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Bone Marrow Depression - Articles
IBD
by
nitinsyal
Posted
Thu 25 Jun 2009 9:53pm
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an idiopathic disease, probably involving an immune reaction of the body to its own intestinal tract. The 2 major types of IBD are ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease. As the name suggests, ulcerative colitis is limited to the colon; Crohn disease can involve any segment of the gastrointestinal tract from the ...
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Dangerous drugs which have still not been banned in India !
by
Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:17am
Someone emailed me this disconcertingly large list of dangerous drugs , which are banned in the US, but are still available in India Don't use them !
*****ANALGIN:***
This is a pain-killer.* Reason for ban:* Bone marrow
depression.
***Brand name:* Novalgin
___________________________________________________________
***** ...
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Is Death Optional?
by
Dr. Muriel G.
Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 1:14pm
Just how far attitudes and expectations about aging have changed in the last 60 years hit home on reading an article from the NY Times Magazine from 1950 called “Recharting Life for an Aging America.” The author, a physician, wrote that “To lead a long and happy life falls, for the average citizen, into the same category of irrational wishes as to ...
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Suicide, Accidents Linked to Bone Marrow Transplant
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Medline Plus
Posted
Fri 12 Apr 2013 4:14pm
People who have had a bone marrow transplant may be at increased risk for suicides and accidental deaths, according to a new study suggesting these patients may need extra attention to the mental and physical after-effects of their battles with disease.
Source: Reuters Health
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Bone Marrow Transplantation , Depression ...
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The Politics of Bone Marrow
by
Angus
Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 11:28pm
Following on from our post on the DWIB Leukaemia Trust, its attempts to establish a bone marrow register in an African malarial zone, and its attempts to register with the International Bone Marrow Register, I have been doing some research into why First World bone marrow donor registers refuse potential donors from a malarial zone, whatever th ...
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Bone Marrow Transplant + Chemo is the new 'Cure'
by
Tosin Ola
Posted
Tue 24 Mar 2009 3:07pm
Hey everyone. I just got this link on some research conducted at John Hopkins University related to sickle cell. The article talks about Chemotherapy as the new adjunct therapy in BMT patients...feel free to go ahead and read it.
According to Sophie Lanzkron, director of the Sickle Cell Center for Adults at Johns Hopkins University, 30 percent ...
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Does Your Personal Care Products Contain Toxins
by
Ryan Parker
Posted
Wed 18 Nov 2009 10:04pm
Why Should You Care About The Ingredients In Your Shampoo
Toxic Ingredients
How safe are the ingredients used in your current brand of skin care products? How certain are you that they do not contain chemicals that could be harmful to you and/or your children?
If you are not sure, use this toxic ingredient directory be ...
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Does Your Personal Care Products Contain Toxins
by
Ryan Parker
Posted
Wed 18 Nov 2009 10:04pm
Why Should You Care About The Ingredients In Your Shampoo
Toxic Ingredients
How safe are the ingredients used in your current brand of skin care products? How certain are you that they do not contain chemicals that could be harmful to you and/or your children?
If you are not sure, use this toxic ingredient directory below an ...
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Majja Dhatu-nerves and bone marrow
by
Julia J.
Posted
Tue 27 Jan 2009 8:22pm
I had a question a long time ago about bones, and I already wrote about joints, Asthi Dhatu, now it's finally time to write about Majja Dhatu, the bone marrow and nerve tissue.
Majja is oily, and lubricates the body. It fills in hollow spaces in the bones, brain and spinal cord, so as you can imagine by this brief explanation Majja Dhatu is go ...
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Bone marrow confirmation
by
Nicolas van Dyk
Posted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:07pm
Just got a call from CS (Caleb Sumthin-or-other) who is BB's Physician's Assistant. My insurance wants more tests run before they will approve treatment. Apparently they need an X-ray of my jaw and to run a PSA test. Okay. Whatever. Hopefully I can do this at Dr. SH's offices in Beverly Hills on Friday but the schedule is getting pretty snug ...
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