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The WarZ – Epic Fight Behind Pharmacy [Clearview] – Video

Posted: Published on May 26th, 2013

The WarZ - Epic Fight Behind Pharmacy [Clearview] [TSAM] The Shoros AMpones vs [L8ER] By: Konejo Washon … Continue reading →

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Tenn. pharmacy shipped potentially contaminated steroids to Alabama clinic

Posted: Published on May 26th, 2013

WASHINGTON Alabama is one of 13 states that may have been shipped potentially contaminated steroids from a Tennessee pharmacy. The Alabama Department of Public Health announced Friday that it is participating with other local, state and federal health agencies in an investigation of the products. The Tennessee Department of Health said its too early to tell how many people may have received the injections that are now under scrutiny. The drug was shipped to medical facilities in 13 states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, according to pharmacy records. The Alabama Department of Public Health said the locations to which the drug was shipped included one Alabama clinic, but it did not give the clinics name or location. At this time, the clinic will begin notifying patients who may have been exposed to the product to alert them to report any signs and symptoms of complications, the Alabama Health Department said in a news release. The Alabama Board of Pharmacy has also been contacted. State and local public health officials are working with the Alabama clinic that received the formulation of methylprednisolone acetate (MPA), a steroid product, associated with … Continue reading →

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Stroke care expands to rural areas

Posted: Published on May 26th, 2013

By Ben Sutherly The Columbus Dispatch Sunday May 26, 2013 6:41 AM Far from the hospital-building boom in Columbus, a far less visible but no less fierce battle between OhioHealth and Ohio State University is sweeping the states towns and smaller cities. Its a race to bring technology to rural Ohio that can save the lives of stroke patients. Neurologists in Columbus can peer into patients eyes, listen to their heartbeats and study brain scans taken at hospitals from Findlay to Portsmouth and then consult with emergency-department doctors there to determine the best treatment. Quick, decisive care is imperative. In patients experiencing a typical ischemic stroke, the brain ages 3.6 years each hour without treatment. Ohio States Wexner Medical Center, which started its stroke telemedicine network two years ago, now has 20 locations in addition to its campus hub. OhioHealth, which started its network in late 2010, has 19 stroke telemedicine locations statewide in addition to hubs at Riverside Methodist Hospital and Grant Medical Center in Columbus. And theres more courting afoot. Ohio State anticipates a total of 25 sites within three months; OhioHealth says it hopes to create a network of 30 to 35 hospitals. The growth in stroke … Continue reading →

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'The cough that paralysed me'

Posted: Published on May 26th, 2013

25 May 2013 Last updated at 21:17 ET By Philippa Roxby Health reporter, BBC News Life without pain would be "incredible", says 24-year-old Justin Levene from London. "It would be nice to have a bit of variety." Three years ago, two days before his 21st birthday, Justin coughed and then collapsed with acute pain in his back and down his legs. He had suffered a herniated disc with severe nerve damage which left him in constant pain. After several years of surgical procedures, including undergoing spinal fusion, the damage to his spinal cord left him unable to walk. "After the last operation I came home to my mum's and spent several months in bed. I had to crawl upstairs and wear back braces permanently. "I couldn't lift anything heavier than a glass of water. I just wasn't doing anything - apart from a lot of origami, reading and listening to music." It occurs as a result of an accident or illness and results in communication between the brain and the body being severed, resulting in paralysis. The injury can also affect bodily functions, such as bladder and bowel control, temperature regulation, sexual function and blood pressure. Link: 'The cough that … Continue reading →

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Alhambra WWII veteran revisits his prison in Austria to seek closure

Posted: Published on May 26th, 2013

Paul Parkinson of Alhambra, was a gunner on a B-24 World War II bomber, whose plane was shot down over Germany and became a prisoner. Parkinson, with a book on the B-24 World War II bomber's role during World War II, Monday, May 12, 2013. (SGVN/Photo by Walt Mancini) ALHAMBRA -- Imprisoned by the Nazis in Stalag 17-B near Krems, Austria for 13 months, Paul Parkinson never thought he'd want to see those barracks again. An Alhambra resident Parkinson, now 89, completed eight missions as a flight maintenance gunner and staff sergeant aboard a B-24. His ninth mission ended in disaster. The bomber was shot down on Easter Sunday 1944 and the crew bailed out over enemy territory. The survivors were taken prisoner and hauled into a prison camp where they remained until they were freed on April 8, 1945. Nearly seven decades later, Parkinson will return to Europe this week for the first time since he left as a free man who weighed just 110 pounds. "I've always wanted to go back and make some kind of contact with the (past)," Parkinson said. "At least it would take a little of the burden off my shoulders. You carry that … Continue reading →

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Doctors claim cerebral palsy 'cure'

