Targeting PCS may help improve health of patients with chronic kidney diseaseNews-Medical.netInsulin resistance, or prediabetes, in individuals with kidney disease may be caused by the progressive retention of certain compounds that are normally excret…
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Guest Column: Share gift of life; become organ donor
Rockford Register Star It was Dec. 21, 1994, and my young son, John Allen, was dying in a Chicago hospital from advanced cardiomyopathy. He had only days to live at that point with only the hope of a heart transplant. The Rockford Register Star printed an editorial “Talk to … |
NDTVSouth African cricket reaches the summitNDTVAustralia great Shane Warne dropped hints about a 2013 Ashes comeback while Yuvraj Singh returned to India duty following lung cancer. Fixing continued to plague world cricket, with Pakistan and Essex leg…
Even today, Tracy Nash puts an ear to the chest of Mike Catterall to “hear her son breathe.” Catterall received a lung transplant from Tracy’s son, Monrae Monraj Nash, a 19-year-old college student who was killed in 2004. See video inside.
Stanford transplant surgeon Dr. Marc Melcher, who performed the kidney surgeries on Pati and Kurt Steele, says it’s not uncommon for a spouse to donate a kidney.
Kyle Deck, an ex-captain with the Regina Pats, is battling kidney disease and his former club is hoping an organ donor might be found leading to a transplant.
No solid food for gang-raped girl for years, say doctorsTimes of India… to administer TPN, liver failure or has a nonfunctional bowel. An intestinal transplant surgery is a last suitable option of treatment for patients with intestinal failure who de…
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BJP MP Dilip Judeo’s son dies of heart attack
Daily News & Analysis Satrunjay Sing Judeo, the elder son of Bilaspur MP and BJP leader Dilip Singh Judeo, died of heart attack on Thursday. Judeo, who was the deputy chairman of Jashpur municipal council, was admitted to a nearby hospital after he complained of chest-pain … |
Palliative care consultation may benefit heart failure patientsNews-Medical.netSymptomatic heart failure (HF) patients experience a high prevalence of pain and symptom burden akin to the experiences of cancer patients, say researchers, who report that …
Slushy spares kidney during partial nephrectomyNews-Medical.netUS researchers report the success and feasibility of a novel method of carrying out partial nephrectomy in kidney patients, using minimally invasive surgery. The procedure involves injectin…