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Final goodbye, Reyna lives on through organ donation
NBC2 News His family made the heart wrenching decision overnight to remove him from life support — but Reyna lives on through organ donation. Monday night, this message was posted to Zac’s Pray4Number4 Facebook page: Tonight at 10:13PM, Zachary Cole Reyna … |
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Betel nut remains lodged in man’s lung for 28 years
Hindustan Times After being treated for all kinds of ailments for over two-and-a-half decades, 75-year-old Krishna Kant Jha finally realised his cough and bouts of fits were caused by a piece of betel nut lodged in his lungs for the last 28 years! An advocate based in … |
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Wife makes life-saving sacrifice for husband
Cadillac News (subscription) Linda Smith-Wheelock, chief operating officer for the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, said one in four kidney transplantation procedures are among living, unrelated donors such as a spouse or friend. “Living donation has come far over the years … |
Vanderbilt adds genetic screening for drug tacrolimus to PREDICT programNews-Medical.netVanderbilt has added genetic screening for the drug tacrolimus to its personalize medicine pharmacogenomics program PREDICT. The new drug screening protocol was add…
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Indians think from the heart: Ashton Kutcher
India Today Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher, who shot parts of his latest movie “JOBS” in India, believes the country’s people think from their hearts over their minds. This, he says, made his experience of shooting in India worthwhile. Kutcher shot in India – in … |
Times of IndiaRajinikanth has a big heartTimes of IndiaBorn and raised in Bangalore, Rajnikanth went on to become one of the biggest stars of the Indian film industry, receiving high praise from the likes of Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan. The sup…
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Four-year-old gets better with father’s liver
The New Indian Express “Patients have to be kept on special diets that are not available in India. While liver transplant is curative, it is rarely possible as patients become very ill with their disease, and their ability to withstand surgery and reverse their condition … |
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CASE STUDY: In-taxi campaign yields better attitudes toward blood donation in …
Campaign Asia-Pacific (blog) SHANGHAI – More than 80 per cent of taxi passengers in a recent Touchmedia survey say they have adopted a more positive attitude toward blood donation, as a result of a year-long campaign run by the Shanghai Blood Management Office and the … “Touch Your Heart – Donate for Love” First Anniversary:EIN News (press release) |
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US girl to leave hospital after lung transplants
Zee News Philadelphia: A 10-year-old girl whose plight for a new pair of lungs spurred a national debate over organ transplants is going home on Tuesday, her mother said on Monday. In a posting on her Facebook page, Janet Murnaghan wrote on Monday: “WE ARE … |
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Powerful new option for treating vasculitis
News-Medical.net Among patients receiving rituximab, 64 percent were in remission at six months, 48 percent at one year and 39 percent at 18 months, compared to 53 percent, 39 percent and 33 percent for standard therapy. “The FDA approved rituximab for vasculitis based … UAB Part of Study of New Drug for VasculitisNewswise (press release) |