In an October 2008 issue of Neurosurgery scientists revealed that a new treatment known as Oxycyte may "improve cognitive recovery" and have protective effects on the brain's neurons among individuals who have suffered from a serious traumatic brain injury (TBI).
According to the study, conducted by individuals from Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, scientists divided injured animals into two groups, with one group receiving high doses of Oxycyte and 100 percent oxygen and another group receiving low doses of Oxycyte with 100 percent oxygen, while a control group received saline.
A study published in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of Psychopharmacology recently discovered that anti-depressants among traumatic brain injury victims who also suffered from symptoms of depression were found to be ineffective and requiring stronger or additional methods of therapy for treatment.
The study gave individuals with major depression who had been involved in a brain injury incident a treatment of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI).
According to a recent issue of the British medical journal, The Lancet, researchers have been studying the effect of chemotherapy on mesothelioma. Since chemotherapy is not considered a successful treatment for mesothelioma cancer, but rather a treatment for mesothelioma signs and symptoms medical professionals continue to debate the usefulness of the procedure on controlling symptoms.
A study released in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology recently found that calcium channel blocker drugs that are often given as a method of treatment for heart conditions, may reduce the effects of blood thinning drugs such as Plavix and other similar blood thinners.
What is a Blood Thinner?
The Texas Heart Institute explains that a blood thinner is a prescription drug that is used to decrease the following:
* heart attack
* stroke
* blockages in arteries
* clumps of blood (blood clots) that are forming, growing
Blood thinners are described as anticoagulants, which, despite that they are called blood thinners, actually do not thin the blood, but rather "decrease the blood's ability to clot and decreased clotting keeps fewer harmful blood clots from forming and from blocking blood vessels," according to the Texas Heart Institute's Heart Information Center.
Working in the construction industry can be a dangerous job, as the number of fatalities and injuries continue to rise and are accounting for one-third of all employment fatalities, according to the most recent 2007/2008 Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) statistics. However, one of the most dangerous and hidden killers of construction industry employees may actually be the development of mesothelioma cancer, according to an October 2008 issue of Contract Journal.
A recent study conducted by researchers from Cornell University concluded that the development of allergies may be the body's natural way of protecting itself from certain types of cancers.
The study included a reexamination of approximately 650 studies from the previous 50 years. The team found that, "inverse allergy-cancer associations are far more common with cancers of organ systems that come in direct contact with matter from the external environment -- the mouth and throat, colon and rectum, skin, cervix, pancreas and glial brain cells.
The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported in its October issue that if an infant is given an aggressive jaundice treatment early on, that infant will be less likely to suffer from a brain injury or neuro-developmental issues in the future, according to a study conducted by the University of Texas Medical School.
The study used information for approximately 1,974 infants who were put into one of two groups of either infants who received an early, aggressive treatment of phototherapy when their bilirubin levels reached 5 milligrams (mg)/dL and infants who received a conservative treatment of phototherapy for bilirubin levels reaching 8 mg/dL.
The research was published in a recent issue of the journal Cancer Research where details were reported including the fact that anywhere between 30 and 70 percent fewer cancer cells were effectively treated with chemotherapy upon the administration of vitamin C to cancer patients.
According to the study, mesothelioma cancer victims should be very aware of the potential risk of consuming vitamin C during chemotherapy treatments because achieving a positive outcome during mesothelioma treatments is difficult enough without additional setback.
The antibiotic Ketek (telithromycin), which treats upper respiratory infections, has recently been linked to liver disease among patients. Additionally, in an issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, there has been yet another potential complication of the drug including the development of drug-induced hepatitis.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Ketek from Sanofi-Aventis in 2004 to treat the following illnesses:
* acute bacterial infections
* chronic bronchitis
* acute bacterial sinusitis
* community-acquired pneumonia
Unfortunately, the drug was recently linked to severe liver failure and liver disease development among patients, however, because it also caused a case of drug-induced hepatitis, it may be critical for scientists and medical professionals to look further into the development of hepatitis as a potential side effect as well.
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