Over-the-ear device eases heavy menstrual bleeding, pain in trial
Electrical stimulation of nerves that control automatic bodily functions, administered twice daily through a device worn over the ear, may help control heavy menstrual bleeding…
ITP complicates man’s benign tumor surgery: Case study
Doctors found that immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) complicated the surgical removal of a slow-growing, benign tumor along the spine of a 28-year-old man that impaired his motor function. They were able to remove most of the tumor — a type called a myxopapillary ependymoma, or MPE — after his platelet counts…
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Cablivi boosts ICU survival odds for people with severe iTTP in analysis
Most people with the rare blood disorder immune-mediated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP) recover well after admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), and treatment with…
Scientists zero in on 2 proteins as potential treatment targets in ITP
Scientists in China have discovered that the proteins RNF5 and DNAJC21 — the latter encoded by the DNAJC21 gene — may be useful targets for…
