| Subcutaneous Administration Of An Antiemetic, New Option For Treating ...
The subcutaneous administration of granisetron, an antiemetic pharmaceutical drug (suitable for control of vomiting), achieves similar blood concentrations to those administered intravenously. This was the conclusion of clinical tests undertaken by specialists at the University Hospital of Navarra, the results of which have been recently published in the prestigious North American medical journal, The Oncologist.
Granisetron is a pharmaceutical drug the efficacy of which against vomiting (antiemetic), when administered orally or intravenously, has already been shown, but never studied when given subcutaneously. The research shows that the antiemetic granisetron, administered subcutaneously, behaves in a similar manner as when injected intravenously. The advantage of the subcutaneous method is the ease of treatment for non hospitalised patients.
Time for a "Reality Check"
I love reality television, I said with tongue firmly planted in cheek. There's a great new show out there called "Reality Check," and it's destined to be a hit. I was thumbing through the promotional material for the show and just couldn't get over it: Today on "Reality Check," the latest and hottest show on the network, we stop in to find that a man named "Scooter" has been sentenced to just 30 months in the slammer for lying to federal prosecutors. Many of Scooter's friends plan to protest, very upset that he won't be able to wear his Armani Tux for more than two years, while just a few blocks away from the courthouse where he was sentenced, small children were seen dumpster diving with their mother for a night's meal. Later on "Reality Check," we'll watch the exchange among 10 dapper gentlemen with a collective IQ of 10 as they debate the tough issues of the day.
How Hydrogen Can Save America
Four decades ago, the United States faced a creeping menace to national security. The Soviet Union had lobbed the first satellite into space in 1957. Then, on April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin blasted off in Vostok 1 and became the first human in orbit. President Kennedy understood that dominating space could mean the difference between a country able to defend itself and one at the mercy of its rivals. In a May 1961 address to Congress, he unveiled Apollo - a 10-year program of federal subsidies aimed at "landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth." The president announced the goal, Congress appropriated the funds, scientists and engineers put their noses to the launchpad, and - lo and behold - Neil Armstrong stepped on the lunar surface eight years later.
Clues to prostate cancer found
Scientists from the TGen and other research facilities and universities have identified a gene that may be linked to an aggressive form of prostate cancer, a finding that researchers say may advance the treatment of the disease. The scientists believe the gene, called DAB2IP, aids in suppressing tumor growth. When the gene takes on a variant form, the body's natural protection is stripped away, allowing prostate cancer to spread more rapidly, researchers say. Scientists say the research eventually could yield a simple blood test that helps doctors and patients determine the best course of treatment for the disease. .
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Founded in 1923, Howard Hospital is a Salvation Army institution situated in the Chiweshe communal land of rural Zimbabwe. Eighty kilometers north of the capital of Harare, the hospital is the referral centre for the Mazowe district of Mashonaland Central Province and has a catchment of greater than 270,000 people. A variety of medical and social services are provided for all ages, from the newborn to the elderly and terminally ill. There are in-patient and out-patient departments seeing 115,000 patients a year, an operating theatre, pharmacy, laboratory, and facilities for Xray, ultrasound and rehabilitation. The nurses' training school offers a certificate for primary care nurses and complete training in the practice of midwifery. Family Child Health In the department of obstetrics, known as Family Child Health (FCH), there are 2500 deliveries each year.
Cancer victim helps prescribe spiritual Rx for patients at local ...
Right before Christmas, a woman sat quietly in a sterile medical office in Riverside, Calif. as she listened to the results of recent tests. Her Kaiser doctor explained the options she had—to live or die. Lynn Koch, who was diagnosed with breast cancer Dec. 6, had the biopsy two days later and before she got dressed they asked when she wanted to schedule surgery. "It all went so fast," she said. "But I had no fear." Since then she has been cleared of cancer and has started a yearlong treatment of chemotherapy to keep the cancer from recurring. She credits a prescription she was given from a man in Tennessee with the results of her quick healing and "fear-free" existence, knowing many women die as a result of this disease every year.
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