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Review of Optometry - Phakic IOLs: the LASIK alternative; here’s an option for those who want refractive surgery. (Research Review).(Brief Article)

admin — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:41:04 +0000

At one time LASIK was the only option available to refractive surgery candidates. We thought we could refer every potential refractive surgery candidate for LASIX, but as more patients had this procedure, the more scrutinizing we became.
Today, we know that we must critically evaluate many factors in predicting a candidate’s success with LASIK: pupil size, corneal thickness and surface, lid pathology, tear posture, patient expectations and systemic health among them.

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These criteria have helped us determine that LASIK is not suitable for many candidates.
Yet, there is a …

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Review of Optometry - Have beta-blockers breathed their last? Beta-blockers are a mainstay of therapy. But we monitor pulmonary function for safety.(Glaucoma Grand Rounds)

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:21:02 +0000

A 61-year-old black female glaucoma patient, previously managed with beta-blockers, requires medical intervention for airway obstructive disease.
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The patient initially presented to me in 1997 at age 54 with a diagnosis of open-angle glaucoma O.U., for which she was medicated with Betoptic S (betaxolol, Alcon) 1 drop qhs O.U. She had been on this regimen for about five years prior.

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She also was on both Calan (verapamil, Pfizer) qd and Lasix (furosemide, Aventis) qd to control hypertension. She reported no allergies to medications. Family history …

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AFP - Mayorga tested positive after loss to de la Hoya - report

admin — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:11:04 +0000

LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — Nicaraguan Ricardo Mayorga reportedly faces a ban and fine for testing positive for a banned diuretic after losing to Oscar de la Hoya.
According the Las Vegas Review-Journal report, the Nevada Athletic Commission could impose a suspension and take a portion of Mayorga’s share of the pay-per-view profits from Saturday’s title bout, which de la Hoya won here by stopping the champion in the sixth round.
Mayorga tested positive for Furosemide, better known as Lasix, the newspaper reported.

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Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) - After changing lifestyle, cardiac patient plans for future.(Health & Fitness)

admin — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:41:03 +0000

Barbara Malkowski wants to see her 3 1/2-year-old grandson graduate from college. So every morning the 53-year-old Glendale Heights resident counts out eight pills: Vasotec to control her blood pressure, Lanoxin to regulate her heart beat, Atacand, another heart medication, Lopid to control her cholesterol level, Lasix to alleviate water retention, Glucotrol to help control her diabetes, a woman’s vitamin and a calcium tablet.

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Malkowski has lipid disease, a condition resulting in above- normal levels of fat in her blood. For Malkowski, that meant excess fats deposited in her blood …

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AAP Sports News (Australia) - Fen: Italian fencer Baldini to miss Beijing after drugs test

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Fen: Italian fencer Baldini to miss Beijing after drugs test

ROME, Aug 1 AFP - Italy’s world number one foil fencer Andrea Baldini, one of the favourites

to win gold at the Beijing Olympics, has failed a drugs test, the Italian fencing federation

(FIS) announced today.

The 22-year-old controlled positive for the banned diuretic furosemide at the European

Championships in Kiev last month.

Baldini will miss the Games and be replaced in the Italian fencing squad by Andrea Cassara.

Furosemide is more commonly known as Lasix and …
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Skin & Allergy News - Top 10 drugs mentioned during office visits in 2001

admin — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:06:07 +0000

DATA WATCH

Top 10 Drugs Mentioned During Office Visits in 2001

Millions of Mentions

Lipitor 21.2
Celebrex 17.6
Vioxx 15.3
Claritin 14.6
Lasix 13.8
Synthroid 13.7
Premarin 13.0
Tylenol 12.6
Prednisone 12.2
Albuterol sulfate 12.0

Note: Based on a random sample of about 1,236 physicians
who reported on a typical workweek.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Note: Table made from bar graph.

