The News InternationalRabid organ donor death sparks virus fears in USThe News InternationalNEW YORK: Public health agencies in five states are assessing the rabies risk for hundreds of people who may have had close contact with an infected organ donor…
Opinion: From Litzman to GermanJerusalem PostThe deputy minister also ordered that a haredi girl with lower-brain death continue to be treated in an intensive care bed until her heart stopped a few days later. When Litzman was Finance Committee chairma…
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Organ donation: Opt-in vs Opt-out
The Star Online “Malaysia tends to hold a cautious approach in determining brain death (two tests are done within a six-hour interval, before a person can be declared brain dead), while in many other countries it is easily accepted, as it is defined in the law,” she … |
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Celebrating India’s first ‘Indian‘ captain
Times of India “He (Pataudi) was the first ‘Indian captain’ as after him there was a Mumbai captain, Delhi captain, Tamil captain…,” said Guha, emphasizing the great leadership qualities Pataudi brought to Indian cricket. Guha’s follow-up had the audience cheering … |
WA todayGut feeling: germ warfare opens a new frontWA todayAfter reading studies suggesting that a high-fibre diet produces a type of bacteria in the gut that is associated with reversal of lung disease in mice, he put himself on a high-fibre supplemen…
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Key players in Pakistan’s upcoming election
NewsWest9.com By DAVID DISHNEAU Associated Press Public and military health officials say they’re trying to identify people in at least five states who had close contact with an organ donor who died of rabies… By DAVID DISHNEAU Associated Press Public and military … |
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Former CJI likens India’s ills to multiple organ failure
Deccan Herald Bangalore, March 17, 2013, DH News Service: Former Chief Justice of India (CJI), Justice M N Venkatachalaiah, said on Saturday that the country had suffered a multiple organ failure, leading to a gradual diminution in the constitutional spirit. “If you … |
3 confess to crime in kidney racket caseHindustan TimesGiyasuddin and Shahid were allegedly middlemen in the racket and used to bring donors while Manoj Kumar was allegedly a laboratory technician at the hospital in Gurgaon where kidneys used to be tra…
Bike rally to create awareness on blood donationDeccan HeraldFlagging off the rally, Indian Red Cross Society (DK district) President Dr Muralee Mohan Choonthar stressed on the importance of blood donation. Stating that the Indian Red Cross Society dis…
New York Times (blog)Healing the Hospital HierarchyNew York Times (blog)My patient, a middle-aged man scheduled for a stem-cell transplant, was having textbook symptoms of a heart attack. Serious cardiac side effects can result from the chemical used t…