Diuretics Usage and Future Issues

Plasma-derived medicines: access and usage issues.

Background to plasma-derived medicines Although the first plasma-derived medicines were anti-toxins, raised in horses against pathogens (diphtheria, tetanus)1, the inception of plasma protein therapy occurred when Edwin Cohn developed his fractional ethanol precipitation scheme to isolate a stable albumin solution for the treatment of battle fi eld injury and blood loss2. The Cohn scheme yielde...

Stem cells: current usage and future potentials.

Radiation litigation: future issues.

Scientists and regulators have successfully been able to control exposures to man-made ionizing radiation so that mankind has been able to enjoy its vast benefits without experiencing the significant harm which would occur from high doses. However, thousands of lawsuits have been filed claiming that low occupational levels of ionizing radiation have caused cancer and other illnesses. It will be...

Map Usage in Virtual Environments: Orientation Issues

Navigation tasks in large virtual environments often call for the use of a virtual map. However, all maps are not alike. Performance on navigation tasks in general has been shown to vary depending on the orientation of the map with respect to the user's frame of reference. This paper reports the results of an experiment investigating orientation issues of virtual maps for use during navigation ...

Diuretics in the Clinic

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