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Reason to ‘Bree-Lieve’: Greenville Girl Leukemia-Free After Bone Marrow …
Fox17 Although they do not know who he is, he has given Bree a second chance at life. Bree underwent transplant surgery in early February. And after spending the holidays and several months in the hospital, she finally learned she was able to go home this week. Greenville Girl Leukemia Free After Bone Marrow TransplantNews Radio Wood |
Toronto Star |
Paid blood donation ban comes too late, critics say
Toronto Star We should not pay for blood,” she told reporters, saying this is the best way to protect the voluntary blood donation regime developed after the tainted blood scandal of the 1980s. “What is important to me is that we do not develop a system where we … Preserving Ontario’s Voluntary Blood Donation SystemGovernment of Ontario News Taking Action to Protect Voluntary Blood DonationsNorthumberlandView.ca |
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Stress takes a toll on would be mothers in Lucknow
Times of India “Stress is the major factor among Indian working women as they seldom get adequate rest during pregnancy,” says Dr Priti Kumar of the Lucknow Obstetrics and Gynecology Society. The observation has also been … As per the global action report on pre … |
What is a hepatologist?HealioHepatitis impacts millions of people worldwide and has been associated with a number of poor outcomes such as liver cancer and liver transplantation. Particularly, hepatitis B and hepatitis C frequently cause liver cancers….
The Olympian9 Things To Do in South Sound This Weekend, March 21-23The Olympian(Three-time Grammy Award-winner Dennis Kamakahi was scheduled to perform but was recently diagnosed with lung cancer and will not appear.) Dubbed one of 50 events to attend …
Daily News & Analysis |
NIH grantees sharpen understanding of antibodies that may cut risk of HIV …
Eureka! Science News What immune response should a vaccine elicit to prevent HIV infection? Two studies published online today bring scientists closer to answering this question by identifying previously unrecognized attributes of antibodies that appear to have reduced the … Lupus may end up saving livesVOXXI Past HIV vaccine trials pave way for new treatmentFree Press Journal |
Globalnews.ca |
Southern Alberta woman is back home after double lung transplant
Globalnews.ca The next day Hamilton received her double lung transplant surgery In Edmonton. “I woke up a day or two later and I was sedated. I remember telling my husband tell me if it worked.” So far her body has accepted the lungs without any complications and … |
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Did You Know St. John’s Wort Might Neutralize Hormonal Contraceptives?
Forbes Doctors later learned that the patients had been taking St. John’s wort and that it was accelerating the breakdown of their transplant rejection drug, cyclosporine. The GlaxoSmithKline researcher, Steven Kliewer, and his colleagues demonstrated in 2000 … |
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Organ donation after cardiac death
South Asia Mail Their daughter had always wanted to donate her organs, but she didn’t meet the brain death criteria required for donation. Her Ottawa family was determined to fulfill her final wish. In 2006, she became the first Canadian in nearly four decades to … |
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Initiation of dialysis for acute kidney injury potentially dangerous for frail …
Science Codex PHILADELPHIA – The decision to initiate dialysis for acute kidney injury (AKI) varies depending on different patient factors and there is a lack of robust evidence as to which patients are likely to benefit most and why. A new study from researchers at … In AKI, Dialysis Works Better With Higher CreatinineMedPage Today AKI Predictors in Lymphoma Patients IdentifiedRenal and Urology News |