Maternal stem-cell transplant may be last best hope for HannahVictoria NewsWith Langford four year old Hannah Day due to receive a critical stem cell transplant from her mother Wednesday (March 19) in Vancouver, volunteers are organizing a fundraiser d…
Utah senator headed home from hospital after heart failureSalt Lake TribuneSenate Majority Leader Ralph Okerlund was scheduled to leave the hospital Tuesday, six days after he collapsed during a legislative leadership meeting on the second-to-last day …
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What’s Up Doc? Can microwave popcorn cause lung disease?
Wicked Local Salem Q: I read that there is a lung disease that usually occurs in lung transplant patients but that you can also get from microwave popcorn. Is this real? A: Inhaled air (whether through the nose, mouth or directly through the trachea in people who have … |
Renal mass biopsy rates increasing in kidney cancermedwireNewsPatients treated with systemic therapy were more likely to undergo RMB than those who underwent partial or radical nephrectomy, with respective rates of 50.4%, 20.4% and 17.3%. Multivariate …
CNETA beating patch of cells could mend broken heartsCNETA beating patch of cells could mend broken hearts. Harvard researchers create a heart patch using gels and 3D-printing technology that could someday lessen reliance on transplant surgery. Michael…
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No easy fix to replace Braves’ Medlen, Beachy
Rockdale Citizen Ligament transplant surgery typically keeps pitchers out for 12 to 14 months, but a second a comeback has tougher odds and requires a longer recovery. After seeing Andrews with Medlen on Monday in Gulf Breeze, Fla., Beachy decided to go to Los Angeles … |
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Home is where the heart is
Times of India Three months ago, The Times of India along with the Indian Market Research Bureau (IMRB) had set out to conduct a unique survey to sift through Gurgaon’s concrete clutter and separate the houses from the homes. Or in other words, places where people … |
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Stem cell transplant helps boy grow past rare disease
Chambersburg Public Opinion Public Opinion last talked to Johnson in March 2012, about a week before the stem cell transplant surgery to prevent the disease from gaining more ground inside Chevy’s little body. Doctors diagnosed Chevy with Hurlers syndrome in January 2012. The … |
Senator headed home from hospital after heart failureSalt Lake TribuneSenate Majority Leader Ralph Okerlund was scheduled to leave the hospital Tuesday, six days after he collapsed during a legislative leadership meeting on the second-to-last day of th…
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For Heart Failure Patients, Shortness Of Breath While Bending Over Could Be A …
Huffington Post Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center found that experiencing this shortness of breath — they coined it “bendopnea” — could be a symptom of excessive fluid retention in heart failure patients, and an indication that their treatment regimen … |