GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa – For Grundy Center native Marissa Getting, 25 is more than a birthday. Getting, who received a heart transplant at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics at just 7 days old in 1987, was Iowa's first pediatric heart transp…
Foundation Honors Life of Heat Stroke Victim Neil SaigalIndia WestThe bikers notified someone, and Neil was transferred to a clinic, and later, to Max Hospital. He died in the hospital's ICU, a month after the incident, from heat stroke, kidney and…
New Straits TimesBlood donation campaign at TICNew Straits TimesIPOH: Fifty students of TAJ International College, here, recently participated in a blood donation campaign that was organised by its Hindu Students Association. . Komathy Chandra Segaran …
No hospital opts for organ harvestingTimes of IndiaPUNE: No hospital in the city has registered itself as non-transplant organ retrieval centres (NTORCs) despite the state setting a deadline of October 15 for hospitals with ICU and operation theatres t…
Organ Donation Group Helped Grieving Commerce Mother Through LossPatch.comHaving never married, his family put his name on the Michigan Organ Donor Registry, which includes 2.8 million other people who have offered various donations upon their death. &…
TB treatment shown effective in CKD patientsVaccine News Daily (blog)A new study showed anti-tuberculosis treatment to be both safe and effective in patients suffering from chronic kidney disease. Researchers in India conducted a 12 month study of 572 …
His brush follows his heartTimes of IndiaWhen this 21-year-old painter starts on a blank canvas, it is his instinct that guides his brush. There is no preconceived image ever that he drags on to the canvas. Having painted about 40 pieces so far, Mohali…
mTOR inhibitors Tank in Three Advanced Kidney Cancer TrialsThe Oncology ReportVIENNA – The mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors temsirolimus and everolimus have racked up a trio of negative trials in advanced renal cell carcinoma. The phase IIIb …
Virbhadra's big fat LIC policiesTimes of IndiaSHIMLA: Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh's interest in buying LIC policies bear an interesting pattern over the past 10 years. These policies are at the heart of a controversy …
During a routine bath when Ben Swink was 4 years old, his mother noticed extensive bruising along his back. What followed was a life-threatening diagnosis of aplastic anemia.