Indians bad organ donors, don't accept brain death: DoctorsTimes of IndiaThis slow acceptance of brain death — patients who have suffered complete and irreversible loss of all brain functions and are clinically and legally dead — is seriously a…
Straits TimesRamadan, Hungry Ghost Month affect heart failureStraits TimesOne possible reason for the drop in the number of Malay and Chinese patients warded during Ramadan and the Hungry Ghost Month, respectively, could be their tweaking of eating and…
World Health Organization (WHO) report on Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown …LankawebWorld Health Organization (WHO) report on Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka Posted on August 15th, 2012. Mission report , 6-8thJune 2011…
PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 15 (UPI) — NASA scientists say they've completed a "brain transplant" in the Mars Curiosity rover to prepare it for its investigations of the Red Planet's surface.
Recruitment phase for Phase II clinical trial successfully completed Teltow. co.don AG has successfully concluded the recruitment phase of its Phase II clinical trial. In the long-term clinical trial (Trial …
Tofacitinib Helps in Ulcerative ColitisMedPage TodayIn addition to showing strong clinical activity in rheumatoid arthritis, the drug has also been effective in small trials in psoriasis and organ transplant rejection. Sandborn and colleagues wrote tha…
Florida Hospital opens dedicated kids' bone marrow transplant unitOrlando SentinelChildren in Central Florida who need a life-saving bone marrow or stem cell transplant may now have their procedures locally at a center just for kids. This week, Flo…
Andrew Hagewood underwent a life-saving heart transplant in March and Wednesday was moved from his room in the intensive care unit.
Driver saves 60 after suffering heart attackTimes of IndiaEluru: An RTC bus driver who suffered a massive heart attack parked the vehicle to the roadside and saved the life of 60 passengers. Simhadri collapsed on the driver's wheel and died as the …
Goa bizman gets liver meant for DeshmukhHindustan TimesThe liver meant for Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who died on Tuesday afternoon, was transplanted to a 42-year-old Goa-based businessman on Wednesday. Late on Tuesday night, a team of surgeons …