BACKGROUND Bronchial artery (BA) embolization (BAE) is recommended as a minimally invasive therapy for hemoptysis, though some patients recover after only conservative treatment. OBJECTIVES The purpose of our study was to assess the characteristics of BAs using multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) and identify BAs requiring BAE without BA angiography (BAG). METHODS We retrospectivel...

In the absence of an ideal objective measure for assessing ankylosing spondylitis (AS), self-administered measures of disease activity (the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, BASDAI) and function (the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index, BASFI) have been developed, in addition to an objective measure of spinal mobility (the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index, ...

It is known that 1) elevated serum bile acids (BAs) are associated with decreased body weight, 2) elevated glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) levels can decrease bodyweight, and 3) germ-free (GF)mice are resistant to diet-induced obesity. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that a lack of intestinal microbiota results in more BAs in the body, resulting in increased BA-mediated tra...

Objective Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is frequently associated with obesity, dyslipidemia and type-2 diabetes mellitus. Bile acids (BAs) bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR) and G protein-coupled receptor 5 (TGR5), which are involved in lipid and glucose metabolism and energy expenditure. The present study aimed to determine associations between the circulating BAs and the skele...

In their comparative review of H. J. Eysenck's arousal and J. A. Gray's reinforcement theories of personality, Matthews and Gilliland [(1999) Personality and Individual Di€erences, 26, 583±626] concluded that ``Cognitive constructs may be more appropriate than biological ones for explaining the majority of behaviours, so that explanations of the kind o€ered by the Eysenck and Gray theories are ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Data are lacking on the differences in hemorrhagic stroke incidence between black Caribbean (BC), black African (BA), and white ethnic groups. We estimated the incidence for primary intracerebral hemorrhage (PICH) and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and the associated risk factors for BCs, BAs, and whites. METHODS First-ever stroke patients were drawn from a prospective c...

Background and Purpose—Data are lacking on the differences in hemorrhagic stroke incidence between black Caribbean (BC), black African (BA), and white ethnic groups. We estimated the incidence for primary intracerebral hemorrhage (PICH) and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and the associated risk factors for BCs, BAs, and whites. Methods—First-ever stroke patients were drawn from a prospective com...

Bile acids (BAs) are a family of endogenous metabolites synthesized from cholesterol in liver and modified by microbiota in gut. Being amphipathic molecules, the major function of BAs is to help with dietary lipid digestion. In addition, they also act as signaling molecules to regulate lipid and glucose metabolism as well as gut microbiota composition in the host. Remarkably, recent discoveries...