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For Type 1 Diabetes, Islet Transplantation Gains Momentum
UCSF News Services Whole-organ pancreas transplantation has for many years been an option in cases of type 1 diabetes or in cases in which kidney failure – a complication of the disease – makes it more practical for surgeons to transplant a kidney and pancreas at the … |
Print organ donation pledge on I-cards of students, MU tells colleges. – Indian Express
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Print organ donation pledge on I-cards of students, MU tells colleges.
Indian Express “We have asked colleges to compulsorily print an organ donation pledge on the identity cards of students. It could be a one-liner, saying ‘I am an organ donor‘ or ‘I pledge to donate my organs’. We believe if a student makes such a promise and has it … |
Weekend Plan – The Reporter
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Weekend Plan
The Reporter A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Parrott has performed in Verizon Hall, Macy’s (Wanamaker Organ), Washington Cathedral, Princeton University Chapel and throughout Europe. Pianist David Shunskis will join him … 18 at the Mercer Museum, 84 … |
Robber Died Of Heart Failure In Botched Raid – Sky News
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Robber Died Of Heart Failure In Botched Raid
Sky News Alan Levers was wielding a fake handgun and wearing a gas mask in an attack that ended with him suffering a cardiac arrest. 4:29pm UK, Friday 15 November 2013. Alan Levers ‘paid the ultimate price’, said his partner Julie Lidstone. Tweet … |
One death row inmate supporting another in organ-donation fight – NBCNews.com (blog)
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One death row inmate supporting another in organ-donation fight
NBCNews.com (blog) Christian Longo, who was sentenced to die for murdering his wife and three small kids in 2001, told NBC News in an email that he reached out to Ronald Phillips, whose execution was just postponed so his organ-donation offer can be studied. The “contact … |
Increasing Organ Donations by Hispanics – Kansas City infoZine
Kansas City infoZineIncreasing Organ Donations by HispanicsKansas City infoZineAwareness, perceptions and beliefs and intent regarding organ donation were compared through telephone surveys before (402 participants, wave 1) and two years after the medi…
In India diabetes is more of a lifestyle disease, say doctors – Times of India
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In India diabetes is more of a lifestyle disease, say doctors
Times of India Insulin regulates the uptake of glucose from the blood and helps in converting it to glycogen, which is stored in the liver. “Diabetes can cause damage from hair to toe by causing blindness, impair the nerves (neuropathy), kidneys (nephropathy), cause … |
Plymouth teenager has urgent heart transplant after nearly losing life to … – Plymouth Herald
Plymouth HeraldPlymouth teenager has urgent heart transplant after nearly losing life to …Plymouth HeraldA TEENAGER who very nearly lost his life to heart failure has spoken of his experience for the first time in the hope more people sign the organ …
Life-saving surgery rescheduled for James Homer Rivera – 10News
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Life-saving surgery rescheduled for James Homer Rivera
10News His canceled transplant surgery that was postponed until next year was moved up to next week. “I’m like, ‘Yes i did it, I changed my outcome,'” River said. Copyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published … |
Organ donation on death row raises questions – The Japan Times
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Organ donation on death row raises questions
The Japan Times “Punishment and organ donation don’t go well together. I don’t think the kinds of people we’re executing we want to make in any way heroic.” Yet it is not unheard-of for a death row inmate to become an organ donor. Condemned Delaware inmate Steven … Should a death row inmate be allowed to donate his organs?The Guardian Who’d pay to transplant organs from condemned killer?Norwalk Reflector Ohio doesn’t pay for prisoner organ donationsNewsNet5.com |