Cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao L.) is a recently planted crop in Taiwan, country located East Asia. Taiwanese cocoa beans are appreciated globally because of their distinctive flavor and aroma. The effects the water extracts unfermented Taiwan (WUFCB) fermented roasted (WFRCB) on anti-oxidation, vascular protection, variation phytochemical components were investigated. Variations catechins WUFCB W...

Les fractures de l’enfant représentent une grande part l’activité traumatologie pédiatrique. Le traitement orthopédique est possible en raison ses capacités remodelage. En cas déplacées, certains gestes réduction peuvent être réalisés aux urgences ce qui permet d’éviter anesthésie générale, hospitalisation, et réduire les coûts prise charge. Dans certaines situations, l’indication consensuelle....

OBJECTIVE Aging associated erectile dysfunction (ED) is primarily caused by the reduction in smooth muscle cells (SMC) and an increase in collagen within the corpora cavernosa, assumed to result from an increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS). This is accompanied by the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) to produce nitric oxide that scavenges ROS and inhibits collagen deposi...

  A 35-year-old man had a 2-year history of uveitis and arterial wall thickening of an aortic branching artery detected by magnetic resonance imaging. He was admitted to our hospital because of mental exaltation. He had been treated with a moderate dose of prednisolone (30 mg/ml) plus methotrexate (6 mg/week) under the diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis for 2 years. Neurological examinations and b...

The protein complex proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) serves as an important target for the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis and lipid homeostasis. This study investigated the effect of cilostazol on plasma PCSK9 concentrations. We performed a post hoc analysis of two prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled trials including 115 patients of whom 61 receive...

Chondrosarcoma is a malignant tumor of bone of mesenchymal origin which usually occurs in people after age 40 at the level of the pelvis and the shoulder. We report the case of a 65-year old female patient, with no particular past medical history, with impaired general condition, hospitalized for exploration of a large tumor of the right shoulder, evolving over 3 years. Clinical examination sho...