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A watch that stops unnecessary heart attack deaths
By Guest Column --Medical NewsAbout half of all people at risk of death from heart attacks could gain the chance to live, once Israeli entrepreneur Leon Eisen’s new Oxitone device goes to market in about 18 months.
New Facts About Genital Herpes
By Dr. Gifford Jones --Medical News“How could this happen to me?” Or “How can I tell my partner I have genital herpes?”
Renaissance in new drugs for rare diseases
By American Chemical Society --Medical NewsChemical & Engineering News
Once famously described as “orphan diseases, too small to be noticed, too small to be funded” in the Hollywood drama “Lorenzo’s Oil,” rare diseases are getting unprecedented attention today among drug manufacturers, who are ramping up research efforts and marketing new medicines that promise fuller lives for children and other patients with these heartbreaking conditions.
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Fighting bacteria with a new genre of antibodies
By American Chemical Society --Medical NewsJournal of the American Chemical Society
In an advance toward coping with bacteria that shrug off existing antibiotics and sterilization methods, scientists are reporting development of a new family of selective antimicrobial agents that do not rely on traditional antibiotics. Their report on these synthetic colloid particles, which can be custom-designed to recognize the shape of specific kinds of bacteria and inactivate them, appears in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
How to Protect Yourself from AKI
By Dr. Gifford Jones --GastroenterologyMany North Americans will unknowingly fall into a trap during 2013. It results in the law of “unintended consequences”. Moreover, as medical treatment progresses every year, more of such consequences are waiting to happen. This week, what you should know about acute kidney injury (AKI).
Millions of girls in developing countries to be protected against cervical cancer; new HPV vaccine
By News on the Net --Medical NewsCAPE TOWN / GENEVA – A new record low price for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines will help ensure millions of girls in developing countries can be protected against cervical cancer.
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Study on coumarin in cinnamon and cinnamon-based products
By American Chemical Society --Nutrition-VitaminsJournal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Many kinds of cinnamon, cinnamon-flavored foods, beverages and food supplements in the United States use a form of the spice that contains high levels of a natural substance that may cause liver damage in some sensitive people, scientists are reporting. Their study, published in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, found similar results as those published in the European Union.
Improved material for ‘laser welding’ of tissue in intestinal surgery
By American Chemical Society --GastroenterologyACS Nano
A new “solder” for laser welding of tissue during surgical operations has the potential to produce stronger seals and expand use of this alternative to conventional sutures and stapling in intestinal surgery, scientists are reporting. Their study, which involves use of a gold-based solder, or sealing material, appears in the journal ACS Nano.
Using ‘bacteria-eaters’ to prevent infections on medical implant materials
By American Chemical Society --Medical NewsBiomacromolecules
They’re ba-ack! But in a new disease-fighting role. Viruses that infect and kill bacteria — used to treat infections in the pre-antibiotic era a century ago and in the former Soviet Union today — may have a new role in preventing formation of the sticky “biofilms” of bacteria responsible for infections on implanted medical devices. That’s the topic of a report in the ACS journal Biomacromolecules.
Antidepressant medication linked with increased risk of superbug infection
By News on the Net --Medical NewsFox News
Sex ‘superbug’ feared to be ‘more infectious than AIDS’ discovered in Hawaii
By News on the Net --Medical NewsLondon Daily Mail
We Should Not Need a One-Way Ticket
By Dr. Gifford Jones --Aging - GeriatricsWhat would you do in this situation? The patient is paralyzed, incontinent of bowel and urinary functions, unable to take nourishment and obviously in pain. I doubt that anyone, regardless of race or religion, would disagree with a lethal injection if the patient were a beloved dog. But humans in most nations are denied this right.
Medical Test Uses Fingers To Predict Heart Disease
By News on the Net --Medical NewsCBS Los Angeles
