Toxicology Answer: Can This Toxic Plant Treat Certain Illnesses?
Click here for question. Answer: Yes. Pokeweed has been shown in nonhuman studies to have anti-tumor properties…
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Toxicology Answer: Can This Toxic Plant Treat Certain Illnesses?
Click here for question. Answer: Yes. Pokeweed has been shown in nonhuman studies to have anti-tumor properties... -
Is This Pretty Sunflower Deadly, Useful, or Just Eye Candy?
Question: Is this pretty sunflower deadly, useful, or just eye candy? Click here for answer. Dr. Hack... -
EMF Research Explores Methylene Blue for Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a continuing series highlighting researchers sponsored by the Emergency...
Is This Pretty Sunflower Deadly, Useful, or Just Eye Candy?
Question: Is this pretty sunflower deadly, useful, or just eye candy? Click here for answer. Dr. Hack…
EMF Research Explores Methylene Blue for Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a continuing series highlighting researchers sponsored by the Emergency…
Why Herbal Tea Made with Jimsonweed Is Dangerous Brew
Answer: Anticholinergic toxicity—this brew can be eye-opening. Toxins Atropine, hyoscyamine, hyoscine, and scopolamine. All are belladonna alkaloids…
What Do You Know About Jimsonweed?
Question: What will this beautiful plant yield when used for an herbal tea? Click here for the…
What Do You Know about Foxglove?
Questions: What is the mechanism by which this flower’s chemicals exert effects on the heart? What ECG…
Foxglove Flower Is Pretty, but Deadly
Take the quiz. Toxins/Compound Digitoxin and digoxin are cardiac glycosides that bind to the sodium-potassium-ATPase channel to…
ACEP Clinical Policy on Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
In October 2016, the ACEP Board of Directors approved a clinical policy on the evaluation and management…