Organ transplantation treatment could improve for patients
By Hicbd
"Organ transplantation is mired in stagnant science and antiquated, imprecise medicine that fails patients and organ donors...Over the last almost four decades a toxic triad of immunosuppressive medicines — calcineurin inhibitors, antimetabolites, steroids — has remained essentially the same with limited exceptions. These transplant drugs (which must be taken once or twice daily for life, since rejection is an ongoing risk and the immune system will always regard a donor organ as a foreign invader) cause secondary diseases and dangerous conditions, including diabetes, uncontrollable high blood pressure, kidney damage and failure, serious infections and cancers. The negative impact on recipients is not offset by effectiveness: the current transplant medicine regimen does not work well over time to protect donor organs from immune attack and destruction."
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"Seeing time as a spiral creates forgiveness. Even as we move past a challenge, we should expect another version to return. This awareness gives us permission to grow without demanding perfection and opens up the longer journey toward mastery. Our struggles simply mark another loop on the climb."
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High-oxolate foods (spinach, beets, almonds) could cause kidney stones
By Hicbd
"If you eat or drink calcium-rich foods at the same time, they can help your body handle oxalate without turning it into a kidney stone. So pair your spinach salad with low-fat cheese. Or mix nuts or berries into yogurt. Drinking milk does not cause kidney stones."
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Restaurants could have stools / mini chairs / hooks for purses
By Hicbd
"So in some restaurants that have come up with what we think is the most acceptable solution to this modern-day dilemma: bag stools. You come in, the waiter pulls out a chair for you, and sets down a little stool next to you to place your purse on."
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Inactivated vaccines could increase mortality due to reduced immune response
By Hicbd
"Ongoing research suggests that non-specific effects of vaccines may depend on the vaccine, the vaccination schedule, and the sex of the infant. For example, one hypothesis suggests that all live attenuated vaccines reduce mortality more than explained by prevention of target infections, while all inactivated vaccines may increase overall mortality despite providing protection against the target disease. These effects may be long-lasting, at least up to the time point where a new type of vaccine is given. The non-specific effects can be very pronounced, with significant effects on overall mortality and morbidity."
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Cord clamping could be delayed in childbirth
By Hicbd
"For full-term infants, the benefits of delaying the clamping and cutting are that there is a decreased risk of iron deficiency anemia for the first six months of life. It is also important to note that while the baby is receiving blood from the umbilical cord, it acts as the body’s natural resuscitation system. If your baby is premature, it becomes even more critical for their health."
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Pakistan could spend less on defense / spending could be more accountable
By Hicbd
"But the army refuses to rein in the very expensive defence programmes that eat up a large part of the country's public budget, while the government asks for aid to feed the population and provide essential supplies...But in Pakistan, as usual, missiles and nuclear weapons count more; much more than the welfare of citizens. The army has no shortage of anything."
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) could be reduced as a pregnancy risk
By Hicbd
"Bafflingly, the majority of babies infected in the womb are unaffected, but an estimated 400 born with CMV die every year. Thousands more end up with hearing and vision loss, epilepsy, developmental delays, or microcephaly, in which the head and brain are unusually small....This creates a common scenario for congenital CMV: A toddler in day care brings CMV home and infects Mom, who is pregnant with a younger sibling."
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Indian women could not be defrauded by marriage / have to pay dowries
By Hicbd
"Thousands of Indian women have been abandoned by men working overseas, leaving them trapped in their in-laws’ homes and often defrauded of dowry money...Some women who have been left behind by husbands are victims of the unfulfilled promises of changing circumstances. Others, however, have been subjected to outright deceit, their families defrauded of dowries, honeymoon expenses and visa payments."
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Family courts / divorce courts could be corrupt
By Hicbd
"There have been a few cases in which judges were paid off, but most corruption involves the cottage industry of lawyers and mental health professionals that promote biased approaches designed to help wealthy abusers. In many cases attorneys for abusers, sometimes with the help of biased GALs manipulate the court to appoint biased and unscrupulous evaluators who often promote unscientific alienation theories. In some cases, the appearance of corruption is supported by judges trusting and failing to scrutinize professionals they have known for years and are considered friends or colleagues."
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