Times of IndiaVitamin C supplements may improve lung function in newborns of smoking womenZee NewsWashington: Researchers have suggested that supplemental vitamin C taken by pregnant smokers improved measures of lung function for newborns and decreased…
MedscapeEarly Menopause May Increase Heart Failure RiskMedscapeEarly natural menopause is significantly associated with heart failure (HF) when compared with menopause at age 50 to 54 years. The increase in risk is even more pronounced in women who smo…
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It’s 2014. Why can’t I give blood?
NEWS.com.au (blog) You're changing more than just the 3 lives you save, your blood donation has a ripple effect http://t.co/dyRHWrYi8F http://t.co/5serBLpVvF. — Australian Red Cross (@redcrossbloodau) May 15, 2014. This logic is understandable, but in 2014 … Blood donation rules continue to exclude healthy donorsHerald Sun Blood drivesPress Herald Summer a time when donations of blood fallPontiac Daily Leader |
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Micro-credit and poverty driving Bangladesh’s organ trade
ABC Online … or in countries such as India and Singapore, where healthcare is better. Brokers organise fake passports and forge documents to pretend the donor and recipient are relatives, to get around Bangladeshi laws that allow organ donations between relatives. |
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Daughter donates kidney to ill father
The State I wasn’t in pain, but it’s like a slow-burn,” he said from his home in Inman 13 days after the transplant surgery. He sat back in a recliner; his daughter, who was also recovering, sat beside him on a couch. A doctor eventually told Hart one of his … |
Phase 3 ASCEND Study of Pirfenidone in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis …StockhouseIn ASCEND, pirfenidone significantly reduced decline in lung function as measured by change in percent predicted forced vital capacity (FVC) from Baseline to Week 52 (ran…
Quincy JournalBlood donation locationsArizona Daily StarThe American Red Cross will be seeking blood donors at these times and places in the area next week. To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-733-2767. Sunday. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Churc…
Emergency: Made-in-India heart implants neededBangalore MirrorRemember the American crime drama Breaking Bad, where a chemistry teacher resorts to crime to fund the exorbitant cost of treatment for his lung cancer? Going by the prices of treatment for …
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Start-ups at the heart of economic growth in India
The National India’s economic growth slowed to a decade low of 4.5 per cent in the financial year which ended in March last year and experts say that encouraging entrepreneurship in India could boost the country’s economic growth and job creation. However, experts … |
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Sleeping Pills Increases Cardiovascular Risk in Heart Failure Patients: Study
Headlines & Global News First group had heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and second group comprised of those who had heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). “Management and prognosis can vary between patients with HFpEF and HFrEF … Sleeping Pill Use Tied to Poorer Survival for Heart Failure PatientsHealth.com Sleeping pills ‘increase risk of poor outcomes’ for heart failure patientsMedical News Today Sleeping pills risky for heart failure patientsDelhi Daily News Telegraph.co.uk –Argyll Free Press all 21 news articles » |