An antimicrobial composition includes an aqueous and/or ethanolic solution of iodine and hydrogen peroxide, which is acidified. The acidifying agent may be aspirin, hydrochloric acid, or other acidic agent tolerable to the body. The composition may also include a witch hazel extract, or alternately hamamelitannin, gallic acid, or other components thereof that effect quorum signaling inhibition that blocks and erodes microbe-induced biofilm on cellular and device surfaces. Acetohydroxamic acid may be combined with the composition as a counter to microbe-induced alkalinization, particularly in urine. Moreover, a metal, halogen, and combinations of these, such as a silver colloid, may be added as a secondary microbicidal agent. The antimicrobial composition may be applied topically to or instilled through an indwelling urinary catheter or applied as a device surface-coating on other medical devices.

Methods and compositions for treating various indications by lessening oxidative stress in a patient are provided. A pharmaceutical composition comprises between about 0.001% to about 10.0%, or more specifically between about 0.015% to about 5%, sodium iodide or catalase by weight. The iodine ion or the catalase dissociates hydrogen peroxide into water and molecular oxygen to interrupt biological events that result in negative side effects. The pharmaceutical composition further comprises in some cases a reducing agent or various carrier materials. The pharmaceutical composition is in some cases formulated for a variety of delivery methods.

Methods and compositions for treating various indications by lessening oxidative stress in a patient are provided. A pharmaceutical composition comprises between about 0.001% to about 10.0%, or more specifically between about 0.015% to about 5%, sodium iodide or catalase by weight. The iodine ion or the catalase dissociates hydrogen peroxide into water and molecular oxygen to interrupt biological events that result in negative side effects. The pharmaceutical composition further comprises in some cases a reducing agent or various carrier materials. The pharmaceutical composition is in some cases formulated for a variety of delivery methods.

Ferritin or iron-based image enhancement agents identify target tissue for treatment or ablation and are heated by microwave absorption. Microwave heat substrates enhance microwave hyperthermal ablation treatment, and may be percutaneously delivered and imaged by x-ray CT during placement of the microwave treatment antenna, allowing more precise positioning and more complete ablation of a tumor site. One method of treating a target tissue uses image-guided delivery of a heat substrate with a reverse-phase change polymer, and may apply energy to fix a mass of the material in the tissue. The fixed polymer may increase hyperthermia, form a thermal boundary, or blockade a vessel or passage so as to reduce or prevent undesired conductive cooling by contiguous tissue, or may deliver a localized treatment drug at the site, upon heating or as it degrades over time.

Ferritin or iron-based image enhancement agents identify target tissue for treatment or ablation and are heated by microwave absorption. Microwave heat substrates enhance microwave hyperthermal ablation treatment, and may be percutaneously delivered and imaged by x-ray CT during placement of the microwave treatment antenna, allowing more precise positioning and more complete ablation of a tumor site. One method of treating a target tissue uses image-guided delivery of a heat substrate with a reverse-phase change polymer, and may apply energy to fix a mass of the material in the tissue. The fixed polymer may increase hyperthermia, form a thermal boundary, or blockade a vessel or passage so as to reduce or prevent undesired conductive cooling by contiguous tissue, or may deliver a localized treatment drug at the site, upon heating or as it degrades over time.

The present invention concerns a food composition for use in preventing nutrients' inadequacies in lactating women with high saturated fatty acid type dietary patter.

The present invention concerns a food composition for use in preventing nutrients' inadequacies in lactating women with high saturated fatty acid type dietary patter.

The present invention provides a composition, preferably a dietary or pharmaceutical composition, comprising or consisting of vitamin(s) (a), and optionally minerals (b), and a pharmaceutically or dietetically suitable carrier such as nutrients DHA and/or EPA (c), encapsulated in a soft gelatine such as a bovine, porcine, vegetable and succinylated gelatine shell, wherein the vitamin(s) include Vitamin C and said Vitamin C is, at least in part, in the form of an ascorbate salt such as, but not limited to, Calcium ascorbate or any other divalent cation salt such as Magnesium ascorbate.

The present invention provides a composition, preferably a dietary or pharmaceutical composition, comprising or consisting of vitamin(s) (a), and optionally minerals (b), and a pharmaceutically or dietetically suitable carrier such as nutrients DHA and/or EPA (c), encapsulated in a soft gelatine such as a bovine, porcine, vegetable and succinylated gelatine shell, wherein the vitamin(s) include Vitamin C and said Vitamin C is, at least in part, in the form of an ascorbate salt such as, but not limited to, Calcium ascorbate or any other divalent cation salt such as Magnesium ascorbate.

The present invention provides: nanoparticles including a compound that includes porous silica and at least one high-atom selected from the group consisting of gadolinium atoms, iodine atoms, gold atoms, silver atoms, and platinum atoms; and a pharmaceutical composition for radiation treatment, useful for treatment of solid tumors, etc., and including these nanoparticles and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.