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Area companies, banks make blood donation easy during Heart Month
Taunton Daily Gazette Area companies, banks make blood donation easy during Heart Month. Zoom. Photos. doctor. Herald News Photo | Kevin O’Connor. Dr. Iraklis Gerogiannis, a heart surgeon who practices at Charlton Memorial Hospital, says that if there is a shortage in blood … |
For the last seven years, 55-year-old Andheri-based media professional Akshay Mahajan had been on dialysis support, grappling with kidney failure. His ordeal, however, ended last month after he finally underwent a kidney transplant.
PHARMAC takes significant step towards national hospital medicines listNew Zealand Doctor OnlineOne of the changes has been the addition of rituximab (Mabthera) to the rheumatology list. Rituximab, a targeted biologic medicine, had already been availab…
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Wild Thing singer Reg Presley passes away in UK
Daily News & Analysis Presley announced in January 2012 that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer after falling ill during a performance in Germany. He began chemotherapy and announced his retirement from the band at the time. Presley’s publicist did not immediately … |
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Cancer – why you need a second opinion
India.Com Health Closer at hand, I have seen my close friend and Co-founder of MediAngels- Dr Debraj Shome’s father suffer and succumb to advanced lung cancer. But this was not without a real fight. While most of the cancer specialists in the town gave Mr Shome a grim … |
MedscapeNSAIDs Linked to Acute Kidney Injury in Dehydrated KidsMedscapeCommonly used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can lead to acute kidney injury (AKI) in pediatric patients, particularly those suffering from dehydration, suggest the r…
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January sees 19 transplants
Daily News & Analysis Statistics reveal that the number of cadaver donations in the city in January this year is much better than its record last year – there have been more than double the number of kidney and liver transplants already. While only eight organs – six … Jan sees surge in organ donations in MumbaiIndia.Com Health |
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Scientists ‘print’ 3D object with stem cells
AFP One idea behind the search for replacement organs is to grow the cells using a patient’s own DNA to avert transplant rejection. But the sector has been dogged by objections over the use of early-stage embryos, where the most adaptable, or pluripotent … |
Canada Approves Seattle Genetics’ Adcetris – Analyst Blog
Asthma attack risk increases after stopping low-dose corticosteroidsNews-Medical.netPatients with stable asthma who stop using low-dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) are at a significantly increased risk for exacerbations over the following 6 months, …