By Nicola BryanBBC News
Family photoBarrie Evans wants to see patients offered mental health support before an amputationWhen Barrie Evans had his left leg amputated he felt he had "nothing to live for".
"I couldn't support my family, I couldn't pay my bills, I ended up on suicide watch," said Barrie, 60, from Rogerstone, Newport.
He now runs a support group and is calling for more mental health aid for those who experience limb loss. Read More...
Mechanism of Action Dipyridamole inhibits the uptake of adenosine into platelets, endothelial cells and erythrocytes in vitro and in vivo; the inhibition occurs in a dose-dependent manner at therapeutic concentrations (0.5-1.9 µg/mL).Click to see full answer. Regarding this, what is dipyridamole used for?Dipyridamole helps to prevent platelets in your blood from sticking together and forming a blood clot on or around an artificial heart valve. Dipyridamole is used to prevent blood clots after heart valve replacement surgery. Read More...
Troubling echoes in adherence to Hollywood vision of the past. [ comment ] Everybody has heard about Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the recent Walt Disney blockbuster featuring Jake Gyllenhaal in the role of...a prince of Persia. That a rather fair actor with Swedish and Ashkenazi heritage plays the lead role in a story set in ancient Iran caused a minor controversy. Some enlightened people believe that Hollywood missed an opportunity to transcend its stereotypical depictions of non-Europeans, particularly Middle Easterners, by offering the part to a brownish hero. Read More...