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Banked blood may lose chemical needed to supply oxygen
Banked blood may lose chemical needed to supply oxygen
posted by kmarshall 454 days 4 hours 1 minute ago
Much of the stored blood given to millions of people every year may lack a component vital for it to deliver oxygen to the tissues.
Read more...New RNS complaints after 'miscarriage'
New RNS complaints after 'miscarriage'
posted by net1978 456 days 6 hours 39 minutes ago
The head of a Sydney hospital's new complaints body says there have been 40 additional cases since the incident nearly two weeks ago when a pregnant woman miscarried in an emergency room toilet.
Read more...Loss of nitric oxide reduces benefits of banked blood
Loss of nitric oxide reduces benefits of banked blood
posted by tnelson 454 days 4 hours 57 minutes ago
Soon after collection, banked blood begins losing nitric oxide, which impairs its ability to dilate small blood vessels, and thereby perfuse tissue, according to results of two studies appearing in the October 8th Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Read more...Antidepressants Not Always Best for Bipolar Treatments
Antidepressants Not Always Best for Bipolar Treatments
posted by tnelson 473 days 10 hours 59 minutes ago
Patients with bipolar disorder will gain no treatment benefit by also taking an antidepressant with a standard mood stabilizer such as lithium, a new study in The New England Journal of Medicine finds.
Read more...Does Your Antiperspirant Cause Cancer?
Does Your Antiperspirant Cause Cancer?
posted by tnelson 473 days 10 hours 54 minutes ago
Aluminum, a common ingredient added to antiperspirants to stop skin sweating, may be linked to breast cancer, a study by British scientists found.
Read more...News You Can Use: FDA issues safety alert for diabetes drug
News You Can Use: FDA issues safety alert for diabetes drug
posted by kmarshall 481 days 11 hours 52 minutes ago
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety alert for the diabetes drug Avandia after a study in Monday’s New England Journal of Medicine reported that the drug increases the risk of heart attacks and possibly death.
Read more...Blood pressure rising among U.S. children
Blood pressure rising among U.S. children
posted by tnelson 483 days 3 hours 32 minutes ago
Blood pressure levels among American children are on the rise, an alarming trend linked to climbing obesity rates that reverses decades of decline, researchers reported on Monday.
Read more...Injuries, Deaths Tied to Consumer Drugs Rise Sharply
Injuries, Deaths Tied to Consumer Drugs Rise Sharply
posted by kmarshall 483 days 11 hours 32 minutes ago
The number of serious adverse drug events more than double between 1998 and 2005 in the United States, as did the number of related deaths, a new study found.
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