Didgeridoo Health Promotion Method Improves Mood, Mental Stress, and Stability of Autonomic Nervous System.

A potential method of health promotion using the traditional wooden brass instrument the didgeridoo was examined, especially in terms of mood, stress, and autonomic nerve stabilization. Twenty Japanese healthy subjects undertook 10 lessons of the Didgeridoo Health Promotion Method (DHPM) and a moods questionnaire, blood pressure, salivary amylase (sAmy) as a stress marker, pulse rate and autonomic balance expressed by Ln[low frequency (LF)/High frequency (HF) were examined twice before the entire lessons and once before and after each lesson. The subjects had improved total mood disturbance (TMD: overall mood disorder degree) as measured by the Japanese version of the Profile of Mood States 2nd Edition (POMS2) as a result of taking the lessons. The pulse of the subjects decreased after the lessons, which correlated with a reduction in sAmy. Additionally, it was found that sAmy decreased after the lessons with increasing age of the subject, subjects with higher TMD before the lessons, or subjects with higher sAmy values before the lessons. With autonomic balance measured by Ln[LF/HF], subjects who had parasympathetic dominance as a result of the lesson were significantly more frequent. Additionally, it has been shown that Ln[LF/HF] decreased over 10 weeks, and it is also clear that the effect is sustained. Health promotion is an important concern for societies as a whole. In this study, it became clear that the DHPM affected mood, stress, and autonomic stability. Future studies should focus on monitoring the effects of continuing the lessons for a longer period of time. Additionally, physical effects such as strength of respiratory muscles should be examined. DHPM may be employed in the work place to promote the mental health of workers as well as in regional neighborhood associations/communities.

Hemorragia Digestiva Alta por Dieulafoy intradiverticular: Tratamiento Endoscópico / Digestive Bleeding by Dieulafoy in Duodenal Diverticulum: Endoscopic Treatment

La Lesión de Dieulafoy es una malformación vascular caracterizada por la presencia de un vaso arterial de gran calibre en la submucosa, ocasionalmente en la mucosa que puede erosionarse, provocar una hemorragia grave, recurrente y, en ocasiones mortal. Es una causa rara de hemorragia gastrointestinal y corresponde a menos del 2% de los episodios de sangrado digestivo agudo. La Lesión de Dieulafoy duodenal ha sido comunicada en un número reducido de casos y, la intradiverticular es excepcional. La endoscopía constituye el método diagnóstico de elección y, en las últimas décadas la terapéutica endoscópica es la técnica preferida por su elevada efectividad y escasa incidencia de complicaciones. Presentamos el caso de un paciente de 82 años con hemorragia digestiva alta grave por lesión de Dieulafoy duodenal intradiverticular diagnosticado en la endoscopía de urgencia y, tratado eficazmente mediante ligadura con banda elástica.

The lesion of Dieulafoy is a vascular malformation characterized by the presence of a large arterial vessel in the submucosa and occasionally in the mucosa, which can erode and cause severe, recurrent and sometimes fatal hemorrhage. It is a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding and responds to less than 2% of episodes of acute gastrointestinal bleeding. The duodenal Dieulafoy lesion has been reported in a small number of cases and the intradiverticular is exceptional. Endoscopy is the diagnostic method of choice and in the last decade endoscopic therapy is the preferred technique due to its high effectiveness and low incidence of complications. We present the case of an 82-year-old patient with severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to an intradiverticular duodenal injury diagnosed in emergency endoscopy and treated effectively by rubber band ligation.

Decrease of beta-cells and increase of alpha-cells in a diabetic patient with mitochondrial DNA 3243 (A-->G) mutation.

We report here a case of a 53-year-old woman with mitochondrial 3243 (A-->G) mutation diabetes. Diabetes mellitus was diagnosed at 39 years of age. At 50 years of age, cardiomyopathy and hypothyroidism were noted. At 53 years of age, the patient was admitted to our hospital for treatment of necrotic ulceration of toes. However, she died of massive heart failure. Pathological examination at autopsy showed a decrease in size, number, and acidophilicity of islets in the pancreas. Immunohistochemical stain revealed a decrease in the beta-cell population to 20.5+/-9.2% and a relative increase in alpha-cell population to 48.6+/-11.5%.

