Compared to most drugs sold at pharmacies, health supplements are loosely regulated by government agencies. Law prohibits manufacturers from selling products that are adulterated or mislabeled, and they cannot claim to cure things they don’t. But there is little oversight or enforcement to ensure they comply. And unlike prescription drugs, which pass through a strict premarket […]
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By injection Causes numbness or loss of feeling in an area of your body. Given before and during surgery, childbirth, or dental…
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A Transplanted Uterus Offers Hope, But Procedure Stirs Debate
by explainingmedicine June 8, 2016Cleveland Clinic surgeons in February transplanted a uterus from a deceased donor into 26-year-old Lindsey McFarland, who was born without one. Though the experimental surgery was initially thought successful, a raging infection forced removal of the organ within weeks. Cleveland Clinic hide caption toggle caption Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic surgeons in February transplanted a uterus […]
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Guess Which Woman Is Having A Heart Attack (Hint: You Can’t)
by explainingmedicine June 8, 2016Three months ago I had a heart attack. And since the symptoms of a heart attack are different for women, and since the kind I had can strike young people with no markers of heart disease, I’ve decided to tell my story. And because I love to name drop, I’ll do some of that along […]
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Families Isolated By Rare Genetic Conditions Find New Ways To Reach Out
by explainingmedicine June 8, 2016Shortly after Milo Lorentzen was born, nurses whisked him away to the neonatal intensive care unit for low blood sugar and jaundice. An exam then found a cluster of irregularities, including a cleft palate and a hole in his heart. The staff called in a geneticist, who issued a misdiagnosis — the first frustrating episode […]
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Federal Standard May Be Thwarting Some Liver Transplant Patients
by explainingmedicine June 8, 2016For the roughly 15,000 people who need a liver transplant, it’s a waiting game. With demand for donated livers far outstripping supply, patients may spend months or years on a transplant waitlist, their position in the line gradually improving as they get sicker. A recent study suggests that this system may be changing but not […]
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Scientists Seek Genetic Clues To Asthma’s Toll On Black Children
by explainingmedicine June 8, 2016Zunika Crenshaw cringes as a tire swing whips her children around in circles just a little too fast. It’s a sunny afternoon in the park, in Pleasanton, Calif. As her children play, she keeps a close watch on their breathing. She says asthma is in her genes. “You have a family, a person who has […]