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Naturally High Hemoglobin Levels May Not Threaten Kidney Patients by HealthFinder Posted Thu 16 Dec 2010 12:00pm News) -- Naturally occurring high hemoglobin levels don't pose a threat to chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on dialysis, and there is no need to lower these levels, a new... chronic kidney disease. The anemia must be treated with medications, but treatment is controversial because restoring hemoglobin levels to the normal range of about 14 g/dL may lead Read on »

Naturally High Hemoglobin Levels May Not Threaten Kidney Patients by Medline Plus Posted Thu 16 Dec 2010 5:00pm THURSDAY, Dec. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Naturally occurring high hemoglobin levels don't pose a threat to chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on dialysis, and there is no need to lower these levels, a new study suggests. Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. Progressive anemia (red blood cell deficiency) is common in most Read on »

Low baseline hemoglobin concentration is associated with poorer surgical outcome but transfusion of asymptomatic patients may no by David Smith, MD Posted Mon 05 Oct 2009 10:03pm concentration from baseline and not the absolute value of that variable. Regardless of starting hemoglobin or lowest recorded intraoperative hemoglobin a 50% decrease in hemoglobin... tolerated degree of acute anemia is a function of baseline hemoglobin concentration. The findings suggest a new rationale to assist in perioperative red blood cell transfusion Read on »

Kombucha, Whole Foods and slightly elevated alcohol levels by Dhrumil Purohit Patient Expert

Posted Mon 28 Jun 2010 5:46pm Recently Whole Foods worked with their kombucha suppliers to coordinate a voluntary removal of all kombucha drinks they sell. The motivation was a concern around slightly elevated alcohol levels in kombucha drinks. GT Dave, the owner of Synergy Kombucha, makers of GT Kombucha, recently sat down with Mind, Body, Green to set the record Read on »

Davol XenMatrix Surgical Graft: Class I Recall - Elevated Endotoxin Levels by FDA Posted Fri 04 Mar 2011 9:50am [Posted 03/04/2011] AUDIENCE: Risk Manager, Surgery ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionals that several lots of XenMatrix Surgical Graft have been found to have elevated endotoxin levels. Endotoxins (pyrogens) are substances found in certain bacteria that, at elevated levels, can cause serious illness which Read on »

Elevated serum BAFF levels in patients with localized scleroderma in contrast to other organ-specific autoimmune diseases by Jan Posted Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:56pm foliaceus, 20 with bullous pemphigoid and 30 healthy controls. Twenty patients with SSc and 20 with SLE were also examined as disease controls. Serum BAFF levels were elevated... By Takashi Matsushita and Colleague Serum levels of B-cell activating factor belonging to the tumor necrosis factor family (BAFF), a potent B-cell survival factor Read on »

Serum levels of 8-isoprostane, a marker of oxidative stress, are elevated in patients with systemic sclerosis by Jan Posted Sun 08 Nov 2009 10:02pm SSc (dSSc) and 25 patients with limited cutaneous SSc (lSSc) were examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results. Serum 8-isoprostane levels were elevated in dSSc...By F. Ogawa and Colleague Objective. To determine serum levels and clinical correlation of 8-isoprostane, which is produced in vivo through free radical-catalysed Read on »

Pregnant Women Beware: Elevated Blood Sugar Levels Raise Your Risk of Complications, Study Finds by Connie Bennett Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 02 Oct 2008 3:12pm Note from Connie: Pregnant women, please take note: If your blood sugar levels are high (which are undoubtedly caused by the culprit carbs you're eating), you're playing... SHOCK!, yet another study just came out, which documents this discovery. Jennifer Moore gives you more info. Pregnant women with blood sugar counts that are elevated but not high Read on »

Elevated serum levels of arachidonoyl-lysophosphatidic acid and sphingosine 1-phosphate in systemic sclerosis. by Jan Posted Thu 18 Feb 2010 12:00am or lysoPLD activities. Elevated 20:4 LPA, S1P levels and polyunsaturated LPA:LPC ratios may be markers for and/or play a significant role in the etiology of SSc and may be future... wanted to determine whether subjects with SSc have altered serum lysophospholipid levels or lysoPLD activity. Lysophospholipid levels were measured using mass spectrometric Read on »

Caster Semenya testosterone levels elevated prior to world championships (video) by Roman M. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 25 Aug 2009 5:21pm . View a slideshow of Caster Semenya photos News reports out of England today suggest that Semenya showed elevated levels of testosterone in a drug test conducted prior Read on »