Long-term risk of mortality for acute kidney injury in HIV-infected patients …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in hospitalized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients and is associated with hospital…
Lufkin mayor: City manager undergoes successful lung transplant surgeryLufkin Daily NewsLufkin City Manager Paul Parker, who was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in October, underwent single lung transplant surgery on Sunday at Methodist Ho…
B-cell depletion in SLE: clinical and trial experience with rituximab and …7thSpace Interactive (press release)In recent years there have been many publications regarding the experience in SLE of B-cell depletion utilising rituximab, an anti-CD20 mAb…
Combination of two antibodies prevents growth and spread of triple-negative …News-Medical.netIn a study published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Weizmann Institute researchers propose a potential solution: to simulta…
One in three Aussies need blood, yet only one in 30 donatesCentral Queensland newsPlatelets – These help patients with a low platelet count or non-functioning platelets who are bleeding or at high risk of bleeding. This may occur during high dose chemo…
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Jewish Daily Forward (blog) She was diagnosed with lung cancer just before Christmas and underwent a successful operation in early January. Then, as she was being readied for discharge from the hospital, … walk, see, hear and/or otherwise function as a human being… I want any … |
Economic TimesFood to cure chronic ailmentsEconomic TimesThe choices were not difficult: fatty liver disease and diabetes were common while ingredients to fight lung inflammation were easily available. Scientific research has shown that inadequate nutr…
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醫言有理﹕乙型地中海貧血症
雅虎香港 小晴有一位哥哥，他們的白血球血型（HLA typing）相同，可進行骨髓移植。手術雖有風險，但可根治地貧症，免除終身輸血打針之苦。 百分之三的香港人有乙型地貧症的基因變化，大家要留心。 作者為血液及血液腫瘤科專科醫生，行醫逾卅年，依然滿腔熱血. 文：梁憲孫 … |
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St John’s Church left with
Times of India This Church of South India has the 200-year-old Anglican property and is gearing up for a year-long bicentenary celebration, starting right after the lent season in April. The bicentenary celebrations will showcase the history of the … The church has … |
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醫言有理﹕乙型地中海貧血症
明報 小晴有一位哥哥，他們的白血球血型（HLA typing）相同，可進行骨髓移植。手術雖有風險，但可根治地貧症，免除終身輸血打針之苦。 百分之三的香港人有乙型地貧症的基因變化，大家要留心。 作者為血液及血液腫瘤科專科醫生，行醫逾卅年，依然滿腔熱血. 文：梁憲孫 … |