ALLMedicine™ Lead Toxicity Center

Sep 9th, 2022 - Lead toxicity secondary to retained bullet(s) (RB) after a penetrating gunshot wound is a rare but likely underdiagnosed condition, given the substantial number of firearm injuries in the United States. There is currently no consensus on the indic...

Jun 19th, 2022 - Heavy metal (HM) contamination of the soil through anthropogenic activities influences the living systems and drastically impacts food chain. This study examined the application of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in two genotypes (G1 and G2) of Mung ...

Jun 14th, 2022 - Lead (Pb) is the most common toxic heavy metal that is physiologically non-essential and imposes health complications in animals and humans. Chelation therapy is considered as the definite therapy for acute lead toxicity; clinical uses of chelatin...

May 24th, 2022 - The use of herbal and medicinal plants to treat male infertility is well known in history. Tribulus terrestris L. (TT) belongs to the Zygophyllaceae family and it is used in folk medicine to vitalize and also improve both physical performance and ...

May 16th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Lead toxicity is a worldwide pediatric problem. Although data continue to demonstrate a decline in the prevalence of elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) in children in the industrialized world, lead remains a common, preventable,...

Jun 22nd, 2016 - Blood lead concentrations have decreased dramatically in US children over the past 4 decades, but too many children still live in housing with deteriorated lead-based paint and are at risk for lead exposure with resulting lead-associated cognitive...

Mar 23rd, 2006 - This project studies the relationship between lead exposure and academic achievement in college students. Most studies of the neurobehavioral effects of lead have focused on performances at the low end of the distribution. There is evidence that l...

Mar 8th, 2022 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I'm Dr F. Perry Wilson of the Yale School of Medicine. And this is lead I have always been darkly fascinated by lead. As ...

May 21st, 2019 - How Much Should We Worry About Lead? Five years ago, the residents of Flint, Michigan, saw a startling change in their drinking water. It had turned brown, foul-smelling, and bad-tasting. Eventually we learned why. To save money, the city's water ...

Jul 17th, 2017 - I'm Dr Jessica Weiland, a toxicology fellow at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and a practicing physician. I am pleased to join you today as part of the CDC Expert Commentary Series on Medscape. Although taking a thorough envi...

Jul 17th, 2017 - I'm Dr Jessica Weiland, a toxicology fellow at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and a practicing physician. I am pleased to join you today as part of the CDC Expert Commentary Series on Medscape. Although taking a thorough envi...

Mar 8th, 2017 - Bullets and bullet fragments are not always removed if they don’t threaten the injured person’s life. But “retained” bullet fragments (RBFs) can lead to nonspecific symptoms of lead toxicity years later, such as, fatigue, abdominal pain, and memor.