Diabetes Risk Grows as Heart Failure WorsensMedPage TodayWorsening heart failure severity — indicated by increasing doses of loop diuretics — was associated in a dose-dependent manner with rising risks of developing diabetes, a Danish study showed. T…
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Patients breathe easier with help from Dr. Gene
Houston Chronicle Unlike, say, organ-transplant surgery, rhinoplasty is not a race against time. The break is a good time to mention the other character in this drama, besides the surgeon, the patient and the surgical team, and that is Dr. Gene’s chair. Surgical … |
Chefs upping their Japanese curry gameSouth China Morning PostIt is said that curry was introduced to the country during the Meiji period (1868-1912) by the British, which had India as a colony at the time. It has since … Osaka Horumon Golden Dragon …
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Resuscitation Choices Change Over Time in Heart Failure
Monthly Prescribing Reference (HealthDay News) — For patients with heart failure, resuscitation preferences seem to change over time and are influenced by advancing age and comorbidity, according to a study published online May 13 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and … |
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St. Charles honored for heart failure care
KTVZ St. Charles Health System has received the Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology … Sleeping Pills May Worsen Heart FailuredailyRx |
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Who says you’re fit to fly?
Stuff.co.nz … orthopaedic surgeon who improvised an OR in the back row of a plane and used a coat hanger, a bottle of Evian water, some oxygen tubing and a roll of tape to save the life of a woman whose damaged lung collapsed somewhere over northern India. |
FRANCES STEAD SELLERSStuff.co.nz… orthopaedic surgeon who improvised an OR in the back row of a plane and used a coat hanger, a bottle of Evian water, some oxygen tubing and a roll of tape to save the life of a woman whose damaged lung collapsed some…
MedPage TodayWorsening Heart Failure Tied to Higher Diabetes RiskMedPage TodayHeart failure severity correlated with a stepwise increase in diabetes risk, according to nationwide cohort study from Denmark. Patients in the study taking the highest doses…
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South Africa’s gay blood donation ban solution is terrible.
Slate Magazine (blog) The widespread ban on blood donations by men who have sex with men is idiotic not because it’s homophobic—which it is—but because it’s based on bad science. Ignore the FDA’s panicky anti-gay animus for a moment and consider its stated rationale: to … South Africa ends gay blood donation banGay Star News South Africa Lifts Ban on Gay Men Donating BloodInternational Business Times UK |
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Minnesota organ donor’s family follows organ recipient’s childhood
Pioneer Press A South Dakota teen’s high school graduation included the family of a Minnesota girl who donated a life-saving organ to the graduate 17 years ago. Tessa Hertel was born with a liver disorder that required a transplant for survival. Kristin Burkholder … Organ Donation Helps Girl GraduateWDIO-TV Donor’s family follows SD organ recipient’s childhoodSioux Falls Argus Leader |