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Splitting Donated Livers Shown to Be Safe, Allowing Doctors to Save Two Lives …
Science Daily (press release) July 17, 2013 — Split liver transplantation carries no increased risk of failure in either recipient, allowing surgeons to safely save two lives from a single donated organ (graft), according to new research from Boston Children’s Hospital published … |
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afaqs! announces winners of The SkunkWorks Challenge
afaqs The teams were given a brief of getting 1 lakh+ people to sign up for organ donation through a digital campaign for its ‘I Lead India‘ campaign. Team MSL Group won the first prize, while Good Bad Weird and Ethinos came second and third, respectively. |
Air pollution linked to lung cancer and heart failureNursing TimesThis follows the publication of two studies in The Lancet that examined the effects of short- and long-term exposure to pollutants on the risk of developing lung cancer or heart failure….
Help us to save more lives, say Organ Donor RegisterCoventry ObserverBut 654 people are currently waiting for a transplant while 152 residents have died due to the shortage of organs in the last four years, said NHS Blood and Transplant, which maintain…
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To avoid looking like a criminal, don’t commit a crime
Daily Caller Black liberals keep bemoaning the danger to their own teenage sons after the “not guilty” verdict in George Zimmerman’s murder trial. To avoid what happened to Trayvon Martin, their boys need only follow this advice: Don’t walk up to a stranger and … |
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South Africa prepares for Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday
Daily News & Analysis Mandela, regarded the founding father of South Africa’s multi-racial democracy, was admitted to a Pretoria hospital on June 8 for a recurring lung infection. The 94-year-old democracy icon has been hospitalised four times since December. Mandela had a … Global celebration of Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday on ThursdayIndia Today |
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RML hospital seeks 1.74-acre land from President’s Estate
Times of India … services like cancer care centre. It would also have paediatric cardiology services to the existing cardiac care, surgical gastroenterology and endocrinology to complement these departments and extend transplant facility for organ donation and … |
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Exercise and Endurance Sports Increase Arryhthmia and Heart Failure Risk in …
Newswise (press release) Newswise — A Johns Hopkins study finds that healthy people who carry a genetic mutation for arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) are at much higher risk of developing the symptoms of the life-threatening heart disease if … |
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Man cites Biden’s self-defense advice in shooting charge
Daily Caller Vice President Joe Biden’s self-defense advice — warding off potential intruders with two shotgun blasts outside the house — has had an impact on at least one man. Jeffery Barton, a 52-year-old Vancouver, Wash. resident, pleaded not guilty Wednesday … |
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‘Breakthrough’ transplant gives 4-year-old new life
Times of India He said it is the final treatment for cirrhosis of liver. “Among 100 patients with liver disorder, 50 to 60 of them have liver cirrhosis. So in such cases, liver transplant is a final treatment. But since there are limited liver transplant facilities … |