Ulceration of Abdominal Striae Distensae (Stretch Marks) in a Cancer Patient …Archives of DermatologyUlcerated striae distensae in patients receiving concurrent systemic corticosteroids and bevacizumab was first described in 4 patients by Peters et a…
Ulcers and Stellate Scars on Bilateral Ankles—DiagnosisArchives of DermatologyIn addition, anticoagulation (heparin, low-molecular-weight heparin, warfarin, or aspirin), topical or systemic steroids, topical nitroglycerine paste, hyperbaric oxygen th…
Hormone-Resistant Breast Cancer—Evolving Management and New TargetsCancer NetworkThe good news is that there are a set of drugs that target the PI3 kinase pathway—mTOR inhibitors, AKT inhibitors, and inhibitors of the receptor tyrosine kinases them…
Baltimore SunEmiline D. Lazzeri, 80Baltimore SunEmiline D. Lazzeri, a Baltimore County native who as a child lived for a year in a glass-encased room at Johns Hopkins Hospital while being treated for rheumatic fever, died of congestive heart failure Ma…
Hospital performs kidney transplantsDeccan HeraldWith his cousin brother donating a kidney, the resident of Madikeri underwent kidney transplant surgery. In another case, 59-year-old from Malavalli had visited the hospital for check-up due to recurring…
Chemotherapy Plus Stem Cell Transplantation Is Not Sufficient To Cure HIV …The AIDS BeaconUnlike Timothy Ray Brown, who was cured of HIV by a stem cell transplant, the participants in this study received their own stem cells, not stem cells from an H…
Blurring The Line Between Life And DeathWBURAn excerpt from the book questioning the practices of organ donation and how the medical community determines brain death was published in The Wall Street Journal and has created a lot of controversy in the m…
Channel 4 NewsAndrew Warshaw: Incidents like Saturday's remind us that football is not more …insideworldfootball (blog)Anyone who was at Tottenham's White Hart Lane stadium on Saturday cannot fail to have been emotionally moved by the harrowi…
Hundreds turn-up for Luv Fm's blood donation eventMyjoyonline.comLuv Fm's blood donation drive for the first quarter recorded one of the highest turnouts in recent years. Hundreds of volunteers trooped to the forecourt of the offices of the rad…
Biogen Inks Deal With MAKScientificDaily Markets (blog)Besides BG-12, Biogen is developing other multiple sclerosis candidates like daclizumab, in partnership with Abbott Labs (NYSE:ABT), and PEGylated interferon. Biogen has also been pretty active on …