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New Treatment Protocol For Previously Untreatable Multiple Myeloma Using Selinexor

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 22, 2019

Multiple myeloma is a cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell. It is the second form of mostly diagnosed type of blood cancer and very often becomes resistant to various existing treatments and become untreatable. Fortunately, Mount Sinai researchers have found a new type of therapy to be effective for patients with this particular type of blood bone marrow can...

Liver Cancer Incidence Reduced By Lipophilic Statins

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 21, 2019

Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and Harvard University, Boston, US have discovered through a study that lipophilic statins were associated with significantly reduced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence and mortality. Approximately 1.5 million cases of HCC are diagnosed worldwide each year, related primarily to chronic infection with hepatitis B virus or hepatit...

Cold Plasma, The New Space Age Protocol For Treating Cancer

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 20, 2019

The US FDA has approved the first ever clinical trial involving the use of cold plasma technology to treat cancer using equipment designed by a leading aerospace engineer. Cold plasma is a partially ionised gas comprising ions, electrons, ultraviolet photons and reactive neutrals such as radicals, excited and ground-state molecules but only about one particle out of 1 ∙ 109 is ionized. ...

Common Over The Counter (OTC) Diarrhea Drug, Loperamide Linked to Serious Cardiac Issues

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 19, 2019

Loperamide, sold under the brand name Imodium, is a oral medication used to decrease the frequency of diarrhea. It is often used for this purpose in gastroenteritis and also in inflammatory bowel disease. Loperamide or Immodium (In Thailand there are many generic versions of it with various packagings and brands) Unfortunately, the drug is not regulated and easily available at pharmacies withou...

US FDA Issues Warnings About Dangers Of Bogus ‘Miracle Mineral Solution’ Sold Online

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 18, 2019

The US FDA has made announcements warning the public against purchasing or consuming a bogus but dangerous product sold online known as Miracle Mineral Solution(MMS) as a result of a high number of cases of health issues that arose from consumers who bought and drank it across several states the last few months. There has already been a number of cases of fatality and police are already inve...

Bumrungrad Showcases Its Excellent ICU Services

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 18, 2019

Bumrungrad Hospital recently organized an event for members of the media to visit and understand about Bumrungrad ICU Units and how they were operated. The members of the media were briefed as to the latest equipment and technology that were deployed at these ICU units and also the standard of medical services provided and also were briefed as to what makes Bunmrungrad stand out in terms of servic...

Studies Show Need To Monitor Blood Uric Acid Levels Routinely

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 17, 2019

A new study shows that Medical Doctors have not been paying sufficient attention to blood uric acid levels and perhaps they should, considering that about 20 percent or more of the global population have elevated levels of uric acid in their blood. Few people ever get their blood uric acid levels measured and in most routine blood tests for glucose and cholesterol, doctors and hospitals never even...

Pretomanid Approved By US FDA For Newly Emerging Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 16, 2019

The US FDA announced this week the approval of pretomanid tablets as part of a 3 drug combo protocol for the treatment regimen for the most deadly strain of tuberculosis which is fast spreading globally with increasing occurrence rates. Pretomanid (PA-824) tablets were approved to be used as part of a three drug combination protocol along with bedaquiline and linezolid in patients with extensive ...