Topeka Capital-Journal, The - sports in brief

admin — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:21:04 +0000

Local & state: Musgrave, Scott named to Lowe’s All-America
Rob Musgrave of Wichita State and Brett Scott of Kansas State were named to the first team All-Senior All-America team presented by Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award.
Musgrave, a left-handed pitcher from Carbondale, finished the 2008 season with a 12-1 record and a 2.51 ERA.
Scott, a Manhattan native, was named an Academic All-American the last two years.
Others on the first team are Josh Meents, Air Force; Charlie Mellies, Wake Forest, and Cole St. Clair, Rice.
University of Kansas junior Eric Fattig was named to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Cross Country and Track and Field teams on Monday, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

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Fattig is an engineering major and has maintained a 4.0 grade point average throughout his career at KU.
Basketball: Nuggets suspend star forward for two games
The Denver Nuggets have suspended NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony for the first two games of next season for his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol in April. The announcement by the team Monday comes a day before Anthony is scheduled to enter a plea in the case.
Two former Duquesne basketball players are suing the school over a 2006 shooting that injured them and three other teammates. Kojo Mensah and Shawn James accuse the university of negligence in the on- campus incident. They are seeking punitive damages.
Rasual Butler, a guard for the New Orleans Hornets, has been charged with flashing a loaded gun near a South Florida nightclub.
A witness told investigators that Butler pulled out a gun near a South Beach club early Monday, according to a Miami Beach police report.
Aaron McKie, a former NBA player, tried to buy two guns despite being under a protection-from-abuse order. Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Ferman says McKie failed to disclose the protection order when he applied to buy the guns in April.
Tennis: Favorites advance
with ease at Wimbledon
Novak Djokovic was just getting his bearings when a powerful lefty took five straight games from him to even their match at a set apiece.
He wasn’t playing Rafael Nadal, however, and Djokovic regrouped to win his first-round match at Wimbledon.
No. 3-ranked Djokovic conceded only one point in the first three games of the third set and went on to 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 victory over Michael Berrer
Roger Federer has opened his bid for a sixth consecutive Wimbledon title with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win over Slovakia’s Dominik Hrbaty.
Federer won the first eight points Monday to set the tone in the opening match on Centre Court against his former doubles partner and dominated throughout the 1-hour, 19-minute match.
Two-time champion Serena Williams has opened her Wimbledon campaign with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi in the opening match on Court 1.
Football: Super Bowl champ fills gap on Fox pregame show
Michael Strahan is taking his gap-toothed grin to Fox.
The charismatic former New York Giants defensive end, who retired earlier this month, will join the network’s NFL pregame show, a person with knowledge of the hiring confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday. The person requested anonymity because the announcement had not yet been made. Fox is scheduled to hold a news conference Tuesday.
Cedric Benson, former Chicago Bears running back, was ordered Monday to install an ignition-lock breath tester in his car after he was charged with drunken driving.
Travis County Court-at-Law Judge Elisabeth Earle ordered him to install the device within 72 hours as a condition of his bail at a pretrial hearing. The device prevents the car from starting if it detects alcohol.
Carolina Panthers receiver Dwayne Jarrett pleads guilty to driving while impaired.
Jarrett surrendered his driver’s license and was ordered to pay $420 in court costs and to perform 24 hours of community service.
Jared Lorenzen, a backup quarterback, was waived by the New York Giants on Monday, a little more than a month before the Super Bowl champions open training camp.
General: Big Brown owner taking horse off steroids
The co-owner of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown said his stable will be drug free by the end of the year, and is encouraging other horse owners to follow suit.
Michael Iavarone said IEAH Stables will take its horses off steroids and every other racing medication besides Lasix in an effort to restore the public’s confidence in the sport.
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Bad Haircut

