Report: Chancellor Cigarroa asked President Powers to resign in summer 2013UT The Daily TexanCigarroa will become the head of pediatric transplant surgery at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio after a new chancellor is named. Cigarroa said his…
Could transplant drugs replace antiretrovirals in HIV treatment?Medical News Today… study – by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and published in the American Journal of Transplantation – also refers to research from 2009 tha…
Beware: Doctors Define New Heart Failure SymptomSci-Tech TodayA new heart failure symptom named bendopnea — shortness of breath while bending over — is a way for both doctors and patients to recognize something may be amiss with their current heart f…
WALA-TV FOX10Councilman Brown backs organ donationIdaho State JournalCouncilman Brown backs organ donation. Story · Comments. Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: Default font size: Larger font size. Previous Next. Donate. Doug Lind…
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Coote celebrates 30 years of new heart
Sky News Australia ‘We didn’t want the press saying this expensive, exotic heart transplantation and they’re not surviving.’ Thirty years on, he says the technology used to avert cardiac illnesses are more efficient than ever. A new mechanical pump about the size of an … |
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Health body wants smoke-free polling booths
Times of India “Studies show that second-hand smoking tends to cause pulmonary diseases and lung infections. The worst sufferers are women, pregnant women and young children. If directives are issued and implemented strictly, it will be of great service to the public … |
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Energy SDG will boost gender equality — research
Thomson Reuters Foundation Women exposed to heavy indoor cooking smoke, for example, are three times as likely to suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and are at a higher risk of death from lung cancer than women who use cleaner fuels, according to WHO. The recent … |
NDTVDrinking coffee could cut risk of dying from liver cirrhosisZee NewsWashington: Researchers have said that consuming two or more cups of coffee each day reduces the risk of death from liver cirrhosis by 66 per cent, specifically cirrhosis caused by…
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DC community calendar, April 3 to 9, 2014
Washington Post Suggested donation, $10. 202-347-2635, Ext. 20. Harpsichord recital, Mahan Esfahani performs works by C.P.E. Bach, W.F. Bach, J.S. Bach and others; 6:30 p.m., Coolidge Auditorium for Daniel Boomhower’s discussion of C.P.E. Bach’s compositions … |
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Clinical trial could improve quality of life for heart failure patients
Marshfield News-Herald Heart failure refers the heart’s decreased ability to pump blood throughout the body, said Dr. Kori Krueger, medical director for the Marshfield Clinic Institute for Quality, Innovation and Patient Safety. Patients with heart failure often have … |