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Genetically personalized dieting?

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/299364.php This article discusses the concept that each individual’s normal intestinal flora determines what diets will work for them. Also provides an explanation as to why certain diets that some swear by, are not affective to others. Just some food for thought:)

Venofer

Who gets it? Patients with iron deficiency anemia associated with chronic renal failure. Also for iron deficient patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis who are concurrently receiving erythropoietin. Pharmacologic classification? Iron Supplements Pharmacokinetics? Absorbed at a constant rate by the reticuloendothelial system following IV. 60% absorption after 3 days, 90% over 1-3 weeks, and … Continue reading Venofer

Bubonic Plague

http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/plague.htm If you haven’t heard, the Bubonic plague has been contracted by a few campers in Yosemite National Park. I find it incredible, however, that a disease that killed such a vast number of people during its massive strike hundreds of years ago is now so curable with treatment. It is a testament to the … Continue reading Bubonic Plague