The effectiveness of child-resistant closures, required under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970, in reducing the incidence of accidental ingestion of aspirin and aspirin-containing products among children less than 5 years of age has been investigated. Data from Poison Control Centers and the National Center for Health Statistics were analyzed to determine the ingestion level before a...

purpose: to evaluate tear film status and refractive conditions during and one month after treatment of acne vulgaris with isotretinoin (accutane). methods: this prospective study was performed on 26 eyes of 13 known cases of acne vulgaris. all cases were referred by a dermatologist and were candidates for low dose isotretinoin (0.5 mg/kg). full anterior and posterior segment examination and ob...

Vata Gajendra Singha (VGS), an Ayurvedic preparation, is used in traditional medicine to treat rheumatoid arthritis the rural population. The effect of chronic administration (VGS) on hematological parameters was studied. acute test VGS recorded no death, even at highest dose 80 ml/ Kg body weight. During testing, animals were divided into three groups. first two groups given preparation a low ...

recombinant human erythropoietin (rh-epo) is known to accelerate erythropoiesis in preterm infants. the purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of early treatment with two doses of rh-epo (high vs. low dose) in the management of anemia of prematurity. twenty preterm infants with hematocrit (hct) < 30% when infant’s age was between 2 to 3 weeks after birth or hct <25% when infant’...

Abstract Low-dose exposure to ionizing radiation is increasingly common in medical, industrial, and public settings worldwide. Previous studies examining the impacts of low-dose (LDR) on genetic material, cellular responses, health have been inconclusive conflicting. The National Academy Science, Engineering Medicine has outlined that future LDR research should utilize single-cell omics technol...

BACKGROUND Reducing side effects of immunosuppressive regimens has become a priority in transplantation medicine because of the large number of patients and grafts that succumb to infection in the short term and cardiovascular disease in the long term. The Symphony study was a 12-month prospective, randomized, open-label, multi-centre, four parallel arm study that aimed to evaluate the safety a...