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Community comes together to support teen with heart failure
WDRB The 19 year old Eastern Kentucky University student went from happy and healthy to heart failure all over Thanksgiving break. Yates said, “I thought I had the flu or something. I just felt weak and short breath.” The flu like feeling ended up putting … |
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Bone Marrow Transplant Stands Between Zainab and Her Dreams
AllAfrica.com Doctors at the IMC in a medical report jointly signed by the medical director and consultant surgeon Ali El-Badry and a consultant Dr Mahmud Salah said Zainab requires an “autologous bone marrow transplantation at the cost of $50,000 (about N9m).”. |
MTN organises blood donation exerciseVibe GhanaMTN Ghana Foundation on Friday organised a blood donation exercise as part of the Valentine Day celebrations to support the National Blood Bank (NBB). The annual blood donation exercise, which is held on t…
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Going bald can be a blow to your self esteem but a hair transplant could be …
The Daily Telegraph But the technology is much better these days and apparently more blokes are having transplant surgery — they just don’t talk about it (former soccer champ Mark Bosnich has had it done). So after much deliberation, and prompting from my now-late mum … |
Kalakrithi to beginThe New Indian ExpressThe fest also has a fashion show lined up. The will be a number of workshops in the areas of music, dance, theatre andphotography. The fest will also see students creating awareness about social causes like orga…
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IISc professor’ virtual liver product gets patent in US
Times of India BANGALORE: Strand Life Sciences, founded by professors at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, was awarded a patent in the US last week for its two-year-old virtual liver product, used by pharmaceuticals companies across the world to test … |
Windsor Star (blog)Double-lung transplant survivor skates to support organ donationWindsor Star (blog)For more information about becoming an organ donor, visit beadonor.ca. To learn more about alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency visit alpha1canada.ca. Jboyc…
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Windsor man living proof that organ donation is truly the gift of life
CTV News Only 20% of Windsor residents have registered their consent to organ and tissue donation according to the Trillium Gift of Life Network. Now, a man who triumphed over a rare genetic disease is trying to raise that number through awareness. “I was … Double-lung transplant survivor skates to support organ donationWindsor Star (blog) Jews urged to become organ donorsCanadian Jewish News (blog) |
10 Questions: Henry Klapholz, MDMedPage TodayThe development of bone marrow transplantation turned that around and, although far from being a benign treatment, it enabled my daughter to grow up to be a beautiful and healthy human being who now has a fa…
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KU’s Ph.D student needs help for liver transplant abroad
Pakistan Observer Monday, February 17, 2014 – Karachi—A young lady Ph.D student of International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) at Karachi University (KU) needs financial assistance for her liver transplant surgery in India costing about Rs five … |