Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "Treatment"
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Caregiver-mediated therapy for an adult with visual and intellectual impairment suffering from separation anxiety
(Elsevier, 2015)Background Separation anxiety among intellectually disabled (ID) persons with comorbid visual impairment could be rooted in a weak sense of person permanence. Technology-assisted Therapy for Separation Anxiety (TTSA) ... -
Cutaneous tuberculosis overview and current treatment regimens
(Elsevier, 2015)Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases known to humankind and it is currently a worldwide threat with 8e9 million new active disease being reported every year. Among patients with co-infection of the human immunodeficiency ... -
Efficacy of adjunctive Garcinia mangostana Linn (mangosteen) pericarp for bipolar depression: study protocol for a proof-of-concept trial
(ABP - Brazilian Psychiatric Association, 2019)Objective: Bipolar depression is characterized by neurobiological features including perturbed oxidative biology, reduction in antioxidant levels, and a concomitant rise in oxidative stress markers. Bipolar depression ... -
Elimination of Schistosoma mansoni in infected mice by slow release of artemisone
(Elsevier, 2017)The current treatment of schistosomiasis is based on the anti-helminthic drug praziquantel (PZQ). PZQ affects only the adult stages of schistosomes. In addition, resistance to PZQ is emerging. We suggest a drug, which ... -
Ketamine and rapidly acting antidepressants: breaking the speed of sound or light?
(Sage, 2018)There is an urgent need for rapidly acting antidepressants. Current therapies share a delayed onset of action, contrasting with drugs of abuse that have rapid psychotropic effects but cause tolerance and dependence. A key ... -
May Measurement Month 2018: a pragmatic global screening campaign to raise awareness of blood pressure by the International Society of Hypertension
(Oxford Univ Press, 2019)Aims Raised blood pressure (BP) is the biggest contributor to mortality and disease burden worldwide and fewer than half of those with hypertension are aware of it. May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global campaign set up ...