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Recent advances in the prevention and treatment of preterm labour: Oxytocin antagonists and the silicone (Arabin) pessary
(2014-05-19)© 2015 Cambridge University Press. Preterm birth may be spontaneous or medically indicated for maternal or fetal reasons. Around 20-25% of preterm births (PTB) follow preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM), ... -
Mitigating risk of cardiovascular disease in people living with and beyond cancer
(RCN Publishing Ltd., 2017-02-08)Rates of cancer survival have increased in recent decades due to earlier diagnosis and improved therapies, but a longer life span does not necessarily equate to a healthier life. Chronic illness as a consequence of cancer ... -
Understanding symptom appraisal and help-seeking in people with symptoms suggestive of pancreatic cancer: a qualitative study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2017-09-03)Objective Pancreatic cancer has poor survival rates due to non-specific symptoms leading to later diagnosis. Understanding how patients interpret their symptoms could inform approaches to earlier diagnosis. This study ... -
Comparison of transcriptome responses to glyphosate, isoxaflutole, quizalofop-p-ethyl and mesotrione in the HepaRG cell line.
(2018)Use and thus exposure to quizalofop-p-ethyl, isoxaflutole, mesotrione and glyphosate, which are declared as active principles in commercial formulations of herbicides, is predicted to rapidly increase in coming years in ... -
Clinical Remission of Sight-Threatening Non-Infectious Uveitis Is Characterized by an Upregulation of Peripheral T-Regulatory Cell Polarized Towards T-bet and TIGIT.
(2018)Background: Non-infectious uveitis can cause chronic relapsing and remitting ocular inflammation, which may require high dose systemic immunosuppression to prevent severe sight loss. It has been classically described as ...