Microgravity and Osteoporosis - Review

As human beings venture into space to travel to distant planets Knife tower and to colonize, they will be confronted with osteoporosis that could put them at risk for fracture when they return to Earth.This paper reviews the possible mechanisms by which unloading of the skeleton -such as during space flight and scuba diving- results in rapid mobili

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Safety of tunneled central venous catheters in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell recipients with severe primary immunodeficiency diseases.

Tunneled central venous catheters (TCVCs) provide prolonged intravenous access for pediatric patients with severe primary immunodeficiency disease (PID) undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).However, little is known about the epidemiology and clinical significance of TCVC-related morbidity in this particular patient group.We con

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