Taiwan TodayMa vows to revitalize Taiwan economyTaiwan TodayParticipants included Lung Ying-tai, ROC minister of cultural affairs; Shih Yen-shiang, ROC minister of economic affairs; Hamid Biglari, vice chairman of Citigroup Inc.; D. C. Chien, chairman …
For Anderson resident Lyle McPherson, the mark of 2013 means so much more than just a new year, it’s another chance at life every single day. McPherson is the longest living extracorporeal membrane oxygenation/double lung transplant patient in the world at 55 years old, he said. Having survived 8 years after his original operation in 2004, he has defied all odds that were set against him from …
 Wilkes Barre Times-Leader |
Your blood donation can help girl fight battle of her life
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader Your blood donation can help girl fight battle of her life. Four local drives will benefit 6-year-old cancer patient Audrianna Bartol of Hazleton. Bill O’Boyle – boboyle@timesleader.com – 570-829-7218 – Twitter: @TLBillOBoyle … |
Times of IndiaDiet tips for preventing cervical cancerTimes of IndiaFoods rich in vitamin A include orange, carrots, squash, eggs, liver, tuna and fortified dairy products work best as cervical cancer preventers. Foods rich in the vitamin-B folate shou…
Straits TimesSmaller, lighter pump for heart failure patientsStraits TimesGraphic of HeartWare ventricular assist device (HVAD), the third generation of mechanical heart devices. The new heart pump device is smaller and lighter and fits right next to t…
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Being naked was nerve-racking: Helen Hunt
India Today Set during the 1980s in Berkeley, California, the film is based on the true story of journalist and poet Mark O’Brien who was paralysed with polio, and confined for hours every day to an iron lung. Aged 38, Mark (played by John Hawkes) decided he … |
Gehlot encourages blood donationindiabloomsJaipur, Jan 07 (ANI): While visiting a blood donation camp organized by a social group in Vidhyadhar Nagar area of Jaipur, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot encouraged people to come up for the noble cause…
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New company applies regenerative medicine to corneal transplantation
EurekAlert (press release) WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Jan. 8, 2013 – Ocular Systems, Inc. (OSI), Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and the North Carolina Eye Bank have formed a new company based on a promising new technology aimed at engineering replacement corneas in the … |
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AHG launches a blood donation campaign in support of ‘My Blood for My …
Al-Bawaba The Al Habtoor Group has launched a blood donation campaign in collaboration with Dubai Blood Donation Centre (DBDC), part of the Dubai Health Authority. The initiative, “My Blood for My Country” was launched by HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin … |
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India to supply life-saving medicines to Iran
Rediff The request from Iran is mainly for bulk drugs, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and generic formulations to treat lung and breast cancers, brain tumours, heart ailments and other key diseases. “The Indian pharmaceutical industry is known for … |