MedscapeThe Management of Refractory Coeliac DiseaseMedscapeSteroids are often used in both RCD I and II (albeit with little objective evidence of benefit in RCD II), and azathioprine as steroid-sparing therapy in RCD I. There is growing evidence for t…
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UK surgeon warns India about increasing heart disease risk
India.Com Health Professor Sir Roger Boyle, a former Director of Heart Disease for the UK Government, warned a meeting of India’s leading cardiologist in Kolkata on Sunday that their country faces ‘a tsunami of heart disease’ unless they urgently implement effective … |
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`Ice therapy can treat lung cancer`
Zee News “Cryoablation has potential as a treatment for cancer that has spread to the lungs from other parts of the body and could prolong the lives of patients who are running out of options,” said David A Woodrum, author of the study and interventional … |
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Mandela ‘doing well’ following hospital release, wife says
Times of India He is currently receiving “high care” at his Johannesburg home, after the latest in a series of health scares. Mandela was rushed to hospital before midnight on March 27, suffering from a recurrence of a lung infection. Doctors drained a build-up of … |
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Organ donation rises in South Yorkshire
The Star Health chiefs have praised the ‘outstanding achievement’ but said more people are needed to join the NHS organ donor register. The Star’s Gift of Life campaign aims to get 12,000 extra local residents signed up before the Westfield Health British … Directed organ donation: How family selected recipient of son’s liver after …The Grand Rapids Press – MLive.com Relatives should be not be able to block organ donationBarchester Healthcare Borders organ donations ‘higher than the national average’Border Telegraph |
Bone marrow transplant recipients prone to suicideHealth24.comBone marrow transplants. Bone marrow transplantation is used to treat a number of conditions, including leukemia and other cancers, sickle cell disease and immune diseases. The procedure inv…
Zee Newsgenetic targets for treating heart disease identifiedZee NewsIn order to gain new insights into the genetic regulation of heart rate, Dr. Ruth Loos, Director of the Genetics of Obesity and Related Metabolic Traits Program at the Charles Bronfma…
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Transplant patients celebrate life, reconnect with donors, surgeons in Dallas
Dallas Morning News While recovery from transplant surgery is quicker today than in the past, that means fewer opportunities for community building, said Shelley Hall, medical director of the transplant center’s heart program. That makes the reunion as important as ever … |
Times of IndiaLab-made rat kidneys raise hopes for dialysis patientsTimes of IndiaNEW YORK: Scientists have discovered yet another way to make a kidney – at least for a rat – that does everything a natural one does, researchers reported on Sunday, a st…
14 new genetic targets for treating heart disease identified – News Track IndiaNewstrack IndiaWashington, April 15 (ANI): In a collaborative genome-wide study on individuals, researchers have discovered 14 new genetic variations that are associated wit…