Beautiful, but dangerous

Obsolete but dangerous antacid preparations.

One case of acute hypercalcaemia and two of recurrent nephrolithiasis are reported in patients who had regularly consumed large amounts of calcium carbon-ate-sodium bicarbonate powders for more than 20 years. The powders had been obtained from pharmacists unknown to the patients' medical practitioners. It is suggested that these preparations were responsible for the patient's problems, and that...

Yersinia enterocolitica: A Dangerous, But Often Ignored, Foodborne Pathogen

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[Chylous leakage--rare but still dangerous complication after neck surgery].

UNLABELLED latrogenic damage to the thoracic duct or large blood vessels in the neck lymph nodes, the operations carried out in the lower regions of the neck, especially the left, unfortunately, it happens even in experienced hands, because their intersection is often required for resection. It is essential to early diagnosis of complications, the best time yet in operation, which will help pre...

De novo sphingolipid biosynthesis: a necessary, but dangerous, pathway.

Defensins: ancient but potentially dangerous weapons in the armoury.

The aphorism of Ecclesiastes that "there is no new thing under the sun" seems all too often to be irritatingly true; who has not had a "novel" idea that turned out to be "old hat"? The full quotation, read in context, seems to divine or explain the homologous and analogous forms found in the natural world, particularly now that structures are analysed at the molecular level. The defensins illus...