admin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:16:02 +0000

I now hold the record for the longest consecutive streak of bad haircuts since the invention of the sheep shears in 1,000 BC. Since the age of 3, I have experienced 378 bad haircuts in a row, and have the 379th scheduled for next week, God willing.
I blame no one but myself. I am cursed with wavy hair and cowlicks –a combination so volatile and unpredictable, I actually carry a doctor’s prescription for a hat.
If I wore a crew cut, this article wouldn’t be necessary. It’s not a look that works for me. I tried one when I was 23. Fifteen minutes after I walked out of the barbershop, I was standing in a police lineup accused of robbing a string of gas stations in Oklahoma.
I have to keep my hair a little longer to avoid the career criminal look but short enough so people don’t assume I work clown parties on the weekends.
I’m a barber’s worst nightmare because I’m not a crew cut guy. They enjoy giving crew cuts because all they need is a pair of clippers and a little conversation. There’s no finesse in crew cuts, no risks. Whenever I sink into the chair, they automatically reach for the clippers and when I tell them I just want a trim, they start looking at my head like it’s the Manhattan Project. It’s not uncommon to have three barbers looking at my head at the same time, like baseball managers standing around the pitcher’s mound deciding whether to try a little pep talk or send for the reliever. I’ve had barbers spontaneously retire while I sat in their chairs. One even tried to convince me that I’d be better off cutting it myself.
My quest for a decent haircut has taken me around the country. I’ve tried barbers and hairdressers in hotels, airports, in vacation cities - even at a barber college where the cuts are free because the kids are in training. I figured a barber college would be an excellent place to get a good, well-executed haircut because the kids would be so excited about entering a new profession.
I scheduled an appointment at a local college and the dean assigned me to a young woman named Ingrid who was actually the class valedictorian. She truly was an artist. Half way through my haircut, which was looking spectacular, she received a letter from the board of regents notifying her that her graduate thesis on the benefits of washing a customer’s hair after a haircut to remove the excess clippings would not be published. She ran out of the salon in tears followed by her concerned classmates and I found myself walking home with half the best haircut I ever had in my life. Believe me, I was tempted to keep it that way.
I’ve done some duplicitous things in search of a decent haircut. Even lying. Whenever I sit down in the chair of a new barber or hairdresser, the first thing out of my mouth is, “I’m getting married this Saturday, and I really need this haircut to look good.” Once I made the mistake of using the same marriage line on a barber I had been to before. He looked at me coldly and said, “I thought you told me you were getting married last year.”
“I did,” I said. “But when my fianc took one look at the haircut you gave me a year ago, she called the whole thing off.”
With all the technology that is available, I don’t know why I can’t get a decent haircut. It seems like those Lasix machines they use to correct vision would work if they made a couple of adjustments. You probably wouldn’t have to do much more than mount one inside a helmet type device. I don’t know that I’d trust a barber to use one of those but if you were a licensed eye doctor looking for a competitive edge you could offer corrective eye surgery and a haircut for one, all inclusive price.
In my experience, getting a good haircut isn’t a matter of price either. I’ve paid as little as $8 and as much as $75 for bad haircuts, and the only difference between the inexpensive salons and the expensive ones is that sometimes you can get a glass of organic juice.
The average scalp has 100,000 hairs. Approximately 50,000 of mine grow in different directions. Maybe what I need is a comb made from the bone of an old sheepdog.

Hoodia Weight Loss Supplements Are The Hot Product Of Today.

admin — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:21:04 +0000

Hoodia weight loss is available in several forms and in many incarnations. A lot has been written about Hoodia diet pills lately. Hoodia weight loss is most effective if you exercise so you can also shape your body. An overdose of Hoodia gordonii can lead to starvation, so be sure to take only small doses from time to time. Hoodia weight loss is what people believe and are known to be really worth having these products. It works by stopping the desire for the food.
Hoodia weight loss is becoming a favorite way to stave off a desire to eat by many who want to drop pounds without enduring the depression of feeling hungry. The plant that is used to create hoodia diet pills and supplements is known for its ability to take in the brain into thinking the body is full. Hoodia weight loss is be as small as a no prescription lasix in her mouth no queasy stomach and no racing. Ginseng used since ancient plant of the Kalahari Desert herb that helps increase energy. Hoodia weight loss is a simple method. Pregnancy lactation There is no concern known with the pregnancy and lactation.
Hoodia weight loss supplements are the hot product dieters around the world are talking about these days. Although hoodia’s popularity is only growing, the question remains, does everyone lose weight with this product? Hoodia weight loss products promise lasting results naturally. It starts with the natural substance hoodia gordonii , which reduces interest in food and makes you feel full quickly.
Research it thoroughly and or consult with an appropriately qualified practitioner or expert. If you are taking prescription drugs, or have a medical condition check with an appropriately qualified practitioner before using herbs medicinally. Researchers in Germany recently measured the resting metabolism of 14 men and women before and after they drank 16 ounces of water. It took only 10 minutes for their metabolism to rise.
Studies done in Leicester, England have shown that people using the hoodia reduce their calorie intake by up to 1,000 calories a day. When you put that into pounds lost it could equate up to 4-6 pounds a week. Studies with hoodia gordonii are being conducted at this time. A preliminary report in the news media which we can’t find in medical journals indicates that hoodia gordonii diet pill is able to suppress appetite in humans.
Reports detail that Hoodia’s P57 tricks the brain into feeling full. To date, limited animal studies have not shown any adverse side effects with hoodia. Reports show that hoodia may literally switch your appetite off and make you feel fuller. It is believed that the chemical compounds of hoodia gordonii may release a compound similar to glucose but much stronger reducing the appetite.
Scientists believe that this molecule in hoodia fools the body into believing that it has just eaten. Hoodia is the most effective natural appetite suppressant on the market. This is essentially how hoodia works and holds true even if you just have a small snack.

