Ketamine: A Magic Remedy

From an old remedy to a magic bullet: molecular mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects of arsenic in fighting leukemia.

Arsenic had been used in treating malignancies from the 18th to mid-20th century. In the past 3 decades, arsenic was revived and shown to be able to induce complete remission and to achieve, when combined with all-trans retinoic acid and chemotherapy, a 5-year overall survival of 90% in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia driven by the t(15;17) translocation-generated promyelocytic leuke...

A Remedy for Biodeterioration: Zingiber officinale Roscoe. Oil

In our study, bioactivity of essential oil extracted from Ginger (Zingiber officinaleRoscoe.) that belongs to family Zingiberaceae was analyzed. Ginger rhizome oil was found to be effective against a range of bio-deteriogens. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) value was determined by Poisoned Food Technique and Volatile Activity Assay. The study demonstrates that essential oil had a wid...

A New Remedy for Dysentery

We have been favoured by the Surgeon-General, Indian Medical Department, with the perusal of papers relating to a remedy which promises to rival Ipecacuanha in its power over acute dysentery. The credit of bringing this remedy to notice belongs to AssistantSurgeon Umrito Lall Deb, attached to the Howrah General Hospital. In December 1876 SurgeonMajor K. Bird, M. D., Civil Surgeon of Howrah, sub...

Green tea: a tea or a remedy?

A comparison of sedation quality with midazolam-ketamine versus propofol-ketamine during Phacoemulsification surgery

Background: Phacoemulsification surgery is one of the most common surgeries in the world. Various drugs have been used alone or in combination with each other to provide effective and safe sedation in patients, but so far, a drug method agreed upon by anesthesiologists has not been proposed. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the sedative quality of midazolam or propofol with a low do...