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Treating Alzheimer's with Antipsychotic Drugs
Staff WriterAntipsychotic drugs, which have been traditionally administered to mentally ill patients with psychosis (such as schizophrenia), are now being prescribed for some people with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Concerns about potentially dangerous side effects have...Tags: Symptoms, Schizophrenia, Mental Health, Medical Research, Bipolar Disorder
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Clement A. Finch dies at 94; pioneering hematologist
Dr. Clement A. Finch, a University of Washington hematologist who became known as Mr. Iron because of his pioneering research on the metabolism of that crucial metal, died June 28 at his home in La Jolla. He was 94, and the cause of death was not...Tags: Research, Washington (U.S. state), Anemia, Hospitals and Clinics, Seattle
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Rehabilitated sea turtles rescued from Gulf oil spill are released in Florida waters
L.A. UnleashedCEDAR KEY, Fla. — The first rehabilitated turtles oiled by BP's massive leak were released back into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, with scientists saying that animals taken in by rescuers -- including birds -- appear more resilient than...... -
Dr. Jean Dausset dies at 92; scientist's discovery made tissue typing for transplants possible
Dr. Jean Dausset, the French Nobel laureate who discovered the human leukocyte antigen, or HLA, system on human tissue that made tissue typing for transplants possible, died June 6 in Mallorca, Spain. He was 92. The HLA antigens are molecules on the...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Children, Science and Technology, Bone Marrow, DNA
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What is sickle cell trait?
Sentinel staffWhat is sickle cell trait? People with sickle cell trait have one flawed gene that affects the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to the body's tissues and organs. Sickle cell trait is not the same as sickle cell anemia, a more serious...Tags: Sickle Cell Disease, Sports, Health and Safety at School, Death
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Assemblyman fights for life-saving bill
Jordan Serwin was 2 when his parents learned the La Cañada Flintridge boy had leukemia. He was 6 when an unusual treatment, a transplant of blood cells from an umbilical cord and placenta of a woman in New York, stopped the disease and set his life on a...Tags: University of California, Sports, University of California, Los Angeles, Soccer, Politics
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Rodent of the Week: Mixing young blood with old
Booster ShotsAs we age, cells do not replicate as efficiently and lose their ability to repair damage. That leads to disease and physical decline. There is still no way to reverse aging, but researchers in Boston this week announced that it...... -
Stem Cells in the Bank -- for What, It's Not Yet Known
Times Staff WriterThe courier arrived just after midnight with a bag of blood collected from a fresh umbilical cord. Inside the laboratory at Family Cord Blood Services in Santa Monica, a worker siphoned off red cells, leaving a dilute mixture of stem cells — a...Tags: Moving and Storage, Liver, California, Children, Medical Procedures and Tests
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'DON'T LET ME DIE'
Sun reporterPfc. Caleb A. Lufkin landed on the helipad at about 12:30 p.m., screaming at the sky as a small all-terrain vehicle carried him past the palm trees and concrete bunkers to the emergency room. Doctors inside cut off his blood-covered boots and prepared...Tags: Surgery, Bombings, Politics, Gurnee, Children
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Army medicine: Untested in battle
Baltimore Sun reporterThe U.S. Army has quietly altered or abandoned some of its more experimental medical treatments for troops injured in combat, as advances it once hailed as groundbreaking are foundlargely ineffective or perhaps even dangerous. Advanced battle dressings,...Tags: Research, Surgery, Censorship, Politics, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Plancher family member says he never mentioned sickle-cell trait diagnosis
Sentinel Staff WritersUCF officials say they notified football player Ereck Plancher that he tested positive for sickle-cell trait as part of a team physical exam. They also say they monitored his activities in workouts. But family members and friends told the Orlando...Tags: Sports, Symptoms, Health and Safety at School, Florida State University, Athletes
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Athletes can be saved when sickle-cell trait is triggered
Sentinel Staff WriterSix college football players -- including UCF freshman Ereck Plancher -- have died from complications related to sickle-cell trait since 2000, prompting medical experts to emphasize the best treatment options for athletes who carry the trait. Sickle-cell...Tags: Sickle Cell Disease, Sports, Symptoms, Health and Safety at School, Hospitals and Clinics
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