Blood

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Title:   Blood - we can't live without it!
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Blood is the fluid that keeps our bodies going. It is a transport system that carries oxygen and the essential chemicals to where they are needed in the body. At the same time it picks up the waste that the different parts of the body no longer need and delivers that waste to whichever part of the body is responsible for getting rid of it.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Household interventions for prevention of domestic lead exposure in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Lead poisoning is associated with adverse effects on development and behaviour in children. Many educational and environmental household interventions to prevent lead exposure in children have been studied. This review of 12 studies found that education...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Medicinal mishap: Neutropenia with quetiapine
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Quetiapine is an atypical antipsychotic drug with a similar chemical structure to clozapine and olanzapine. By November 2007 ADRAC had received two possible and eight probable case reports of neutropenia associated with quetiapine.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Blood in semen
Publisher:   Andrology Australia
Description:   Blood in semen is not uncommon and can appear as either a brownish or red colour in the semen. For most men it is painless, being noticed incidentally after ejaculation.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Media release. Plasma fractionation arrangements
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Commonwealth Government has announced that the processing of Australian blood for plasma products will remain in Australia.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Wholegrain cereals for coronary heart disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Wholegrain foods encompass a range of products and examples are wholegrain wheat, rice, maize and oats. The term wholegrain also includes milled wholegrains such as oatmeal and wholemeal wheat. The evidence found by this review is limited to wholegrain ...
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Eosinophilic oesophagitis
Publisher:   Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)
Description:   Eosinophilic oesophagitis results in an inflamed oesophagus, the muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach. Most cases are seen in people with other allergies such as hay fever and asthma. The frequency of eosinophilic oesophagitis appears to be increasing.
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Therapeutic monitoring of antiepileptic drugs for epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No evidence was found to indicate that the routine measurement of serum drug concentrations to inform drug dose adjustments is superior to drug dose adjustments made on clinical grounds alone in newly-diagnosed epilepsy patients treated with a single dr...
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Bone marrow
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Blood cells are made by bone marrow, which is a soft jelly - like substance found inside bone cavities. Diseases of the bone marrow tend to upset the making of blood cells. In some cases, a bone marrow transplant is the best treatment.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Status of the regulatory oversight of haematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A framework for cord blood has been developed with full input by the sector and ratified by the Therapeutic Goods Committee. The TGA will work with jurisdictions and other stakeholders to ensure a smooth transition for facilities which are currently not subject to regulation.
Date:   Nov 2005
Title:   Blood in the urine
Publisher:   Kidney Health Australia
Description:   Information on causes and tests for blood in the urine
Date:   Oct 2005
Title:   Intravenous immunoglobulin for Guillain-Barre syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Guillain-Barre syndrome is an uncommon disease of the peripheral nerves. It causes weakness, numbness and breathing difficulty. Receiving intravenous immunoglobulin (antibodies that have been purified from donated blood) speeds recovery from severe Guil...
Date:   Sep 2005
Title:   Multiple myeloma
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out all about multiple myeloma, a type of cancer affecting a mature form of white blood cell found in the bone marrow.
Date:   Aug 2005
Title:   Placental cord drainage after spontaneous vaginal delivery as part of the management of the third stage of labour
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Placental cord drainage in the management of third stage of labour can reduce the length of third stage of labour Placental cord drainage involves the clamping and cutting of the umbilical cord after delivery of the baby but, afterwards, immediately unc...
Date:   Jun 2005
Title:   Chitosan for overweight or obesity
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Overweight and obesity are common health conditions worldwide but there are few effective treatments. Chitosan is a widely available dietary supplement that claims to aid weight loss and blood cholesterol levels. Trials of chitosan to date have varied c...
Date:   May 2005
Title:   Recombinant growth hormone therapy for X-linked hypophosphatemia in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Standard treatment of X-linked hypophosphatemia can heal rickets but does not always raise the level of phosphates in the blood or return growth levels to normal. It is unclear whether combining human growth hormone therapy with standard treatment impro...
Date:   Nov 2004
Title:   Prophylactic platelet transfusion for haemorrhage after chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review was undertaken to determine the best use of platelet transfusion for the prevention of bleeding (prophylactic platelet transfusion) in patients who have haematological malignancies and are receiving intensive chemotherapy or stem cell tra...
Date:   Jul 2004
Title:   Guideline for the preparation of Technical Master Files for blood, blood components and haematopoietic progenitor cells
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Guideline describes the scope, detail and depth of information required for Technical Master Files to demonstrate the safety and quality of blood, blood components and haematopoietic progenitor cells.
Date:   Jul 2004
Title:   Oximetry
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Patients at risk of hypoxaemia may need continuous monitoring of their oxygenation. Nowadays relatively cheap and reliable oximeters have revolutionised the in vivo monitoring of patients' oxygenation during a wide range of critical clinical situations.
Date:   Dec 2003
Title:   Leukaemia.
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Leukaemia is cancer of the white blood cells in the bone marrow.
Date:   Aug 2003
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