Questions Raised About Antiplatelet Therapy in Chronic Kidney DiseaseForbesMany people develop chronic kidney disease (CKD) as they grow older, and many people with CKD take antiplatelet agents to prevent cardiovascular events. However, the efficacy of…
A man's persistent headache proves hard to diagnose and harder to treat – Washington Post
A man's persistent headache proves hard to diagnose and harder to treatWashington PostHe had taken multiple courses of antibiotics and corticosteroids as well as over-the-counter pain relievers, and he had even undergone sinus surgery, all to no av…
Ulceration of Abdominal Striae Distensae (Stretch Marks) in a Cancer Patient … – Archives of Dermatology
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—Diagnosis – Archives of Dermatology
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 Targets – Cancer Network
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…
Emiline D. Lazzeri, 80 – Baltimore Sun
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 transplants – Deccan Herald
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 Beacon
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 Death – WBUR
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…
Andrew Warshaw: Incidents like Saturday's remind us that football is not more … – insideworldfootball (blog)
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…