Antibiotics and probiotics

Platelet Mab rDNA

Platelet Factors

Platelet dysfunction

Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Dysfunction

Probiotic Action Explains New Study from the Utah State University on how Probiotics May Help Weight Loss

Miami, FL (PRWEB) March 10, 2013 With recent developments finding new uses for probiotics, many universities and laboratories are exploring how balancing good and bad bacteria in our system can af...

FDA approves Glaxo-Ligand platelet drug for hepatitis C patients

(Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc said U.S. health regulators had approved its drug Promacta for the additional use of treating hepatitis C patients with a low platelet count who are unable to undergo s...

New System For Regulating Probiotics Is Necessary

In order to better inform American and European consumers about probiotics, a Category Tree system should be implemented, states Dr. Gregor Reid, Director of the Canadian R&D Center for Probiotics at...

Prediction of early death among patients enrolled in phase I trials: development and validation of a new model based on platelet count and albumin

Probiotics: From Bench to Market

An Annals meeting report on the Academy one-day conference “Probiotics: From Bench to Market”, convened by the New York Academy of Sciences on June 11, 2010 with the goal of stimulating discussion...

Investigators examine effectiveness of probiotics for cancer treatment

One may not think of probiotics -- like those found in yogurt that promote good digestive health -- as a weapon used in the fight against cancer. But that is the focus of investigators at The Cancer I...

Probiotics in the Management of IBS and IBD

This new study investigates the effect of probiotics on both IBS and IBD. Do they help to treat 1 or both of these gastrointestinal diseases? Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

New Research Suggests Probiotics May Lower Cholesterol, Probiotic Action Reports with Insight from the New York Times

Miami, FL (PRWEB) March 07, 2013 While Anaerobic Probiotics, which are ingested, have been used for years to aid in digestion, and promote intestinal function and topical/aerobic probiotics have ga...

Predictive factors for platelet count after laparoscopic splenectomy in cirrhotic patients.

PURPOSE: The purpose of our study was to investigate predictive factors for platelet count at 1 month after splenectomy in patients with liver cirrhosis....

Elevation of Platelet Count in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Predicts Tendency to Metastases and Poor Prognosis.

Backgrounds/Aims: Thrombocytosis had been found to be associated with tumor metastasis and poor prognosis in malignant tumors including colorectal cancer (CRC). In the present study, we investigated t...

Platelet kinetics after slow versus standard transfusions: A pilot study.

Abstract Background. Platelet transfusion is required in the acute phase of some thrombocytopenic disorders in order to prevent potentially dangerous hemorrhages.The purpose of this study was to asses...

Prognostic significance of the combined use of preoperative platelet count and serum carcinoembryonic antigen level in non-small-cell lung cancer.

PURPOSE: The prognostic significance of the combined use of preoperative platelet count and serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level in non-small-cell lung cancer patients was investigated. METHODS:...

Mean platelet volume/platelet count ratio as a predictor of long-term mortality after non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

Previous studies reported an association between elevated mean platelet volume (MPV) and post-myocardial infarction mortality. This study explores the association between long-term mortality after non...