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The trouble with live brain organ donors
crossposted from BNN: (this and the next half dozen essays are cross posted from Bloggernews...usually I cross post here within a day or two, but the internet tends to go on and off due to typhoons, so I got behind.) -… -
working on a Blood pressure shot
According to the Lancet,(an esteemed British medical journal) the high blood pressure vaccinehas just gone through stage II of it's testing, and so far so good.There were some sore arms and "flu like" symptoms afte… -
Life Liberty and the Pursuit of high blood pressure
The silly season must be with us again, because two economists havedone a study in Europe that correlates happiness with blood pressure.The higher the blood pressure, the less happy the people.From a report on Meds… -
The Case of the poisoned blood thinner
People have died, and the case, which started out as an accident inquiry, and then morphed into a industrial error, has now become a homicide investigation. And the culprit is corporate corruption. But I"m getting ahe… -
Airport custody Death might have had a medical problem
Even in the Philippines we are following the bizarre story of that fighting lady who died in police custody.If the news is to be believed, her family are VIP’s, so expect a major lawsuit.But this storyhas a hint th… -
Do Statin medicines prevent Alzheimer's Disease?
There are lots of reason for older people becoming confused and forgetful, but the one dreaded the most is Alzheimer's disease.Some of the reasons for Dementia include strokes and ministrokes (from hardening of the ar… -
Why fewer people are dying of heart disease nowadays...
Good news: The heart attack death rate is down. In fact, the death from heart disease has been cut almost in half since 1980. The real question is why. This week's New England Journal of Medicine has an analysis of the … -
Blood pressure medicine in the elderly
I am old enough to remember in the days before there were any decent blood pressure medicines. We saw people go downhill with kidney problems, heart attacks and general deterioration. But the real heartbreakers were th… -
Hormones for menopause...yes or no?
When I was in private practice, I tended to see a lot of women. And my nurses used to laugh that when I would do a Pap smear (usual appointment time 20 minutes) I would often end up in the office an hour with a crying l… -
Tuberculosis, the good news
Usually the "disease of the day" headlines scream of another way we're all gonna die. But today I have good news: Tuberculosis cases are decreasing.Deacreasing? What do you mean? After all, look at how TB in patients wi…
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