Leptin and high glucose stimulate cell proliferation in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells: reciprocal involvement of PKC-alpha and PPAR expression.

Glucose concentration may be an important factor in breast cancer cell proliferation, and the prevalence of breast cancer is high in diabetic patients. Leptin may also be an important factor since plasma levels of leptin correlated with TNM staging for breast cancer patients. The effects of glucose and leptin on breast cancer cell proliferation were evaluated by examining cell doubling time, DNA synthesis, levels of cell cycle related proteins, protein kinase C (PKC) isozyme expression, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) subtypes were determined following glucose exposure at normal (5.5 mM) and high (25 mM) concentrations with/without leptin in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. In MCF-7 cells, leptin and high glucose stimulated cell proliferation as demonstrated by the increases in DNA synthesis and expression of cdk2 and cyclin D1. PKC-alpha, PPARgamma, and PPARalpha protein levels were up-regulated following leptin and high glucose treatment in drug-sensitive MCF-7 cells. However, there was no significant effect of leptin and high glucose on cell proliferation, DNA synthesis, levels of cell cycle proteins, PKC isozymes, or PPAR subtypes in multidrug-resistant human breast cancer NCI/ADR-RES cells. These results suggested that hyperglycemia and hyperleptinemia increase breast cancer cell proliferation through accelerated cell cycle progression with up-regulation of cdk2 and cyclin D1 levels. This suggests the involvement of PKC-alpha, PPARalpha, and PPARgamma.

High glucose inhibits apoptosis in human coronary artery smooth muscle cells by increasing bcl-xL and bfl-1/A1.

Cardiovascular disease is a serious complication in diabetic patients. To elucidate the precise mechanisms of atherosclerosis in diabetic patients, the effects of high glucose concentration (25 mM) on apoptosis regulation and bcl-2 family protein expression in human coronary artery smooth muscle cells (CASMC) were examined. Treatment with a high level of glucose (25 mM) caused a significant decrease in apoptosis in CASMC compared with the same cells treated with a physiologically normal glucose concentration (5.5 mM) (23.9 +/- 2.4% vs. 16.5 +/- 1.8%; P < 0.01). With respect to apoptosis regulation, treatment of CASMC with high glucose concentration markedly increased mRNA expressions of bcl-xL and bfl-1/A1 compared with cells treated with normal glucose. High glucose induced phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-K) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 along with bcl-xL and bfl-1/A1 upregulation. These results suggest that high glucose suppresses apoptosis via upregulation of bcl-xL and bfl-1/A1 levels through PI 3-K and ERK1/2 pathways in CASMC. High glucose-induced increase in the expression of antiapoptotic proteins may be important in the development of atherosclerosis in diabetic patients.

Hemorragias postpolipectomías : su prevención con uso endoloops y hemoclips y su tratamiento con hemoclips / Hemorrages postpolipectomias : his prevenction with use of endoloops and hemoclips and his tratmeinto with hemoclips

Hace un estudio sobre el manejo de la polipectomía, se revisa a 11 pacientes que fueron sometidos a polipectomía y en quienes fueron utilizados endoloops como profilaxis de complicaciones o bien hemoclips como profilaxis o como tratamiento postpolipectomía endoscópica

Complicaciones de las prótesis en las ictericias obstructivas extrahepáticas / Stent complications in extrahepatic obstructive jaundice

Investiga la causa de la obstrucción en las prótesis de plástico y realiza una revisión de la literatura sobre las principales complicaciones de las prótesis y su manejo

Tratamiento percutánero endovascular del Síndrome de Budd Chiari: presentación de un caso / Percutaneos endovascular treatment of the Budd Chiari Syndrome

Presenta un caso sobre un paciente de sexo femenino, de 46 años de edad que presenta como único antecedente patológico personal, la ingestión de anovulatorios durante 10 años. No ingiere drogas hepatotóxicas ni tiene antecedentes de hepatitis viral aguda, que se presento en el Departamento Central de Endoscopía del Hospital ce Clínicas de Asunción