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Taming severe AD: With studies, literature lacking, experience often guides systemic treatment
With few randomized, controlled studies to guide them, dermatologists often must rely on smaller case series and their own experience when treating severe atopic dermatitis systemically, an expert says. Comment?
When allergies cause dog to itch, many treatments are possible
Q: Our four-year-old dog has allergies that cause her to scratch throughout the year, but she is worst during the summer. Comment?
Down-regulation of transforming growth factor-beta 2 expression is...
Gingival overgrowth is a common side effect of the chronic use of cyclosporine , an immunosuppressant widely used to prevent rejection in transplant patients. Comment?
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Also May Protect Stem Cell Transplant...
Main Category: Transplants / Organ Donations Also Included In: Stem Cell Research ; Statins ; Blood / Hematology Article Date: 05 Dec 2009 - 1:00 PST Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins are among the most prescribed medicines in the U.S. Now a new study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center indicates that statins may ... Comment?
Important Information about Reductil
Appetite suppressants are considered effective for the treatment of obesity because they act on the brain and reduce the desire to eat more food. Comment?
Cholesterol-lowering drugs also may protect stem cell transplant patients from GVHD
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins are among the most prescribed medicines in the U.S. Now a new study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center indicates that statins may protect stem cell transplant patients from one of the most serious complications of the life-saving cancer therapy: graft-versus-host disease, or GVHD. Comment?
Overview of immunosuppression in liver transplantation.
Abstract Continued advances in surgical techniques and immunosuppressive therapy have allowed liver transplantation to become an extremely successful treatment option for patients with end-stage liver disease. Comment?
Main medical procedure medical procedure involving the removal of a diseased heart from a patient and its replacement with a healthy heart. Comment?
Organ Transplant Pioneers Celebrate Baylor Regional Transplant Institute's 25th Anniversary
Main Category: Transplants / Organ Donations Article Date: 25 Nov 2009 - 3:00 PST Considered a highly risky and controversial medical procedure only 25 years ago, solid organ transplantation is now a life-saving mainstream operation thanks to the extraordinary men and women who gathered at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas on Nov. Comment?
Inspire Announces Webcast of Presentation at Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference
Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that Christy L. Shaffer, Ph.D., President and CEO, and Thomas R. Staab, II, CFO and Treasurer, will present at the 21st Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 10:00 am ET in New York City. Comment?
Organ Transplant Pioneers Celebrate Baylor Regional Transplant Institute's 25th Anniversary
Considered a highly risky and controversial medical procedure only 25 years ago, solid organ transplantation is now a life-saving mainstream operation thanks to the extraordinary men and women who gathered at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas on Nov. Comment?
Essential Role of Cyclophilin A for Hepatitis C Virus Replication and ...
Abstract Author Summary Owing to limited genetic information, viruses have to exploit host cells to achieve efficient production of virus progeny. Comment?
Plugs Reduce Dry-Eye Symptoms, Improve Vision
Study shows this low-cost, tried-and-true technique still has an important role to play in the management of dry-eye disease. Comment?
Golfer doesn't let diabetes steal her drive
Michelle McGann has just sat down, for one of the first times today, and now the phone is ringing. Comment?
In the right hands, herbal medicine is effective. Mike Simpson is misleading when he says it is doubtful that herbal medicines work and that their effects may be largely placebo or the conditions being treated are self-limiting. Western herbal medicines prescribed by qualified herbalists such as Hydes Herbal Clinic, are provided in a measured dose ... Comment?
Study Looks at Factors Affecting Survival of HIV/HCV Coinfected Liver Transplant Recipients
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SUMMARY: While HIV/HCV coinfected patients can have good outcomes after liver transplantation, acute organ rejection remains a risk factor and survival does not match that of HIV negative people with hepatitis C virus alone, according to a study presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases this ... Comment?
Daily News: New Combination Pill for Hypertension
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved Valturna, an antihypertensive combination of aliskiren and valsartan . Comment?
25th Anniversary of Pediatric Heart Transplantation Celebrated at...
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital is celebrating the 25th anniversary of pediatric heart transplantation. Comment?
Systemic treatment and the H1N1 flu vaccine
All patients who are receiving systemic treatment MUST get the flu vaccine as soon as possible. Comment?
NeuroVive: NeuroVive Doses Last Patient In Clinical Trial Of...
Main Category: Neurology / Neuroscience Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 05 Nov 2009 - 3:00 PST NeuroVive Pharmaceutical AB, of Lund, Sweden, announced that on November 3, 2009 it completed the clinical phase of its study investigating tolerability and pharmacokinetics of the cremophor-free cyclosporine i.v. formula ... Comment?