Hepatitis C News Nov 21: Murder in Your Hospital ?

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  • Sunday, November 21, 2010
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Murder in Your Hospital
By George Lundberg, MD, Editor-at-Large, MedPage Today
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Lawrencia Bembenek, the former Playboy Club waitress turned police officer turned famed escaped-convict-on-the-loose, has died. She was 52.
Laurie, had health problems that included hepatitis C and liver and kidney failure, her sister, Colette Bembenek, told the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel.
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Condom Use Acceptable In Exceptional Circumstances, Says Pope Benedict XVI
Written by Christian NordqvistThe Vatican's rigid anti-contraception stance has eased ever so slightly after the Pope Benedict XVI accepted yesterday that in exceptional circumstances condom use is acceptable...
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Discovery in how HIV thwarts the body’s natural defense opens up new target for drug therapies
November 19, 2010
CHICAGO — Natural killer cells are major weapons in the body’s immune system. They keep the body healthy by knocking off tumors and cells infected with viruses, bombarding them with tiny lethal pellets. But natural killer cells are powerless agai…
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FDA Warns Against Quinine for Cramps
What do you do when no one pays attention to your guidelines? Issue them again. That was the approach taken by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) July 8 after it noticed that most of the quinine being prescribed in the United States isn't for the approved indication — uncomplicated malaria — but, rather, for leg cramps. Taking quinine (marketed by AR Scientific as Qualaquin) may result in serious and life-threatening hematologic adverse effects, the FDA said. The statement reiterated a 2006 warning about the off-label use of this drug that apparently fell on deaf ears.
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Stem Cells
Nature Medicine
Researchers have found that by mimicking a rare genetic disorder in a dish, they can rewind the internal clock of a mature cell and drive it back into an adult stem-cell stage. National Institutes of Health

Transplant News
Team Uncovers Mechanism Behind Organ Transplant Rejection
UCLA researchers have pinpointed the culprit behind chronic rejection of heart, lung and kidney transplants. Published in the Nov. 23 edition of Science Signaling, their findings suggest new therapeutic approaches for preventing transplant rejection and sabotaging cancer growth.

Other Health News
Protein in the urine: A warning sign for cognitive decline
This press release highlights the following two studies about the impact of protein in the urine on cognitive decline: "Small Amounts of Urinary Protein Predict More Rapid Cognitive Decline in Elderly Women" and "Urinary Protein Excretion Increases Risk of Cognitive Impairment."
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