This week in BMJ Case Reports
Doctors warn of accidental overdosing on herbal medicines
Nov 6, 2015
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Doctors warn of accidental overdosing on herbal medicines
Nov 6, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an accurate and safe tool for the detection of low levels of iron overload in patients with hereditary hemochromatosis, according to a letter to the editor published online ...
Oct 3, 2015
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(HealthDay)—The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has found that current evidence is insufficient for weighing the benefits and harms of iron deficiency screening and routine iron supplementation in pregnancy. ...
Sep 8, 2015
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Among women in a malaria-endemic region in Kenya, daily iron supplementation during pregnancy did not result in an increased risk of malaria, according to a study in the September 8 issue of JAMA. Iron supplementation did ...
Sep 8, 2015
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Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered MRI scanners, normally used to produce images, can steer cell-based, tumour busting therapies to specific target sites in the body.
Aug 18, 2015
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Early clinical trials of an innovative new therapeutic protein could one day lead to better treatment for anaemia of chronic disease patients.
Aug 12, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Pre-referral workup for gastroenterology and hepatology conditions can be optimized using Delphi methodology, according to research published online July 30 in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice.
Aug 9, 2015
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Is it possible that too much iron in infant formula may potentially increase risk for neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's in adulthood—and are teeth the window into the past that can help us tell? This and related ...
Jul 22, 2015
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Examining post-mortem tissue from the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, Stanford University School of Medicine investigators identified what appear to be iron-containing microglia—specialized scavenger cells that ...
Jul 20, 2015
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Proteins responsible for controlling levels of iron in the body also play an important role in combatting infection, according to a study published today in Cell Host & Microbe.
Jul 16, 2015
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