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Family tragedy inspires local woman to support organ donation
Victorville Daily Press VICTORVILLE • After losing her oldest of five children in a late-summer 2009 motorcycle crash, Kristen Steiner Graves has maintained close ties to the organ donor community while furthering her son’s legacy in the process. “As a mom, I thought he was … |
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Artificial lab grown baby soon
Times of India LONDON: Scientists are on the verge of creating the world’s first artificial human with the four major organs – liver, heart, lung and kidney that could change the way new drugs and toxic agents are screened. The Advanced Tissue-Engineered Human … |
Your Health: Cancer treatment and preventionSan Lorenzo Valley Press-BannerStem cell transplant. This is also commonly called bone marrow transplant. This uses stem cells which are found in the bone marrow and are the precursors to all other blood cell…
Device offers help to patients with heart failureKSAT San AntonioHEART FAILURE IS THE FASTEST GROWING CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDER. IT OCCURS WHEN THE HEART IS TOO WEAK TO PUMP. BUT NOW A NEW DEVICE THAT GETS ON YOUR NERVES COULD HELP THOSE WITH HEART FAILU…
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Poppy peps up Barmer campaign
Times of India However, the doctors said it is very dangerous for kids as it aggravates respiratory diseases and liver ailments.” It is harmful for the liver and sparks respiratory disorders,” said doctor DD Khinchi , principal medical officer, government hospital … |
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Study takes on fatty liver disease
WWL Her liver was scarred. She was on her way to cirrhosis. “That’s one of the unfortunate things about liver disease, until it’s very, very advanced, there’s simply no symptoms often,” said Dr. Nathan Shores, the Tulane Medical Director of Liver … |
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UPDATED: Insurance company says it will cover Groton teacher’s kidney …
TheDay.com When he and his wife Katy questioned the financial counselor for transplant surgery about what that meant, they said they were told that meant there was 100 percent coverage. Thursday afternoon, one day after U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., … Insurance company says it will cover Groton teacher’s kidney transplantInsurance News Net (press release) |
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Can AbbVie’s Legacy Products Deliver Further Growth?
Motley Fool … death) being studied in hematologic malignancies, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia; and an experimental new drug treatment offering multifactorial immunomodulatory effects for people with relapsing, remitting multiple sclerosis, called … |
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Mother of Brain-Dead California Girl: ‘She is Asleep’
NBC 10 Philadelphia “I do not use the word ‘brain-death‘ towards my daughter,” said Jahi McMath’s mother, Nailah Winkfield, while in Philadelphia for the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Award Gala Thursday. McMath underwent surgery to remove her tonsils, uvula and adenoids to … Jahi McMath’s Family to Be HonoredComcast SportsNet Philadelphia |
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Former Olympic star, 58, died suddenly from heart failure while sunbathing …
Daily Mail The couple have no children but Mr Knutt has a daughter from a previous marriage. Fit and healthy: Donna Hartley led keep-fit classes near her home in Sheffield. ‘She had none of the common features of liver failure,’ he added. However he did discover … South Yorkshire athletics golden girl’s death ‘unexplained’The Star Death of Olympic star Donna Hartley-Wass while sunbathing ‘cannot be explained’Mirror.co.uk |