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KSA comes a long way in liver transplants
Arab News Mohammed Al-Sebayel, the first Arab surgeon performing liver transplants and chairman of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery Department at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital (KFSH) in Riyadh, said: “We perform 2-3 successful … |
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Six Makkah hospitals ready for Umrah pilgrims
Arab News Reports indicate that most people treated at these facilities are from Egypt, India and Pakistan and mostly over 55 years of age, with chronic problems such as high blood pressure and lung diseases. tags: Saudi Arabia. | نسخة PDF · Send to Friend … |
Medical Xpress |
Heart failure: New treatment option makes heart ‘softer’
Medical Xpress Heart failure with concomitant pulmonary hypertension is a growing health problem with a high mortality rate, above all in older people. The cardiologist Diana Bonderman from the University Department of Internal Medicine II at the MedUni Vienna, as … |
Las Vegas Review-Journal |
Heart transplant recipient makes organ donation her mission
Las Vegas Review-Journal Back in the hospital, she was put her on the organ donor waiting list. “You have a mixed bag of emotions,” she said. “You need an organ to live, but you know someone’s going to have to die in order for that to happen. I came to the resolve that people … |
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Loyola Performs Record Number of Liver Transplants in FY 13
Newswise (press release) Loyola’s dedicated liver transplant team is headed by surgeon Amy Lu, MD, division director of Intra-Abdominal Transplantation, and hepatologist Jamie Berkes, MD, medical director of Liver Transplantation. Dr. Lu, one of the top liver transplant … |
New Studies Link Air Pollution to Lung Cancer and Heart FailureRing of FireAir pollution is causing serious negative health effects and is linked to lung cancer and heart failure, according to two new studies, The Guardian reports. Both studies were pu…
Dixie Press Online |
Gay men protest blood donation ban
kgw.com PORTLAND – Protesters around the country Thursday demonstrated against a ban that prohibits gay men from donating blood. In the mid-1980s the FDA banned gay men from giving blood in order to lessen the spread of diseases. The LGBT community has … Gay men plan protest Friday against blood donation banIndianapolis Star Gay Men Plan Blood Donation ProtestKaiser Health News Blood donation restrictions, trends; ‘gay ban’ is not the only banDixie Press Online KCRG –WRTV Indianapolis all 58 news articles » |
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Beta-blockers in HF get bum rap for most “side effects,” says study
TheHeart.Org Watford, UK – By a wide margin, most adverse side effects attributed to beta-blockers in randomized, controlled heart-failure trials weren’t significantly more common with the drugs than they were with placebo, conclude researchers based on a meta … |
The Guardian |
Backpackers’ diaries: riding into Madhya Pradesh, the heart of India
The Guardian In my first proper week on the road, I have travelled south via Agra to Gwalior. Heat is the enemy, mid-40Cs by noon; so I leave Gwalior for Orchha at 5am. Much of the highway is under construction, diversions a pain in the posterior. As a result, I … |
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Former PM Marich Man diagnosed with lung cancer
Himalayan Times KATHMANDU: The family of Panchayat era prime minister Marich Man Singh Shrestha has sought government’s help for Shrestha’s cancer treatment. The former prime minister is undergoing treatment for lung cancer at Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon, India. |