NSAID-related hepatotoxicity rose dramatically.
PARIS -- Serious liver toxicity associated with the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs showed a sevenfold jump in incidence in a recent 10-year period in California. The explanation for this alarming trend is speculative, but one key factor might be the steady growth in concomitant use of...

Incidence of NSAID-related liver toxicity climbs fast in California.
PARIS -- Serious liver toxicity associated with the use of NSAIDs showed a sevenfold jump in incidence in a recent 10-year period in California. The explanation for this alarming trend is speculative, but one key factor might be the steady growth in concomitant use of other potentially...

The South African bone marrow registry (SABMR) and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.
In 1939 Osgood et al. (1) reported infusing bone marrow into patients with severe aplastic anaemia without any clinical benefit. Rekers and Coulter (2) attempted to reconstitute marrow function in irradiated dogs by marrow infusions. Both failed because of insufficient irradiation to produce immunosuppression necessary for engraftment. In 1957...

Epstein-Barr virus infection as a trigger of autoimmune hepatitis: case report.
Abstract: The study underlines the importance of the differential diagnosis between primary EpsteinBarr virus EBV associated hepatitis with features of autoimmunity, in which there is a direct pathogenetic role of the virus, and EBV related autoimmune hepatitis, in which EBV could act as the trigger of the immune-mediated damage...

Helping at-risk moms get started: sometimes, the simplest solutions can help solve the biggest problems.
Working as a neonatal nurse for 16 years, Sharon Rohrbach saw too many babies leave the hospital healthy and then return soon aft er with life-threatening conditions caused by neglect. So she started the Nurses for Newborns Foundation in 1992, an organization that sends nurses into the homes of...

Nevi linked to neonatal jaundice phototherapy.
KYOTO, JAPAN -- Blue-light phototherapy for neonatal jaundice could promote development of dysplastic nevi, Dr. Zsanett Csoma asserted at an international investigative dermatology meeting. Dr. Csoma's latest contribution to the controversial issue was in the form of a study of 618 healthy Hungarian patients aged 21-71 years....

CDC alert on adverse effects consuming "Total Body Formula" and "Total Body Mega Formula".
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working collaboratively with state health departments, the Poison Control Centers, and FDA on reports of adverse health effects following consumption of the dietary supplement "Total Body Formula," and "Total Body Mega Formula" manufactured in the USA exclusively for Total Body Essential...

Dysplastic nevi may be linked to neonatal jaundice therapy.
KYOTO, JAPAN -- Blue-light phototherapy for neonatal jaundice could promote development of dysplastic nevi, Dr. Zsanett Csoma asserted at an international investigative dermatology meeting. His latest contribution to the controversial issue was in the form of a study of 618 healthy Hungarian patients aged 21-71 years. Patients...

Hepatotoxicity reported with natalizumab therapy.
Postmarketing reports of "clinically significant liver injury" in patients treated with natalizumab are the basis of an alert issued by the Food and Drug Administration and the manufacturers, Elan Pharmaceuticals and Biogen Idec. Natalizumab, an immunomodulator marketed as Tysabri, is approved for treating relapsing forms of multiple...

Four hepatitis B tests give key diagnostic information.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Tests for hepatitis B surface antigen, surface antibody, core antibody, and type "e" antigen each play an important role in diagnosing infection and level of infectivity, Dr. Tina Q. Tan said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics. These serologic markers...