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The Diarrhea

Defined as frequent, watery and loose bowel movements, diarrhea is alptly called “an inconvenience than an illness” because of its frequency and unpredictability. Diarrhea is the body’s way of eliminating viruses and bacteria brought by eating raw or undercooked foods. It is caused by bacteria and parasites that has ground its way in the body’s [...]

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Nilotinib Extends Leukemia Survival

Researchers reported that patients who lost response to imatinib (Gleevec) or were intolerant to imatinib were able to achieve at lest an 18 month survival with the second-line treatment with the second-line treatment with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor nilotinib (Tasigna). Patients had significant activity against chronic myelogenous leukemia after imatinib failure,” said expert, professor of [...]

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Impact Of Lamellar Keratoplasty On Eye Banking And Eye Donation

The advent of improved technology for lamellar keratoplasty has also had a significant impact on eye banking. We are now able to minimize the use of our tissue because even those corneas which we could not distribute before because of suboptimal endotheliums or inner layers, can now be distributed for ALK. This has increased the [...]

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