arms, feet, legs, head) to protect vital organs. This may well be only a temporary measure. The recent discovery about a hidden transportation highway means that toxins lodged at the extremities today may be transported to the brain or vital organs tomorrow. ...
The chemical theory of the pathogenesis of the uraemic syndrome begins with Prévost and Dumas (1), who discovered in 1821 that removal of the kidneys leads to a rise in blood urea concentration. Since that time it has been assumed that the clinical features of uraemia are caused by retention...
A strain of bacteria found in human intestines, Serratia marcescens, has been linked to white pox disease, one of a host of infectious ailments that have swept through coral reefs in the Florida Keys and elsewhere. The germ appears to come from leaky septic tanks, cesspits and other sources ...
The Salton Sea (SS) is the largest inland body of water in California: surface area 980 km2, volume 7.3 million acre-feet, 58 km long, 14–22 km wide, maximum depth 15 m. Located in the southeastern Sonoran desert of California, it is 85 m below sea level at its lowest point. It...
Blooms of toxin-producing Microcystis aeruginosa occur regularly in freshwater systems throughout California, but until recently potential impacts in the coastal ocean have been largely ignored. Twenty-one sites in and around Monterey Bay were surveyed for evidence of microcystin toxin (2010–2011) at...
How is facelift surgery performed? A traditional facelift procedure is performed through an incision starting in the hair or hairline above and front of the ear (the temporal region). The incision is extended downward in front of the ear or along the inside of the tragus, comes under the ear...
powder” on the advice of a traveler who said it would help her epilepsy. “After that the patient experienced a prickly sensation or slight pains in the inside of the hands and soles of the feet, and when she walked she thought she felt something like needles between...
Once the entire volume of HPLC-grade methanol has passed through the resin, the elution and sampling process is completed and the gas (air) compressor can be turned off and the sampling column removed and discarded, if necessary. Although preferred embodiments of the invention have been described...
can be applied to the environment of the pest. The bait may be applied liberally since the toxin does not affect animals or humans. Product may also be formulated as a spray or powder. Pests pick the product up on their feet or abdomen and carry it back to the nest where other pests ...
By “transdermal” drug delivery or “topical administration” is meant administration of a drug to the skin surface of an individual so that the drug passes through the skin tissue. The terms “transdermal” and “topical” are intended to include “transmucosal” drug administration, i.e., ad...