MedscapeChronic Kidney Disease: Lifetime Risk Nears 60% in USMedscapeThe National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has called for annual screening for chronic kidney disease (CKD) after a new study showed a lifetime risk of 59.1% for CKD stage 3a+ in the United…
Zee NewsStudy debunks viruses` link to cancer mythZee NewsThose cancers not associated with DNA viruses included acute myeloid leukemia, cutaneous melanoma, low and high-grade gliomas of the brain (the latter killed Senator Edward Kennedy), and adenoca…
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Workout with a friend, reach your fitness goals faster!
India.Com Health Apart from releasing increased amounts of endorphins or ‘happiness hormones’ in the body making you happier, it also gives you stronger legs, back and core muscles, better lung function and of course weight loss. A down side is that it can cause injury … |
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‘Long way to go in transplants’
The New Indian Express The bridge between organs donated in the West and in India is huge – even now while 2.1 lakh Indians require kidney transplantation, only 3000 – 4000 kidney transplants are done on an average, annually. The situation is not very different in relation … Q&A: The ethics of an opt-out organ donation systemBBC News |
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‘TN tops in cadaver organ donation‘
The New Indian Express Speaking at the Cadaver Organ Donation Day function held at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital on Tuesday, he said that out of the 34 hospitals in the State registered for organ transplants, only two were government hospitals — one the … |
IBNLiveHindu, Muslim couples in Bangalore swap kidneys for transplantindiatvnews.comBangalore, Aug 7: Rising above religious and sectarian divide, a Hindu couple and a Muslim couple swapped their kidneys for transplantation, as the blood groups of thei…
Donate organ & live on after deathTimes of IndiaLUDHIANA: A series of street plays on organ donation were organized by GLODUS or Gift of Life-Organ Donation Awareness Society, a NGO working to create awareness on organ donation after brain death an…
Times of IndiaTOI campaign on organ donation garners 50000-plus pledgesTimes of IndiaWhen this number, notched up in about a week – we started the campaign on July 29 – is compared with the roughly 35,000-40,000 organ pledges in the whole of last year …
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Indore youths lead the change
Times of India INDORE: The ‘I Lead India‘ campaign on Organ Donation Day launched by Times of India received an overwhelming response from city youths. At least 300 youths from Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Govt College of Arts and Commerce (GACC), Domino’s Pizza … |
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Heart Failure Clinic helps happiness and healing
UpNorthLive.com GRAND TRAVERSE — Millions of Americans have heart failure, according to health officials, but although the condition isn’t curable -it is treatable. In December, Munson Medical Center started offering a new clinic for patients suffering from advanced … |