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Teen’s double lung transplant in Pittsburgh another stop on difficult journey …
Tribune-Review The transplant surgery lasted about five hours. Surgeons stored Mariana’s scarred and enlarged lungs, to study them. A few days later, they showed them to her. She put on plastic gloves and squeezed one. “Gross,” she said. “I can’t believe that was … |
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Humanity’s global battle with mosquitoes
BBC News Transmitted by mosquitoes, the parasites multiply inside the liver before infecting red blood cells; There are five different species of parasite that cause malaria in humans; Plasmodium falciparum is the most deadly. The WHO estimates that there are … |
Weizmann professor is not afraid of the big bad wolfJerusalem PostCurrent treatments include corticosteroids and cytotoxic immune suppressants, which are sometimes effective but involve side effects such as osteoporosis, high blood pressure, suppressio…
The Spray-On Surgical Film That Could Make Sutures RedundantGizmodo IndiaThe resulting films have been used to successfully seal diaphragm hernias and surgical incisions in the the lung, intestine, and liver of a pig, and also decay away to nothing ove…
Medical Daily |
Breakthrough: Surgeons Use 3-D Printing Technology To Perform World’s First …
Medical Daily … barbaric while visiting an Earth hospital in Star Trek IV, circa 1986. “My God man, drilling holes in his head is not the answer!” McCoy raged. “What is this, the Dark Ages?” Below is a YouTube video featuring Verweij’s new skull transplant surgery. |
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Dear mystery donor, thank you for the gift of life
expressandstar.com It was decided she needed an autologous stem cell transplant – where her own blood stem cells are used to help her recover her blood counts – and she was referred to Dr Prem Mahendra at the Priory’s oncology centre. The graft took place and Sally went … |
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Breathrough: Surgeons Use 3-D Printing Technogoly To Perform World’s First …
Medical Daily … amputation barbaric while visiting an Earth hospital in Star Trek IV, circa 1986. “My God man, drilling holes in his head is not the answer!” McCoy raged. “What is this, the Dark Ages? Below is a YouTube video featuring Verweij’s new skull … |
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‘Cadaveric transplantation need of the hour’
GreaterKashmir.com Dr Wani stressed for “awareness on organ transplantation particularly concept of brain death need to be widely publicized.” While appreciating media for its role in creating awareness on the issue, he exhorted “upon government, community leaders, media … |
Times of India |
Dealing with dry cough?
Times of India Other causes include acute bronchitis, asthma, lung problems, viral infections and laryngitis,” she says. Consultant pediatrician Dr Swati Bapat adds, “Dry cough has no sputum production or expectoration. We are seeing a high number of dry cough cases … |
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British complicity in African slave trade
nation.lk – The Nation Newspaper By the late 18th century, another lobby, the West India Society, whose members included some Merchant Venturers, took up the cause of defending planter interests. Bristol’s slave … The famous Royal Liver Building occupies some of the Piazzas original … |