgkin-Lymphoma and less than 1% of all bladder tumours. Clinical representation may be unspecific and correct diagnosis is essential for the appropriate treatment....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3286.1510032

Frequency of Hyperkalemia in Chronıc Kidney Patients Under Regular Nephrology Care

Aysun Aybal Kutlugun, Canan Yildiz and Fatma Ayerden Ebinc

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: October 19, 2017

Hyperkalemia is an important life-threatening electrolyte disorder and one of the most important complications of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Decreased Potassium (K) excretion due to decreased glomerular filtration rate and reduced tubular secretion due to tubulointerstitial dysfunction lead to abnormal K balance and hyperkalaemia in CKD....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3286.1510031

Evaluation of the Change in Hemoglobin Values after the Administration of Intravenous Iron Therapy on Chronic Hemodialysis Patients with Anemia and Elevated Ferritin Levels

Grishma Desai, Ted Walton and John J Doran

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: September 28, 2017

Dialysis patients may experience anemia due to functional iron deficiency, which occurs in the presence of sufficient iron stores but not enough circulating iron to provide Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs) the ability to increase hematopoiesis....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3648/1410032

Sequence and Expression Analysis of Procine GLI3 gene

Ying Wang, Zhengwei Zhang, Yifan Dai and Haiyuan Yang

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: October 11, 2017

GLI family zinc finger 3 (GLI3) has been shown to play a critical role in the regulation of Hedgehog signaling, with important implications in embryonic and postnatal development. However, the molecular characteristics of GLI3 gene and its expression profile in pig tissues have yet to be elucidated....