Wellwellwellwellwell! WELL! I just read a bit of welcome (or, wellcome!) news in Italian. If you understand Italian, here’s the link: goo.gl/JYN8ec. In a nutshell, beginning today, yes, TODAY!, two contrast agents used in MRIs have been banned in ITALY. And, quelle surprise (not), they are gadolinium-based. Remember the study that came out some years ago…
Continue reading →Do you remember my post on gadolinium? If not, here it is: http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2009/12/13/the-gadolinium-used-in-mris-makes-myeloma-cells-proliferate/ (there is also a corresponding Page, which you can find by scrolling down my Page section on the right). Well, today, thanks to a blog reader (see previous post, comment # 5), we have an interesting gadolinium update: http://goo.gl/nKdMz Like the ASH 2009 study discussed in…
Continue reading →My thanks go to Beth for posting the link to a recent article (see http://tinyurl.com/36xykd3) on the potentially fatal effects of gadolinium, a drug used as a contrast agent in MRIs. This part of the article is nothing new, actually. Back in December, I posted about a study presented at the 2009 ASH meeting, a…
Continue reading →(Oldest posts first…please scroll down for updates) December 13 2009 post. A friend of mine, who has just had his second autologous stem cell transplant here in Italy, wrote me a note this morning about a paper presented at the recent ASH meeting on gadolinium, which is used as a contrast agent in MRIs. The…
Continue reading →A friend of mine, who has just had his second autologous stem cell transplant here in Italy, wrote me a note this morning about a paper presented at the recent ASH meeting on gadolinium, which is used as a contrast agent in MRIs. The paper (March 2017: I replaced the original link, which no longer…
Continue reading →Epstein Barr, or infectious mononucleosis. Here we go again. It’s been ages since I last wrote about a possible viral connection to the insurgence of MGUS…At one point, a few years ago, I even had the brilliant (?) idea of asking you all to let me know if you had had a similar experience to…
Continue reading →A blog reader (thanks!) gave me the link to this not-so-shocking-anymore (!) article about Omniscan, a gadolinium-based contrast agent that often gets injected into the veins of patients undergoing MRIs, including myeloma patients: http://goo.gl/scjaG. (I decided to post the link today because it’s veeeeeeery closely related to the post I published two days ago on…
Continue reading →(For details/blog reader comments, please see my June 26 2011 post: http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2011/06/26/good-or-bad-for-myeloma-that-is-the-question%e2%80%a6/). [This is a work in progress…suggestions much appreciated…thanks!] Last month, a blog reader, = a research scientist with myeloma, suggested that I create some sort of “master listing” that would make it easier for readers to locate stuff. Good idea. I’ve realized for some time now that…
Continue reading →A HELP PAGE created in June 2011 [Work in progress…suggestions appreciated…] Last month, a blog reader, = a research scientist with myeloma, suggested that I create some sort of “master listing” that would make it easier for readers to locate stuff. Good idea. I’ve realized for some time now that my blog has gotten a bit out of…
Continue reading →Most recent post first: April 14 2013 post. Epstein Barr, or infectious mononucleosis. Here we go again. It’s been ages since I last wrote about a possible viral connection to the insurgence of MGUS…At one point, a few years ago, I even had the brilliant (?) idea of asking you all to let me know if…
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