Hair transplants get a leg upHindustan TimesTransplant surgery involves removing hair from the back of a man's head to the thinning site. I say men because 25% of men in their 20s and 60% in their 40s suffer from hair loss because of a condition ca…
Renal Dysfunction After Radical Nephrectomy Raises Cardiovascular RisksRenal and Urology NewsInvestigators at Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School and Saitama Red Cross Hospital in Saitama reviewed data from 173 patients who underwent RN…
Airflow obstruction and reduced lung function increase the risk of heart failureScience CodexSophia Antipolis, 25 February 2012: A large population-based study has found that lung function and obstructive airway diseases are strongly and independently …
ISSC highlights sensors and semiconductor technology in medicineEmbedded.comEEGs are also the first line of diagnostic tools for coma, encephalopathies (disorder or disease of the brain) and brain death. One of the advantages of EEGs is the millisecond…
RTT NewsDieting Can Prove Dangerous for Kidney Disease PatientsiVillage Entertainment24 (HealthDay News) — Overweight or obese people with chronic kidney disease may suffer further kidney damage if they use certain weight-loss methods, a new study war…
Jayas birthday fte off to a colourful startIBNLive.comCHENNAI: Blood donation camps, rallies and photo exhibits showcasing the various schemes of the State government marked the 64th birthday celebrations of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa her…
Recipient, donor stable: SZH makes its mark in liver transplantDAWN.comThis time a four-member team of Shaikh Zayed Hospital surgeons performed the 15-hour long successful living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) independently and without the help of …
Sharon Runner undergoes lung transplant surgerySignalBy Tammy Marashlian Signal Senior Education Writer Sen. Sharon Runner is undergoing a lung transplant today as part of treatment for limited scleroderma, or CREST syndrome, her husband, George Runner…
What Are Steroids?Gizmodo AustraliaCorticosteroids are less controversial and treat things like allergic reactions and autoimmune diseases. Cortisone is one common example, which doctors use to treat the pain and swelling that comes with skin condition…
Charlie Knuth's Family Suffers a LossWBAYBy Emily Matesic – email You may recall Charlie is the young boy from Darboy who received a groundbreaking stem cell transplant to treat EB, a rare and often fatal skin disorder that causes painful blisterin…