Blood Transfusion Reaction

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:51:02 +0000

What Causes it?

Hemolytic reactions (red blood cell rupture) follow transfusion of mismatched blood. Transfusion with incompatible blood triggers the most serious reaction, marked by intravascular clumping of red blood cells. The recipient’s antibodies (immunoglobulin G or M) adhere to the donated red blood cells, leading to widespread clumping and destruction of the recipient’s red blood cells and, possibly, the development of disseminated intravascular coagulation and other serious effects.

Transfusion with Rh-incompatible blood triggers a less serious reaction within several days to 2 weeks. Rh reactions are most likely in women sensitized to red blood cell antigens by prior pregnancy or by unknown factors, such as bacterial or viral infection, and in people who have received more than five transfusions.

Allergic reactions are fairly common but only occasionally serious. Febrile nonhemolytic reactions, the most common type of reaction. apparently develop when antibodies in the recipient’s plasma attack antIgens.

Bacterial contamination of donor blood, although fairly uncommon, can occur during donor phlebotomy. Also possible is contamination of donor blood with viruses (such as hepatitis), cytomegalovirus, and the organism causing malaria.

What are its Symptoms?

Immediate effects of hemolytic transfusion reaction develop within a few minutes or hours after the start of transfusion and may include chills, fever, hives, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, tightness in the chest, chest and back pain, low blood pressure. bronchospasm, angioedema, and signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis, shock, pulmonary edema, and congestive heart failure. In a person having surgery under anesthesia, these symptoms are masked, but blood oozes from mucous membranes or the incision.

Delayed hemolytic reactions can occur up to several weeks after transfusion, causing fever, an unexpected decrease in serum hemoglobin, and jaundice.

Allergic hemolytic reactions typically don’t cause a fever and are characterized by hives and angioedema, possibly progressing to cough, respiratory distress, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, vascular instability, shock, and coma.

The hallmark of febrile nonhemolytic reactions is a mild to severe fever that may begin when the transfusion starts or within 2 hours after its completion.

Bacterial contamination causes high fever, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps and, possibly, shock. Symptoms of viral contamination may not appear for several weeks after transfusion.

How is it Diagnosed?

Confirming a hemolytic transfusion reaction requires proof of blood incompatibility and evidence of hemolysis. When such a reaction is suspected, the person’s blood is retyped and crossmatched with the donor’s blood.

When bacterial contamination is suspected, a blood culture should be done to isolate the causative organism.

How is it Treated?

At the first sign of a hemolytic reaction, the transfusion is stopped immediately. Depending on the nature of the person’s reaction, the health care team may:

monitor vital signs every 15 to 30 minutes, watching for signs of shock

maintain an open intravenous line with normal saline solution, insert an indwelling urinary catheter, and monitor intake and output

cover the person with blankets to ease chills

deliver supplemental oxygen at low flow rates through a nasal cannula or hand-held resuscitation bag (called an Ambu bag)

administer drugs such as intravenous medications to raise blood pressure and normal saline solution to combat shock, Adrenalin to treat shortness of breath and wheezing, Benadryl to combat cellular histamine released from mast cells, corticosteroids to reduce inflammation, and Osmitrol or Lasix to maintain urinary function. Parenteral antihistamines and corticosteroids are given for allergic reactions (arlaphylaxis, a severe reaction, may require Adrenalin). Drugs to reduce fever are administered for febrile nonhemolytic reactions and appropriate intravenous antibiotics are given for bacterial contamination.