News tagged with haemorrhage

Bleeding

Bleeding, technically known as hemorrhaging or haemorrhaging (see American and British spelling differences) is the loss of blood or blood escape from the circulatory system. Bleeding can occur internally, where blood leaks from blood vessels inside the body or externally, either through a natural opening such as the vagina, mouth, nose, ear or anus, or through a break in the skin. Desanguination is a massive blood loss, and the complete loss of blood is referred to as exsanguination. Typically, a healthy person can endure a loss of 10–15% of the total blood volume without serious medical difficulties, and blood donation typically takes 8–10% of the donor's blood volume.

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Study confirms benefit and safety of extending treatment window for stroke to 4.5 hours

Extension of the timeframe for alteplase treatment after acute stroke from 3 hours up to 4.5 hours is a safe option and has not resulted in delayed treatment of patients. The longer time window offers an opportunity to patients ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New use for once-cursed drug Thalidomide?

Thalidomide, the sedative blamed for tragic birth defects half a century ago, treated a rare inherited blood disorder, according to lab experiments reported on Sunday.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Apr 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Pioneering treatment reduces disability in premature babies with serious brain hemorrhage

The research, led by Andrew Whitelaw, Professor of Neonatal Medicine at the University of Bristol, and Ian Pople, paediatric neurosurgeon at North Bristol NHS Trust, has shown that, after a haemorrhage, the fluid inside the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unexplained liver hemorrhage after metastasis radiofrequency ablation

Colorectal carcinoma is one of the most common cancers in the world. Approximately one in four of these patients have metastases at diagnosis, liver being the most common site involved. Although historically it was considered ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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Rabbits on the back foot -- but naturally they're fighting back

(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian rabbits have had everything but the kitchen sink thrown at them over the years. Myxomatosis knocked them about but they bounced back. The same with rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mosquito parasite may help fight dengue fever

Dengue fever is a terrible viral disease blighting many of the world's tropical regions. Carried by mosquitoes, such as Aedes aegypti, 40% of the world's population is believed to be at risk from the infect ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0