Times of India |
Health benefits of a carrot
Times of India -The beta-carotene in carrots is converted to vitamin A in the liver, which is then transformed in your retina, to rhodopsin — a pigment that improves night vision. Beta-carotene is also known to protect against macular degeneration and senile cataracts. |
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Georgia: Constitutional Court to Hear Suit on Gay Blood Donation Prohibition
EurasiaNet A lawsuit challenging a ban on gay blood donations arrived at Georgia’s Constitutional Court on June 25. An LGBT rights group Identoba (Identity), joined by several individual plaintiffs, is suing the Health Ministry over a 2000 decree that declared … |
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Facebook’s organ donor status sends registrations soaring
The Randolph Guide SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook’s addition of a way for its users to tell people their organ-donor status helped boost the number of people who registered as donors 21-fold in one day. Two weeks after the social networking website set up the profile … Facebook status boosts organ donor registration; how to update yoursWashington Times Organ-donor sign-ups went way up during Facebook initiativeMinnPost.com Social media helps with increased organ donationsWNCN GoErie.com all 6 news articles » |
BBC News |
Member’s debate: Heart Failure Nurses
BBC News SNP MSP Dave Thompson is leading a member’s debate on the review of specialist heart failure nurse services. The Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP welomes the publication of the review by the Scottish Heart Failure Nurse Forum supported by Chest … |
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Kamada Granted Two Key Patents
DailyFinance “The inhaled AAT is currently in a late-stage clinical trial in Europe and Canada for the treatment of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), a genetic disease that can cause serious, life threatening lung disease in adults,” said David Tsur, the Chief … |
Irish IndependentFlood rescue helicopter crashesIrish IndependentDamaged houses caused by monsoon rains in Shrinagar, India (AP). 25 June 2013. An air force helicopter returning from a rescue mission in flood-ravaged northern India has hit the side of …
PBS NewsHour |
Why Obama Is Visiting Senegal , South Africa and Tanzania But Not Kenya
PBS NewsHour Mandela has been in the hospital for two weeks due to a reoccurring lung ailment. His condition took a turn for the worse over the … China, Brazil, India and Turkey are becoming major investors in Africa. “It would not be in our interest for the … Obama visit seen as sign of SA’s statureMail & Guardian Online |
Chronic Kidney Disease Diet – Improving Your Kidney Function DailySBWire (press release)Altamonte Springs, FL — (SBWIRE) — 06/25/2013 — Receiving a kidney disease diagnosis may come as a shock for a lot of patients. Before any kind of treatment begi…
Dompe and SatRx Team Up for Clinical Development of Innovative Drug for …Marketwire (press release)The multi-center, open-label, randomized Phase II-III trials are prepared to assess the efficacy and safety of Reparixin in the prevention of early all…
Global Hospitals Group bags two prestigious Healthcare awards, its CMD wins …pharmabiz.comGlobal Hospitals Group is one of the fast growing super specialty care and multi-organ transplantation hospitals in India. It evolved into a Clinical Powerhouse…