‘One story ends and another begins’

One life ends, another begins: Management of a brain-dead pregnant mother-A systematic review-

BACKGROUND An accident or a catastrophic disease may occasionally lead to brain death (BD) during pregnancy. Management of brain-dead pregnant patients needs to follow special strategies to support the mother in a way that she can deliver a viable and healthy child and, whenever possible, also be an organ donor. This review discusses the management of brain-dead mothers and gives an overview of...

HIF3A association with adiposity: the story begins before birth

AIM Determine if the association of HIF3A DNA methylation with weight and adiposity is detectable early in life. MATERIAL & METHODS We determined HIF3A genotype and DNA methylation patterns (on hybridization arrays) in DNA extracted from umbilical cords of 991 infants. Methylation levels at three CpGs in the HIF3A first intron were related to neonatal and infant anthropometry and to genotype ...

Could this be another story of montage?

provided the original work is properly cited. CC In October 1996, the bispectral index monitor (BIS) was introduced to anesthesiologists as a reliable brain function monitor that allowed anesthetic titration over the complete range of cortical activity [1]. In January 2004, the BIS received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for reducing the incidence of intraoperative awareness during...

Predictive Medicine: The Story of Odds and Ends

Introduction Some years ago in a stimulating, and at times irritating, book entitled "Apes, Men and Morons," anthropologist Earnest A. Hooten made the comment that it is a very short-visioned medical science which works backward from the autopsy table, rather than forward from the cradle. He sees no bright future for scientific achievement in the healing arts by limiting its responsibility to r...

One Mother's Heart Story.