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Effects of Bauhinia forficata Link Tea on Lipid Profile in Diabetic Patients
Pia Cordova Mariangel,Marcia Avello Lorca,Felipe Morales Leon,Pola Ferna´ndez Rocca,Lorenzo Villa Zapata,Edgar Pastene Navarrete 한국식품영양과학회 2019 Journal of medicinal food Vol.22 No.3
Twenty-five type 2 diabetic volunteer patients (mean age 62 years) were recruited in a quasi-experimental study without a control group to evaluate the effects of Bauhinia forficata Link tea on lipid profiles. Participants drank the tea of 0.4% B. forficata in 200 mL of water twice a day for 3 months. The clinical parameters evaluated were cholesterol and triglycerides (mg/dL), total cholesterol (mg/dL), weight (kg), postprandial glycemia (mg/dL), and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c). For the study period, statistically significant decreases in triglycerides and total cholesterol levels of 48 and 17 mg/dL, respectively, were observed. B. forficata tea as a complementary therapy in type 2 diabetic patients may help to reduce the levels of some lipid profile parameters. Further studies are suggested to evaluate the effect of the tea.
A Preliminary Study on qEEG in Burn Patients With Chronic Pruritus
Fiorella K. Miraval,Vivian L. Shie,Leon Morales-Quezada,Carolina Santiago,Bianca Fernandes-Marcondes,Deborah Nadler,Colleen M. Ryan,Jeffrey C. Schneider,Felipe Fregni 대한재활의학회 2017 Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine Vol.41 No.4
Objective To explore and determine the reorganizational changes in the cortical neural circuits associated with pruritis, this study was undertaken to compare the electroencephalography (EEG) changes in burn patients having primary symptoms of chronic itching (pruritis) and their paired healthy subjects. Methods Eight subjects were recruited for this exploratory pilot study: 4 patients with pruritus after burn injury matched by gender and age with 4 healthy subjects. EEG recordings were analyzed for absolute alpha, low beta, high beta, and theta power for both groups. Results The mean age of the burn patients was 41.75 years; while the mean age for the matched healthy subjects was 41.5 years. All subjects were male. A decreased alpha activity was observed in the occipital channels (0.82 vs. 1.4; p=0.01) and a decreased low beta activity in the frontal area (0.22 vs. 0.4; p=0.049) in eyes closed conditions. An overall decreased theta trend was observed in both the eyes open and eyes closed conditions in burn patients, compared to healthy individuals.Conclusion This preliminary study presents initial evidence that chronic pruritus in burn subjects may be associated with brain reorganizational changes at the cortical level characterized by an EEG pattern.