Advances in the treatment of peanut allergy: a case report.

Background: Peanut allergies affect 1.5% of children. The majority of reactions to peanuts are mild, but peanut allergy is also the most common cause of fatal anaphylactic reactions to food.

Management of femoral fracture in a patient with essential thrombocythemia treated with plateletpheresis and intramedullary rod fixation, followed by hydroxyurea: a case report.

We describe the management of a patient with a femoral fracture who had asymptomatic essential thrombocythemia. When the diagnosis of essential thrombocythemia was made, the patient was treated with plateletpheresis to reduce the platelet count before intramedullary rod fixation of his fracture. His postoperative management included the examination of his peripheral blood as well as bone marrow, which confirmed that the cause of his elevated platelet count was due to JAK2 V617F mutation that is treated by hydroxyurea and aspirin after being discharged from the hospital.

Need for informed consent for dentists who use mercury amalgam restorative material as well as technical considerations in removal of dental amalgam restorations.

Amalgam restorative material generally contains 50% mercury (Hg) in a complex mixture of copper, tin, silver, and zinc. It has been well documented that this mixture continually emits mercury vapor, which is dramatically increased by chewing, eating, brushing, and drinking hot liquids. Mercury has been demonstrated to have damaging effects on the kidney, central nervous system, and cardiovascular system, and has been implicated in gingival tattoos.