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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Saving A Girl's Leg From Bone Cancer

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- 2,300 cases of bone cancer are diagnosed each year in the United States. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)

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All-in-one live: genes trapped, tagged and conditionally broken

Nature Methods 8, 466 (2011). doi:10.1038/nmeth.1617Author: Mary C MullinsA transposon-insertion method can trap and mutate genes while simultaneously revealing their spatiotemporal expression pattern, all in a conditional manner in the live, transparent zebrafish. (Source: Nature Methods)

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Hepatotoxicity from abuse of kratom: first reported case

3.5 out of 5 starsIntrahepatic Cholestasis Following Abuse of Powdered Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) Kapp FG et al. J Med Toxicol 2011 April 29. [Epub ahead of print]AbstractKratom is a psychoactive leaf from the southeast asian tree Mitragyna speciosa (picture).  This tree is related to the plants that produce coffee. Because there are a number of different alkaloids in kratom and because some of its actions are dose related, ingesting the leaf has been associated with a variety of effects, including sedation, analgesia, increased energy, a sense of well being, and improved mood.  Of the major alkaloids, mitragynine is a stimulant and 7-hydroxymitragyine a sedative and analgesic, acting primarily as an agonist at the ยต-opioid receptor.This case report, from Germany, describes a 25-y...

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The Effects Of Celiac Disease On Bone Mineral Density Are More Pronounced In Lumbar Spine Than Femoral Neck

Patients with celiac disease are more than 4.5 times more likely to develop osteoporosis compared to healthy people in an age and gender matched cohort with no identifiable risk factors for osteoporosis, according to a study presented at the EULAR 2011 Annual Congress. The British study of 1,030 people compares the extent of bone mineral density (BMD)* loss - a common measure of osteoporosis - in two physical locations in the body... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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