Clinical review: Predictive value of neutrophil gelatinase-associated …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) may be an early marker of acute kidney injury (AKI), but elevated NGAL occurs in a wide range…
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Organ donation ceremony Thursday at Rockford museum
Rockford Register Star Tulcus worked for the Illinois Secretary of State’s Organ Donor program but died waiting for a kidney. The ceremony will also recognize others who died waiting for a matching organ donor. For information: ethnicheritagemuseum.org. ROCKFORD — Illinois … |
This software tells how to treat cancer patientsTimes of IndiaA computer model of lung cancer made consistently better predictions of the future symptoms suffered by a set of patients undergoing radiotherapy or chemotherapy than the doctors who actuall…
Xolair gets asthma green light from NICEPMLiVEStandard therapy also includes high-dose inhaled anti-inflammatory corticosteroids and long-acting beta-2 agonists – which relax the muscles lining the airways that carry air to the lungs, allowing them to …
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Doctors to check if MP rape victim is brain dead
Times of India Dr Lokendra Singh, neurosurgeon and deputy director of Central India Institute of Medical Sciences ( CIIMS) said it was definitely the test to ascertain brain death. “A patient is put off the ventilator for a very small time and oxygen is supplied … |
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Support for organ donation on the rise
KIMT “Over 60 percent of the people say yes, they would like to be an organ donor, but only 50 percent had signed their organ donation card, so that highlights our need to work together to educate everybody,” Heimbach said. She said that you do not have to … More Hispanic Organ Donations Needed, Mayo Clinic Transplant Experts SayNewswise (press release) |
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Breathing new life into organ donation in Scarborough – Inside Toronto
insideTORONTO.com The Scarborough man is back to living an active life, after a double lung transplant four years ago, because someone else registered as an organ donor. “They tell us most people live up to five years (after the transplant). I thought five years was … |
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Video aims to change Windsor’s basement ranking in organ donation
Windsor Star (blog) … up to be organ donors. Mike Ledoux wipes a tear while viewing W-E Can Be Heroes, a video bringing awareness to organ donation, with his daughter Emily, 2, at St. Clair College Centre for Applied Health Science in Windsor, Ont., Tuesday April 23 … Become an organ donorphillyBurbs.com Breathing new life into organ donation in Scarborough – Inside TorontoinsideTORONTO.com BC Organ Donation program returns full vision to teenage girl – Beacon NewsBeacon News (blog) Lima Ohio –Sarnia Observer –Hispanic PR Wire (press release) all 8 news articles » |
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Blood donation recipient trying to give back
globalnews.ca Taylor Robinson was first introduced to Canadian Blood Services when she was 15-years-old and had been diagnosed with leukemia. “Just doing simple school work, I couldn’t concentrate for that long,” said Robinson. “It was really difficult.” Eight years … Call for voluntary donorsFiji Times |
Smoking Raises Risk of Lung Disease in RA – MedPage TodayMedPage TodayThese changes are likely to reflect the earlier use of older immunosuppressive agents such as cyclophosphamide and the wider use of newer agents such as mycophenolate mofetil (CellCe…