Current cancer conceptualization and management focuses it as a chronic disease that could be directly modulated by psychosocial stressors. An individual is considered a cancer survivor from the time of diagnosis and from the balance of his or her life, including health, mental states, identity, sexuality and financial standings. Moving within the theoretical frames of Psychooncology and Psycho...

Emergent surgery is necessary in patients with strangulation ileus. However, such procedures are associated high morbidity and mortality. A retrospective analysis was performed to determine whether the preoperative C-reactive protein/albumin ratio (CAR); neutrophil/lymphocyte (NLR); prognostic nutritional index (PNI) good indicators of mortality or undergoing emergent operations for treatment 1...

Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) emerged in the neurosciences in the late 1970s to early 1980s and has extended to influence the fields of psychology, psychiatry, endocrinology, physiology, and the biomedical research community. This review documents the journey of PNI from the early 1980s to the present. Today, we recognize that the highly complex immune system interacts with an equally complex ner...

This review is focused on the hypothesis that hypnosis can differentially modulate T-cell subsets and that this effect is mediated by changes in hypothalamo-pituitaryadrenal (HPA) mediators, such as cortisol. Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) is the study of the interaction between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems, taking an interdisciplinary approach including psychology, n...

People who have experienced traumatic events have higher rates than the general population of a wide range of serious and life-threatening illnesses including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, and cancer. An important question, for both researchers and clinicians, is why this occurs. Researchers have discovered that traumatic events dysregulate the hypothalamic-pitui...

aridity and drought are two inevitable occurrences of the climate change in the region. so, any kinds of planning and futurism, without regard to them, lead to failure. climate change cause drought phenomenon. the anomalies and irregularities in the precipitation mainly cause drought. fars province, one of the important centers of agriculture, population and industry in the country, with specif...

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare three nutritional screening tools with the new GLIM criteria for malnutrition among definitive elective surgery Crohn’s patients in China. Methods Nutritional tools, including tool IBD (NS-IBD), Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002), Prognostic Nutrition Index (PNI) were applied 212 We compared diagnostic values these malnutrition, ...

A szerző a pszichoneuroimmunológia (PNI) belgyógyászati vonatkozású kérdéseivel foglalkozik történeti és bio-pszichoszociális értelmezési keretet megújító network medicína nézőpontjából. PNI kórképek szociál-pszichoimmunológiai értelmezésének élettani alapjait vizsgálva ismerteti pszichoimmunológiai felismerések gyűjteményeként megismert Solomon posztulátumok hálózatelméleti aspektusait, majd v...