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Can Pet Affection Improve Heart Health?
by Mimi O' Connor An energetic-looking young woman came bouncing down the aisle of the airplane so quickly that I barely had time to read the message on her T-shirt before she plopped down in the seat next to me. It read in bold letters "I LOVE ANIMALS," and underneath in smaller italics, "humans not so much." Being an animal lover myself, her shirt made me smile. I felt compelled to ask her about it. She told me that she was a veterinary medicine student and has cared for an expansive menagerie of critters since she was a little girl. My exposure to animals was modest by comparison. I've lived with and loved just two dogs...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Medical marijuana could save my daughter's life | Margaret Storey
My child doesn't want to get high, she wants to get better. She can't do that while weed remains criminalized in most of the USMy 10-year-old daughter has big blue eyes and is a serious fan of the Chicago Blackhawks. She loves music, fairy tales, and driving under city streetlights at night. She also cannot walk, talk or feed herself, thanks to the uncontrolled seizures that have resisted all attempts at treatment since she was three months old. Every day, she is at risk of SUDEP, or Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy.Just in the last year, something truly promising has appeared on the horizon for her and other children w...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 25, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Margaret Storey Tags: Comment theguardian.com United States Children Health Medical research Drugs Epilepsy Drugs policy Medicine Comment is free Source Type: news

Challenge to the Intestinal Mucosa During Sepsis
Conclusion The impact of sepsis on the gut is manifold, e.g., sepsis mediated alteration of the gut-blood barrier and increase in the intestinal permeability, which may correlate with the phenomena of bacterial translocation and lymphatic activation (“toxic-lymph”). Systemic consequences of sepsis are widespread and concern to the coagulative system, the microbiome as well as enzymes, such as pancreatic proteases, MMPs and IAPs. Nevertheless, the therapeutic approaches for modulating the mucosal immune system are still rarely effective in daily routine. Recent published studies showing that treatment with ...
Source: Frontiers in Immunology - April 29, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

Opioid Free Cardiac Surgery: A Multimodal Pain Management Strategy with a Focus on Bilateral Erector Spinae Plane Block Catheters
Cardiac surgery requiring sternotomy presents unique challenges for perioperative and postoperative analgesia. Intraoperatively, the sympathetic response to surgical stimulation must be carefully modulated to prevent excessive bleeding, maintain the integrity of surgical repairs, and decrease the risk of stroke or iatrogenic aortic injury without compromising myocardial and systemic perfusion. This must be achieved in patients whose underlying abnormal physiology coupled with the effects of the surgical procedure often result in tenuous hemodynamics.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - September 7, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Nabil K. Thalji, Saumil Jayant Patel, John G. Augoustides, Robin J Schiller, Adam A Dalia, Yinghui Low, Rawad I. Hamzi, Rohesh J. Fernando Tags: Case Conference Source Type: research

Opioid-Free Cardiac Surgery: A Multimodal Pain Management Strategy With a Focus on Bilateral Erector Spinae Plane Block Catheters
CARDIAC SURGERY REQUIRING STERNOTOMY presents unique challenges for perioperative and postoperative analgesia. Intraoperatively, the sympathetic response to surgical stimulation must be modulated carefully to prevent excessive bleeding, maintain the integrity of surgical repairs, and decrease the risk of stroke or iatrogenic aortic injury without compromising myocardial and systemic perfusion. This must be achieved in patients whose underlying abnormal physiology, coupled with the effects of the surgical procedure, often result in tenuous hemodynamics.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - September 7, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Nabil K. Thalji, Saumil Jayant Patel, John G. Augoustides, Robin J Schiller, Adam A. Dalia, Yinghui Low, Rawad I. Hamzi, Rohesh J. Fernando Tags: Case Conference Source Type: research