"Natural" relief of pregnancy-related symptoms and neonatal outcomes: above all do no harm.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: In the South of Italy the use of herbal remedies to alleviate pregnancy-related symptoms is very common.

Objectives: To investigate the proportion, prevalence of use, attitude and knowledge base in a sample of Italian pregnant women in the South of Italy. To explore the possible influence and risks of herbal consumption on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes.

Monitoring of cardiac function on the basis of serum troponin I levels in patients with acute leukemia treated with anthracyclines.

Anthracyclines are used extensively in the therapy of hematologic malignancies. However, their use has been limited by acute and chronic cardiotoxicity. Cardiac troponins have emerged as sensitive and specific markers of even minor myocardial damage.