| Patients are told bone grafts could have come from stolen US cadavers | | Posted Saturday, September 23, 2006 10:56:52 PM by Blog57 Team | | Dozens of patients around the country were yesterday being told by their doctors that their bone grafts could have come from cadavers stolen in the United States. Bone and tissue supplied by Biomedical Tissue Services in New Jersey has been recalled amid an investigation by the US authorities into an alleged body-snatching ring. The body of the broadcaster Alastair Cooke, who died in March 2004, was among more than 1,000 cadavers said to have been illegally sold in a scam which involved a Brooklyn funeral home. The US authorities have said the corpses were not fully tested for disease. Some 25 hospitals in the UK have known that they unwittingly used bone grafts which may have come from stolen cadavers since last October, when they were informed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA).... | |
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| | | Bisphosphonates to Treat Multiple Myeloma | | Posted Sunday, August 13, 2006 1:14:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | Regarding the use of bisphosphonates in treatment or prevention of bone diseases in Multiple Myeloma (MM), a consensus report has been issued by the Mayo Clinic's multiple myeloma (MM) research team. This report deals with several controversial issues, like the type of bisphosphonate to be used and the duration of such therapy. This is published in the August issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. "It was imperative that we address the issue that has been under recent intense debate due to patient safety concerns," said Martha Lacy, M.D., Mayo Clinic hematologist and lead author of the statement. "These drugs have far-ranging effects that raised concerns in the medical field, so we brought together the relevant specialists to develop a set of best practice recommendations. We published them in Mayo Clinic Proceedings in order to provide other physicians the benefit of our shared knowledge." The Mayo Clinic team provided recommendations for the myeloma patients for whom bisphosphonates are indicated.... | |
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| | | Family launches cancer treating idea | | Posted Saturday, July 15, 2006 10:57:27 AM by Blog57 Team | | While tinkering with PVC pipes, Pat Bohman wondered how she could help kids with cancer and life-threatening diseases at Children's Hospital in Denver. Then, just as if an I've-got-a-plan light bulb appeared over her head, she thought of an invention - a marshmallow launcher. That's right, a marshmallow launcher. At first glance it seems like a toy, a glorified spit-wad shooter to fling mini marshmallows at unsuspecting victims. But there is much more to the 12-inch, plastic pipe than first hits the eye. The Marshmallow Launcher is also a medical device - equipped to help children with respiratory problems and even cancer. .... | |
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