Jagran PostYoung professionals prone to heart attacksJagran PostAccording to the India Today-Saffolalife Study conducted on 46,000 urban Indians, 78 percent of those aged between 30 and 34 run the risk of a heart attack, Kanchan Naikawadi, Director, In…
J-Wire Jewish Australian News ServiceThe Kosher side of Organ DonationJ-Wire Jewish Australian News Serviceeducate community members about the immense benefits of organ donation for transplantation. We are currently working with religious and community…
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Organ donation gives peace to Blosser family, life to others
Lima Ohio LIMA — There is a college student somewhere in Ohio with Christopher Blosser’s Kidney. Knowing this brings a little peace to Jackie Blosser, who lost her son in a car accident five years ago. “Knowing that someone else is walking around out there with … |
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First human liver made from stem cells
Times of India Takanori Takebe and Hideki Taniguchi at Yokohama City University showed the generation of vascularized and functional human liver from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) by transplantation of in-vitro grown liver buds (rudimentary liver). Scientists create human liver from stem cellsDaily News & Analysis What’s budding? A liverCalcutta Telegraph Liver Study Aids Quest for Bioengineered OrgansWall Street Journal- India Zee News all 109 news articles » |
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Just a few extra pounds increases heart failure risk
Nursing Times The Express quoted Tam Fry from the National Obesity Forum as saying this is “the final evidence” that being overweight causes heart failure. It seems this was a fair reflection of some people’s views, but others, including the editor of the journal … |
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Indian team takes sea route to fight flab
Times of India “We also found that along with metabolic activity, the liver too was getting activated, thereby reducing LDL or bad cholesterol levels,” says Dr Chandy, whose obesity management research findings were published in the ‘Proceedings of the National … |
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Wales to have opt-out organ donation
Church Times WALES will become the first country in the UK to introduce anopt-out organ-donation system, the Welsh Assembly has decided. The change to “presumed consent” would allow organs and tissuesto be removed, even if the deceased had never signed up to … |
Pets may cause asthma, bronchitisTimes of IndiaBut these physical gestures of love and care also act as carriers of germs that they unintentionally pass on to us, resulting in skin infections and respiratory ailments and even cysts in liver and brain. …
Effect of oral sodium bicarbonate supplementation on progression of chronic …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Effect of oral sodium bicarbonate supplementation on progression of chronic kidney disease in patients with chronic metabolic acidosis: s…
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Praise for Plymouth health chiefs after smoking rates plummet
This is Plymouth By JoNel Aleccia, Staff Writer, NBC News. Using lung transplants from heavy smokers may sound like a cruel joke, but a new study finds that organs taken from people who puffed a pack a day for more than 20 years are likely safe. What’s more, the … |