11Sep/13

No to Ad Hoc Death Panels – National Right to Life News


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No to Ad Hoc Death Panels
National Right to Life News
Although in some cases clinicians may believe strongly that it would be wrong to administer the requested treatments, there is ongoing debate about the boundaries of acceptable practice near the end of life. Short of brain death, there are no criteria
Critical Care May Not Always Be Right ChoiceLiveScience.com

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11Sep/13

A vaccine for Kala-azar within reach? – The Hindu


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A vaccine for Kala-azar within reach?
The Hindu
A vaccine that offers protection from kala-azar, a deadly infection that affects large numbers of poor people in eastern India as well as neighbouring Nepal and Bangladesh, could be developed by crippling the disease-causing organism’s ability to
Experimental leishmaniasis vaccine could overcome challenge of multiple speciesNature Medicine blog (blog)

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11Sep/13

Combo Therapy Not Superior for Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis – Monthly Prescribing Reference

Combo Therapy Not Superior for Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis
Monthly Prescribing Reference
(HealthDay News) – Combination therapy with pentoxifylline and prednisolone, compared with prednisolone alone, does not result in a higher rate of six-month survival in patients with alcoholic hepatitis, according to research published in the Sept. 11

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11Sep/13

Reports from Red Cross Hospital Highlight Recent Findings in Lymphoma – HispanicBusiness.com

Reports from Red Cross Hospital Highlight Recent Findings in Lymphoma
HispanicBusiness.com
According to news reporting originating in Shizuoka, Japan , by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “We retrospectively investigated high-dose chemotherapy (HDT) plus rituximab followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) for patients with 

11Sep/13

Combination Therapy for Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis Does Not Result in … – Science Daily (press release)

Combination Therapy for Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis Does Not Result in
Science Daily (press release)
10, 2013 — Four weeks of treatment with a combination of the drug pentoxifylline and the corticosteroid prednisolone did not improve 6-month survival compared with prednisolone alone in 270 patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis, according to a