SJS survivor hopes more doctors will learn about rare allergic reaction
Kisandra said she felt like a lab rat the day a team of doctors studied the blisters that had sprung up all over her body and pored through thick medical books trying to find what had made her sick. She had just been given Biaxin, an antibiotic, to treat a stomach ulcer. Shortly after starting the medication she developed a fever and blisters on her face, arms, torso and hands.
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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a warning about the childhood MMRV vaccine for measles-mumps-rubella-chickenpox, saying it may cause the painful and life-threatening allergic reaction known as
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The passing of former NBA star
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More than 2,000 drugs, including penicillin,
Retired NBA player Manute Bol is in the hospital with kidney failure and