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Katie’s family ‘holding our breath’ – stem cell donor clinic Saturday
Waterloo Record CAMBRIDGE – The family of four-year-old Katie Herron is anxiously waiting to find out if chemotherapy was successful enough to put her into remission and give her a chance at the stem cell transplant that could save her life. |
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In Need of An Eye, Not Just A Pledge
The New Indian Express Dr Narpat Solanki, Chairman, Dr Solanki’s Eye Hospital states that there needs to be volunteer groups among youngsters who should encourage donation of any organ, if there is a death in their locality. “Even ambulance drivers, should be encouraged to … |
AEG IndiaCurrent Affairs 20th February 2014 |21 Chemical Solution developed to preserve …AEG India20.02.2014: To preserve donated organs Dr.Hemant Thatte (NRI) developed 21 chemical solutions. Name of … 20.02.2014: In the second week of February 20…
FDA to Review DPP-4 Inhibitor Saxagliptin for Increased Heart Failure RiskDiabetes In ControlSAVOR (Saxagliptin Assessment of Vascular Outcomes Recorded in patients with diabetes mellitus) trial showed a 27% increase in hospitalizations for heart failu…
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Astrophysicists look inside heart of an exploding star
Times of India LONDON: Astrophysicists have for the first time ever been able to look inside the heart of an exploding star to document exactly how shock waves rip apart massive dying stars and ultimately end their lives. Using NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope … |
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Rituximab Doesn’t Alleviate Sjögren Symptoms at Week 24
Doctors Lounge FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) — For patients with primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS), rituximab does not improve symptoms or disease activity at 24 weeks, according to a study published in the Feb. 18 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. |
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Red Cross blood donation shortfall linked to winter weather
KAIT “Especially with the winter months and all the increment weather we have seen with the ice and the snow, we are drastically low,” said Kathy Barber who works at the Blood Donation Center in Jonesboro. “We need to get it back up at least a little bit to … |
Giant snowman seeking organ donor for little boyKTTCROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) — Cathy Santiago and her two sons decided to take on the challenge of building their first ever snowman on Wednesday, but what they built became much more than a source of win…
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Local Digest: Barry still recovering, will be at event to promote organ …
Washington Post A crowd is expected to gather Saturday at Howard University to promote organ donation — without the District’s most well-known organ-donation recipient. Former mayor and current D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) has been organizing the … |
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Marker May Flag MS Prior to Symptom Onset
MedPage Today In seven of 16 individuals who developed MS, plasma samples taken when they were still considered healthy, 2 to 9 months before a first clinical attack, had high levels of antibodies against KIR4.1, according to Bernhard Hemmer, MD, of Munich Technical … MS could be detectable years before symptoms showScotsman MS Symptoms May Be Predicted By Antibody Detected In Your Blood Years …Medical Daily Antibody may be detectable in blood years before MS symptoms appearEurekAlert (press release) |