Clinical medicine

Teen dies from TSS caused by a tampon (pics + vid)

Not many women read the fine print when it comes to tampon packaging so a mother whose teen died from sepsis after using tampons is on a campaign to teach tampon users to read the danger signs of Toxic Shock Syndrome. Young Jemma-Louise Roberts, aged 13, felt unwell while on family holiday. She was wrongly diagnosed with Norovirus, a winter vomiting bug.

Turkey's top science body to produce biosimilar cancer drugs

Turkey?s stop science body aims to produce domestic cancer drugs by producing biosimilar molecules, according to an expert. 

The Marmara Research Center (MAM), working under the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜB?TAK), has launched a project aiming to produce biosimilar cancer drugs.

Six injured in fire in nursing home in Belgrade

Six persons, including two firefighters, were injured early on Tuesday in a fire that broke out in the Home for the Elderly in Mirijevo, Belgrade.

Two elderly women received serious injuries. They were both unconscious, while one had burns all over her body, a spokeswoman for the Clinical Center's Emergency Center, Nada Macura, said.

Do a cancer check… or else pay 50% of the medical costs for treatment!

Health Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis is planning to make health check-ups mandatory for all Greek citizens according to a report in daily newspaper Eleftheros Typos. Those who neglect getting checks for the four different types of cancer will face heavy penalties.

Doctor dies of malaria contracted during UN mission

A doctor from Serbia's military clinic VMA has died from a grave form of malaria she contracted as a member of a UN mission in Central African Republic.

Olivera Jovanovic was admitted to the Clinic for Infective and Tropical Diseases on July 6 in a serious conditions and exhibiting signs of multiple organ failure, the Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday.

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