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For private hospitals, heart transplant still risky
Times of India KOCHI: There is renewed awareness among the public regarding heart transplants, and the state government is also playing an active role in simplifying transplant procedures. But a majority of city’s super speciality hospitals are still hesitant to take … |
Doctors on Call: Our allergy season runs pretty much year roundFlorida Times-UnionCorticosteroids are anti-inflammatory medications available as ointments for the skin, eye drops, nasal spray or lung inhalers. Oral decongestants, like pseudoephedrine, …
IBNLiveImport skin to save acid attack victim: DocsMumbai MirrorIn India, artificial skin has to be imported from a US-based firm, and hospitals need permission from the government to go ahead with the implantation. … Preeti has been on ventilator su…
Condition of Bandra acid attack victim worsensHindustan TimesA team of 14 doctors is treating Rathi for her multiple organ damage. Doctors said they would use donated skin for her skin grafting procedure, which would take some time as her infection wil…
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Son lost, NRI kindles hope back home
Times of India The risk that children run of being born with metabolic disorders has been recognized in India as well. “Metabolic liver disease (MLD) is not a rare etiology and should be suspected specially in a case with relevant family history and clinical profile … |
Kidney offers new life for organ donor recipientBundaberg News MailORGAN transplant recipient Keith Jarrad thinks every day about the anonymous person and their family who helped save his life. Mr Jarrad received a new kidney about six months ago, repl…
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Patients with end-stage kidney disease have different expectations than their …
EurekAlert (press release) The disconnect was also apparent when the researchers asked patients and doctors about the possibility of kidney transplantation. “We know that getting a kidney transplant improves one’s prognosis,” says Wachterman.”But our findings showed that over a … |
Medical DailyFood Supplement CoQ10 Cuts Death Rates Among Heart Failure PatientsMedical News TodayCoenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) cuts mortality by half in patients with heart failure, researchers from Denmark reported at the annual meeting of the Heart Failure A…
Potential amyloid heart failure drug foundU-T San DiegoA potential new drug for an inherited form of heart failure has been discovered by a team including scientists at The Scripps Research Institute. The study builds on previous work on the disease, p…
Quantified hydration status predicts hospital readmissions in acute HF patientsTheHeart.OrgPresenting the results here at the Heart Failure Congress 2013 of the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Association, Hans Christian Stubbe (Hospital C…