Kidney swap saves two lives in ChandigarhTimes of IndiaCHANDIGARH: In a unique case, a patient Bhupinder Singh, with A+ve blood group, needed a kidney transplant. His wife Harminder Kaur wanted to donate her kidney, but her blood group was B+ve. He had…
Zee NewsHepatitis….It's closer than you thinkZee NewsThe majority of severe sequel occurs in patients who are chronically infected with HBV; a significant proportion develops liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Since Hepatitis E is uncon…
Heart Failure Clinics – Beneficial But UnderusedMedical News TodayEvidence has shown that outpatient heart failure (HF) clinics reduce morbidity, mortality and health care costs. However, a new study in the current issue of the Canadian Journal of Card…
Govt doctor accused of stealing kidneyIBNLive.comDisclaimer: Network18 Media & Investments Limited is proposing, subject to market conditions and other considerations, an offer of its equity shares on rights basis and has filed a Draft Letter of Of…
FDA Gives Nod to New Breast Cancer DrugPhiladelphia InquirerFRIDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the use of the drug Afinitor (everolimus) for use by women with a particular form of advanced breas…
Western fast food tied to heart risks in AsiaIndian ExpressEven relatively clean-living Singaporeans who regularly eat burgers, fries and other staples of U.S.-style fast food are at raised risk of diabetes and significantly more likely than peers to d…
Antibody detects progenitor cells in cancers and cirrhosis of the liverNews-Medical.netProfessor Pera and one of the co-authors on the paper, Dr Kouichi Hasegawa, were recently awarded an Australia-India Strategic Research Fund grant to continue their …
IBTimes.co.ukVitamin D Can Protect Lungs from Effects of SmokingIBTimes.co.uk"We examined the relationship between vitamin D deficiency, smoking, lung function, and the rate of lung function decline over a 20-year period in a cohort of 626 adult w…
Heart diseases: The heart disease epidemic in IndiaTimes of IndiaHeart diseases claim many lives in India every year. The most common heart diseases plaguing Indians between the age group of 25-60 are cardiovascular diseases, cardiac arrests, congestiv…
IPPmediaCity hospitals groan at high blood demand, few volunteersIPPmediaLack of awareness on voluntary blood donation explains acute scarcity of safe blood in most hospitals, responsible officials have declared. This has led to an increase in the numb…