Posted: Published on May 26th, 2013

Research into stem cell treatments has shown promising progress Photograph: Getty Images Medics in Germany said they have successfully treated a child with cerebral palsy for the first time. Just weeks after being given an intravenous stem cell treatment from umbilical cord blood, the symptoms of a boy who had been left in a vegetative state after a heart attack improved considerably and within months he could talk and move. The doctors who carried out the treatment said the results of the treatment dispel "long-held doubts" surrounding the effectiveness of stem cell therapy. After going into cardiac arrest in November 2008, the two-year-old boy, known only as LB, was left paralysed with severe brain damage and in a vegetative state. Doctors warned his parents that his chances of survival were minimal. Until now, there has been no treatment for the cause of what is known as infantile cerebral palsy. Dr Arne Jensen of the Campus Clinic Gynaecology in Bochum, who carried out the new treatment, said: "In their desperate situation, the parents searched the literature for alternative therapies. They contacted us and asked about the possibilities of using their son's cord blood, frozen at his birth." Nine weeks after the … Continue reading →

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Unmasking the agony: Combat troops turn to art therapy

Posted: Published on May 26th, 2013

WASHINGTON (NBC) - The skull's left corner is gone, leaving a jagged, diagonal edge drenched in red. The eyes are black and frantic. All of it resembles the Iraqi man who, in his final minute alive, stared up at Maj. Jeff Hall. For five years, that face tortured Hall, once a sharp Army leader later shoved to his own ragged edge. Not long ago, a woman handed Hall a blank mask, brushes and paints. She asked him to see what may emerge on the surface. "That image, seared into my mind, began leaking out of me," said Hall, one of hundreds of active-duty troops who have created masks as part of an art therapy program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. "I almost needed to regurgitate it.To be honest, it helped me let it go." Many more masks, some resembling Hall'sviolent creation, some depicting abstract demons, adorn walls at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICOE) on the Walter Reed campus. They reveal scars once carried and cloaked inside the minds of men and women back from war troops diagnosed with mild brain injuries and secondary psychological issues, including post-combat stress. Hall, 43, who titled his mask "The Shock … Continue reading →

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Hormone Replacement Therapy – Updated Recommendations, At Last!

Posted: Published on May 26th, 2013

Editor's Choice Academic Journal Main Category: Menopause Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology;Endocrinology Article Date: 26 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Current ratings for: Hormone Replacement Therapy - Updated Recommendations, At Last! 5 (2 votes) Hormone replacement therapy, or HRT is prescribed for women whose progesterone and estrogen levels drop significantly, usually due to the menopause. Progesterone and estrogen are hormones. HRT raises a woman's levels of vital hormones. HRT may refer to male hormonal treatment, it is also prescribed for people who undergo a sex change. There are three main types of HRT for women: Even since the findings from the WHI (Women's Health Initiative) Trial in 2002, HRT has been mired in confusion and controversy. In fact, HRT's risks received so much attention that its benefits have been mostly forgotten. In the WHI estrogen and progestogen study, a small increase in breast cancer risk was found after five years of HRT usage - the increase was of about 1 extra case per 1,000 women per year. The WHI estrogen-alone trial found a small but statistically significant reduction in breast cancer risk. The Million Women Study also raised concerns regarding breast cancer risk for women on long-term HRT. … Continue reading →

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Genetic tests offer early warnings for disease, for better or worse

Posted: Published on May 26th, 2013

Marla Dansky is scheduled for two rounds of surgery this summer, shortly after she completes chemotherapy treatments for a tumor in her left breast. Her first operation at Duke Cancer Center will remove both breasts. A second will take out her ovaries and uterus, which are not cancerous but are likely to develop the disease, based on genetic tests that show she carries a faulty BRCA1 gene. Its the best pre-emptive strike that I have, Dansky, 40, said of her decision to undergo a complete hysterectomy in addition to bi-lateral breast surgery. My plan is to do cancer once, and do it right the first time. The strong link between the BRCA1 gene and cancer, as well as the option to sidestep much of the risk through elective surgery, grabbed headlines recently when actress Angelina Jolie made public her decision to undergo a double mastectomy. But the procedure isnt only available to movie stars. More than a third of women who test positive for BRCA1 are choosing preventative surgeries largely because the gene mutation raises the typical 10 percent risk for female breast cancer to something closer to 80 percent, according to the National Cancer Institute. Screening for breast cancer … Continue reading →

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PH gov't warns public vs stem cell therapies in hotels, other non-health facilities

Posted: Published on May 26th, 2013

By: Jet Villa, InterAksyon.com May 26, 2013 7:15 PM Reuters file photo of stem cell therapy InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Health (DOH)'s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public against undergoing stem cell therapy in non-health facilities. The FDA issued the warning after it received complaints that stem cell therapies were being done in hotel rooms. It has also advised the public to consult only with duly-licensed medical practitioners who practice stem cell therapy in DOH-approved health establishments The agency has also warned the public "against receiving stem cell preparations and therapies without prior regulatory applications and approval" from the FDA and the DOH. The following stem cell preparations require government approval, according to the FDA: An advisory from the FDA-DOH states that the agencies do not allow the creation, importation, promotion, marketing and use of human embryos, human embryonic stem cells and their derivatives, aborted human fetal stem cells and their derivatives for human treatment and research, as well as plant parts labeled as stem cells. Patients who receive stem cell preparation without prior FDA-DOH approval run the risk of contracting infectious diseases and severe complications which may … Continue reading →

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