Abstract:
Methods and compositions for prevention and therapy of cancer are provided. Compositions comprising therapeutically effective amounts of two or more of an extract of Ganoderma lucidum, an extract of Salvia miltiorrhiza and an extract of Scutellaria barbata and optionally a therapeutically effective amount of an extract of Hippophae rhamnoides are provided. Novel synergistic effects of the use of these compounds in combination therapy are disclosed. Embodiments further comprising therapeutically effective amounts of at least one chemotherapeutic agent are also provided.
Abstract:
Methods and compositions for prevention and therapy of cancer using a therapeutically effective amount of an extract of Hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn) leaves, berries, and seeds are provided. Novel uses of these compositions in different stages of cancer therapy are disclosed. Novel compositions comprising Hippophae rhamnoides extracts that preferentially inhibit COX-2 over COX-1 are provided. Compositions comprising therapeutically effective amounts of at least one chemotherapeutic agent in addition to Hippophae rhamnoides are provided.
Abstract:
Methods and compositions for prevention and therapy of cancer are provided. Compositions comprising therapeutically effective amounts of two or more of an extract of Ganoderma lucidum, an extract of Salvia miltiorrhiza and an extract of Scutellaria barbata and optionally a therapeutically effective amount of an extract of Hippophae rhamnoides are provided. Novel synergistic effects of the use of these compounds in combination therapy are disclosed. Embodiments further comprising therapeutically effective amounts of at least one chemotherapeutic agent are also provided.
Abstract:
Methods and compositions for therapy of pain are provided. Compositions comprising therapeutically effective amounts of two or more of an extract of Ganoderma lucidum, an extract of Salvia miltiorrhiza and an extract of Scutellaria barbata and optionally a therapeutically effective amount of an extract of Hippophae rhamnoides are provided. Novel synergistic effects of the use of these compounds in combination therapy are disclosed. Compositions exhibit multiple functions that are useful for the treatment of pain and inflammation. Compositions of the invention inhibit the activity of COX-2 to a greater extent than COX-1. Compositions of the invention also inhibit the nuclear accumulation of NF-kappaB and thus inhibit the expression of a number of proinflammatory molecules including COX-2.
Abstract:
Methods for diagnosis of malignancy associated changes (MAC) using Automated Quantitative Cytometry (AQC) and treatment using compositions, extracts and compounds comprising botanical extracts. Use of such compounds in the prevention and therapy of cancer diagnosed by the AQC MAC test are also provided as well as methods for treatment using the compositions of this invention. Compositions comprising therapeutically effective amounts of two or more of an extract of Ganoderma lucidum, an extract of Salvia miltiorrhiza and an extract of Scutellaria barbata and optionally a therapeutically effective amount of an extract of Hippophae rhamnoides are provided. Novel synergistic effects of the use of these compounds in combination therapy are disclosed. Compositions further comprising therapeutically effective amounts of at least one chemotherapeutic agent are also provided.
Abstract:
A keyboardless portable computer simulates a foldable notepad and has a display which can be reoriented to the convenience of the user, carried in a self-protecting closed position and operated in any convenient open position. The computer has a first flat panel, a second flat panel and hinge means for joining the first panel to the second panel such that the first flat surface is juxtaposed to the second flat surface in a closed position and is disposed side by side in a common plane in one of a selection of open positions. The first flat surface comprises a first digitizer and the second flat surface comprises a second digitizer, and a stylus is provided which is connectable to at least one of the panels for interacting with at least one of the digitizers. One of the digitizers includes a flat panel display through which visual output is provided. Thus, registration of a written symbol on the surface of the panel produces a displayed symbol, preferably at the position of registration. The panels may be detachable at the hinge means, folded back to back to one another for compact usage and a second hinge on a digitizer panel permits a bound paper notebook to be interleaved with a thin digitizer.
Abstract:
Methods and compositions for prevention and therapy of cancer are provided. Compositions comprising therapeutically effective amounts of two or more of an extract of Ganoderma lucidum, an extract of Salvia miltiorrhiza and an extract of Scutellaria barbata and optionally a therapeutically effective amount of an extract of Hippophae rhamnoides are provided. Novel synergistic effects of the use of these compounds in combination therapy are disclosed. Embodiments further comprising therapeutically effective amounts of at least one chemotherapeutic agent are also provided.
Abstract:
The present invention is an automated endoscopic device and diagnostic method, which performs at least one other disease detection method simultaneously during a white light endoscopic procedure. In some embodiments fluorescence imaging or spectroscopy is performed during the white light examination. In other embodiments, multi-modal imaging and/or spectroscopy may be performed and combined in a variety of ways. Because diagnostic modes other than white light are performed transparently in the background, the procedure is not significantly more complex for the clinician than the familiar white light examination. In some embodiments the present invention automatically detects suspicious tissue and informs the clinician of its presence. In other embodiments the present invention helps determine if a biopsy is required, and may further assist the clinician, for example, by providing an outline or otherwise guide the clinician in identifying and/or taking a biopsy of a suspicious site. In yet other embodiments, the present invention includes refinements afforded by incorporating a priori information, for example, patient history, previous endoscopy data, the results of qualitative and/or quantitative sputum cytology etc.