Star Wars characters encourage blood donationWAVY-TVStar Wars characters encourage blood donation. Updated: Monday, 11 Mar 2013, 6:26 AM EDT Published : Monday, 11 Mar 2013, 6:26 AM EDT. NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Volunteers dressed in Star Wars costumes Sa…
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A flashback to Jagathy’s ill-fated day
Deccan Chronicle “He was lucky that he got an ambulance at such an odd hour at a time when getting an ordinary vehicle itself was tough”, he said, adding that the wound on his neck would have turned fatal causing instant brain death if it had gone just a millimetre … |
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Toronto lung transplant surgeon leading innovations to boost donor organ pool
Toronto Star While a family somewhere in Canada grieves for the loss of the donor, a man in his 60s with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is being prepped for transplant surgery. He’s excited and jittery, too nervous to be interviewed by a reporter … |
Zee NewsDiabetic medication may protect patients from heart failureZee NewsDiabetic medication may protect patients from heart failure Washington: A class of medications commonly prescribed to diabetic patients for lowering blood sugar, also lowers the…
First donor kidney transplantation made in South KazakhstanTengrinews21 people currently require kidney transplantation in South Kazakhstan. They are all waitlisted in the Healthcare Ministry. The total of 35 South-Kazakhstan oblast citizens live with …
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India gang rape: Bus driver accused of brutal attack on Indian student Jyoti …
Mirror.co.uk She died 12 days later after signs her vital organs had failed, according to staff at the hospital in Singapore where she was flown for specialist treatment. She had earlier suffered a heart attack, a lung and abdominal infection and “significant … |
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Diabetic medication may protect patients from heart failure
Newstrack India Washington, March 11 (ANI): A class of medications commonly prescribed to diabetic patients for lowering blood sugar, also lowers their odds of suffering heart failure, according to a study at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. “People with diabetes are … Certain Diabetes Medications May Lower Heart Failure RiskHealth.com Long-Term Benefits, Risks of Newest Diabetes Drugs Still UnclearEveryday Health |
Telegraph.co.ukFabrice Muamba and the Lazarus EffectTelegraph.co.ukLater, when ventilators were developed that could temporarily maintain a heartbeat after irreversible brain damage, the concept of brain death was developed. Now, though, Parnia believe…
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Markets Live: CBA tops $70
Sydney Morning Herald 4:51pm: Aurizon (formerly QR National) and the GVK Hancock joint venture between India’s GVK and Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting, have signed a non-binding agreement to build the rail and port infrastructure to unlock the Galilee Basin coal … |
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Carving a niche in the surgery
Hindu Business Line Perfint’s ‘Piga’, ‘Robio’ and ‘Maxio’ devices are used in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer of the liver, lung, bone and kidney. “Oncology procedures are today predominantly performed manually. Unless clinicians are experienced, there is always an … |