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How To Avoid China ’ s Medicine Monopoly
I want to share a shocking statistic with you… Around 80% of all the pharmaceuticals sold in America — both prescription and over-the-counter — are manufactured in China. I’m talking about drugs for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, blood pressure and blood thinners, diuretics, aspirin, antibiotics, and a big chunk of the world’s insulin and diabetes drugs — just to name a few.1 We don’t even make penicillin anymore. The last penicillin plant in the U.S. closed its doors in 2004. Americans who rely on medicine are now almost entirely at the mercy of a country whose relations with the U.S. have become more ...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - September 19, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Health Source Type: news

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Conclusions: Brown fat tissue is a normal variant in pediatric F-18 FDG studies. This diffuse activity can frustrate the radiologist reading the study and possibly cause a misdiagnosis. Propranolol may be a promising solution to reducing the brown fat in pediatric patients undergoing a F-18 FDG PET/CT scan. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none}
Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - May 20, 2019 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Beaird, B. Tags: Technologist Student Papers II Source Type: research

Postreperfusion Blood Pressure Variability After Endovascular Thrombectomy Affects Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients With Poor Collateral Circulation
Conclusion: Postreperfusion BP management by decreasing BPV may have influence on improving clinical outcome in cases of poor collateral circulation among patients achieving successful recanalization after ERT. Introduction Endovascular recanalization therapy (ERT) has been adopted as standard stroke care in patients with acute ischemic stroke (1–6). Time to recanalization and degree of recanalization are the most important predictors of clinical outcomes after ERT (7). Before recanalization, an effort to reduce the time from symptom onset to reperfusion is critical for penumbral salvage. After recanalization...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 11, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Cost-effectiveness analysis of new generation coronary CT scanners for difficult-to-image patients
ConclusionThe use of NGCCT might be considered cost-effective in both populations since it is cost-saving compared to ICA and generates similar effects.
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - September 19, 2016 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Clinical Reasoning: An 87-year-old woman with left-sided numbness
An 87-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and peripheral vascular disease presented with acute left paresthesias. On evaluation, blood pressure was 152/77 mm Hg and heart rate 78 and regular. Physical examination had normal results. On neurologic examination, she had normal mental status, decreased sensation on the left face, and normal strength, tone, and reflexes. Cerebellar examination and gait were normal. There was reduced light touch and pinprick sensation of the left arm and leg, with no extinction. Complete blood count and comprehensive metabolic panel were within normal limits, and ECG s...
Source: Neurology - October 12, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Yaghi, S., Elkind, M. S. V. Tags: Stroke prevention, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Cardiac, Embolism, Infarction RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION Source Type: research

Blood Pressure Control in Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Efficacy and Impact on Adverse Events.
CONCLUSIONS: Blood pressure control can be achieved in patients with CF LVADs, with the majority of patients requiring only 1 or 2 antihypertensives. PMID: 24075484 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - September 25, 2013 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Lampert BC, Eckert C, Weaver S, Scanlon A, Lockard K, Allen C, Kunz N, Bermudez C, Bhama JK, Shullo MA, Kormos RL, Dew MA, Teuteberg JJ Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of atrial fibrillation and flutter at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi.
CONCLUSION: Hypertension and diabetes mellitus, not rheumatic valve disease were the more common co-morbidities. Stroke risk stratification and prevention needs to be emphasised and appropriately managed. PMID: 23612946 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Cardiovascular Journal of Africa - March 1, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Shavadia J, Yonga G, Mwanzi S, Jinah A, Moriasi A, Otieno H Tags: Cardiovasc J Afr Source Type: research

Summary: International Kidney Cancer Symposium
Conclusions:  Ideal ischemia time is 20-25 minutes or less improves short and long term renal function.  >25 minutes carried 5 year risk of new onset stage 4 CKD No differences on GFR for cold vs. warm ischemia times Preoperative GFR and the percent of kidney preserved was a better predictor of post op GFR.  No ischemia preserves renal function better than warm. Longer cold ischemia times were equivalent to shorter warm ischemia times. Quality and quantity of the remaining kidney is associated with ultimate renal function. Robotics in RCC Surgery Gennady Bratslavsky, MD The...
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - December 15, 2011 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news