The Future of Cord Blood Research
You may have heard that the stem cells in your baby’s umbilical-cord blood can save lives, but if you’re like most people, you have only a vague notion of how stem cells work — or which diseases they can treat. Right now, certain cancers, blood disorders, and immune disorders, among other conditions, are being successfully treated with cord-blood stem cells — and thanks to cord blood research, the list of conditions and diseases that may be treated by these stem cells is growing.
Why is it important to know about the cord blood research and what types of diseases it can treat? Knowing what cord blood can and...
Source: Cord Blood News - December 15, 2014 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: joyce at mazelabs.com Tags: babies blood disorder brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy stem cells affordable cord blood banking bone marrow breast feeding cerebral palsy cord blood banking fees cord blood banking information cor Source Type: blogs
Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Organizations Respond to CMS
September 2nd marked the last day for comments on CMS’ proposed rule to eliminate the accredited continuing medical education (CME) exemption from Sunshine Act reporting. In an overwhelming display of support for the exemption, over 800 comments were submitted encouraging the agency to either maintain or expand the current exclusion.
-Total comments supporting maintenance or expansion of the CME exemption: 820
-Total comments supporting elimination of the CME exemption: approximately 20
-Percentage of comments supporting the CME exemption: 98%
We have followed this issue closely, and recentl...
Source: Policy and Medicine - September 8, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Cord blood and stem cells revisited
This article is a good summary on the important points about stem cells:
http://www.closerlookatstemcells.org/Top_10_Stem_Cell_Treatment_Facts.html
The biggest scam going on currently are the so-called “stem cell supplements or enhancers” being sold to consumers in a bottle. This was blogged here:
http://alt.medicine.com.my/2013/12/be-wary-of-stem-cell-scams/
(Source: Malaysian Medical Resources)
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - July 16, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Health tips Cord blood Stem cells Source Type: blogs
Bone marrow donation and compensation: My moral dilemma
It’s a criminal offense to pay a person to donate an organ. That policy fits well with societal norms that restrict commerce in certain areas. For example we don’t allow people to sell themselves into slavery. We certainly don’t want people to be coerced for financial reasons to sell their organs and endanger their lives.
And yet, arguments for paying for organ donation exist. People die all the time for lack of a suitable organ available for transplant. Is it right to interfere with their pursuit of life, health and happiness by restricting how people use their wealth? And of course doctors and hospitals...
Source: Health Business Blog - December 6, 2013 Category: Health Managers Authors: dewe67 Tags: Patients bone marrow donor Source Type: blogs
Gliadin: The Universal Human Poison
Autoimmunity is the process describing an immune response waged against our own organs. The complex collection of mechanisms consisting of T and B lymphocytes, antibodies, and others, meant to provide protection against viruses, bacteria, and other body invaders, is misdirected against proteins of the body’s organs, such as liver, pancreas, thyroid, or brain. Autoimmune conditions now affect 8% of the American population–it is increasingly looking like diseases of autoimmunity are out of control.
Dr Alessio Fasano was recently awarded the Linus Pauling Award, the highest award from the Institute for Functional...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 7, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Autoimmunity Gliadin Source Type: blogs
Cases: Anti-epileptic Medicines for Pain Management
Discussion: Tri-cyclic antidepressants (TCAs), serotonin-norepinephrine
reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) and anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) are the mainstays
of adjuvant therapy for neuropathic pain.
This Case of the Month will focus on oral anti-epileptic neuropathic
pain analgesics. Due to lack of head-to-head data, evidence is presented as
numbers needed to treat (NNT) and numbers needed to harm (NNH). For instance,
an NNT of 5 for 50% pain reduction means for every 5 patients treated with a
drug, only 1 of them would achieve a 50% reduction in pain. Gabapentin (Neurontin)
and pregabalin (Lyrica) are considered firs...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - August 30, 2013 Category: Palliative Carer Workers Authors: Christian Sinclair Source Type: blogs
Cure Schmure
No doubt you have encountered the hype about a purported cure for HIV infection. That would indeed be great news, but sadly, no. Here's an example of the selective and misleading coverage this is getting.Two men who happened to develop some form of cancer (not specified in the public story) while also being HIV+ received the treatment called "bone marrow" transplant, continued to take antiretroviral medications throughout the procedure and recovery, and now appear to be free of HIV. They seem to have turned great misfortune into good fortune, but in reality, this is a big, fat, so what?Here's the real deal. The procedure t...
Source: Stayin' Alive - July 3, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs
