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  • Medical discovery for sepsis moves to next phase of human trials (Sodium ascorbate = Full recovery in three hours & no side effects)

    10/16/2023 8:34:38 PM PDT · by ConservativeMind · 51 replies
    Medical Xpress / University of Melbourne / Critical Care ^ | Oct. 12, 2023 | Fumitaka Yanase et al
    Scientists have proven that a formulation they pioneered alleviates deadly sepsis. Promising results from an initial clinical trial show that sodium ascorbate—a pH-balanced formulation of vitamin C—is effective in treating sepsis. Yugeesh Lankadeva said sepsis is notoriously difficult to treat and is often deadly. "Sepsis accounts for 35–50 percent of all hospital deaths. It occurs when the immune system fails to fight off an underlying infection, causing life-threatening falls in blood pressure, multiple organ failure, and death," Lankadeva said. "In our trial, patients were given sodium ascorbate into their bloodstream, resulting in promising improvements to multiple organs." Rinaldo Bellomo, said...
  • Parents' fury as teenage daughter dies just days after doctors sent her home and 'told her to

    07/21/2010 10:52:36 AM PDT · by george76 · 49 replies · 1+ views
    Daily Mail ^ | 21st July 2010
    A schoolgirl suffered multiple organ failure and four heart attacks just days after doctors sent her home with paracetamol and told her to take 'plenty of rest', an inquest heard. Amy Carter, 15, begged doctors not to discharge her, telling them 'I'm dying' but medics assured her she would be fine. She developed septicaemia after being released by doctors who had diagnosed her with glandular fever. Two days later on Christmas Eve, Amy - who had not been able to eat for 19 days and weighed just six stone - was taken to hospital and died hours later. Amy was...
  • The Bacteria Whisperer

    03/21/2003 7:56:35 PM PST · by gore3000 · 47 replies · 687+ views
    Wired News ^ | 04/03 | Steve Silberman
    Issue 11.04 - April 2003 Pg 1 of 3>> Print, email, orfax this article for free. The Bacteria WhispererBonnie Bassler discovered a secret about microbes that the science world has missed for centuries. The bugs are talking to each other. And plotting against us.By Steve SilbermanTrim and hyperkinetic at 40, Bonnie Bassler is often mistaken for a graduate student at conferences. Five mornings a week at dawn, she walks a mile to the local YMCA to lead a popular aerobics class. When a representative from the MacArthur Foundation phoned last fall, the caller played coy at first, asking Bassler if...