Bone transplants: Many options for repair

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Transplants involving bone are referred to as grafts, and more than 2 million bone grafts are done each year in America, to repair an injured bone due to trauma or surgery, to supplement bone healing after a fracture, and to fuse arthritic or unstable joints. If conditions allow, the best approach is autograft, by using the patients bone from a different location of the body, but besides autografts, surgeons also use other options such as structural piece of bone (allografts), demineralized bone matrix (DBM), nonbone materials and biologics.

Patient outcomes, Autografts, Bone-grafting, Bone transplantation

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Renewed threat of smallpox has government considering vaccination options

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The U.S government has decided to offer to vaccinate for smallpox to emergency responders, certain health care workers, military personnel and government workers in certain foreign countries and for the public in 2004. Several plans are being developed for a prompt response to a smallpox outbreak.

Prevention, Smallpox, Smallpox vaccine, Smallpox vaccines

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There are many options for supplemental oxygen use

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Forms of supplemental oxygen for use with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease include compressed oxygen, an oxygen concentrator, liquid oxygen, a nasal cannula and a mask.

Health aspects, Oxygen therapy, Oxygen

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