When kidney function totally fails, death will follow unless some means is found of taking over its waste-clearing functions. Dialysis is a procedure where the person’s blood flows through a machine and the waste products are cleared from the blood and passed through a semi-permeable membrane into fluid on the other side. These “artificial kidneys” [...]

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Sodium cromoglycate is a chemical used in preventing rather than treating acute attacks. This is a powder in a capsule. By means of a spinhaler, the powder is inhaled into the lungs regularly three or four times a day and appears to prevent the mast cell from breaking down and releasing the broncho-constricting chemicals. It [...]

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