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Cytoreductive nephrectomy has selective survival benefit in mRCC
The Oncology Report SAN FRANCISCO – Only selected patients with synchronous metastases from renal cell carcinoma derive a survival benefit from a cytoreductive nephrectomy, a retrospective cohort study showed. Researchers studied more than 1,600 patients from the … |
CNN |
Living with Stiff Person Syndrome: ‘I’m a statue for your lawn’
CNN Atkins decided SPS fit that bill and performed the stem cell transplant. His first SPS patient is now symptom-free, he says, and off all medications typically used for treating the rare disorder. He performed another transplant on a second SPS patient … |
Kochi doctors gift Pakistani toddler a healthy heartTimes of IndiaKOCHI: Two-year-old Hina Talpur from Pakistan has a trauma of hospitals and she starts crying the moment she sees doctors. However, doctors at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS)…
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Local Bone Marrow Donor and Recipient to meet for the first time – Saturday …
STLtoday.com For some, a stem cell transplant is their only chance at a long-term survival. Occasionally, a patient will find a suitable genetic match in a sibling, as was the case last year with Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts and her older sister Sally-Ann … |
Drug Discovery & Development |
Preventing Liver Failure from Painkiller Overdose
Drug Discovery & Development “Overdose of paracetamol is the most common cause of acute liver failure and the leading cause of liver damage requiring transplantation in developed countries. The precise mechanisms of liver toxicity due to paracetamol overdose, however, have … |
Concern over rise in liver diseasesHindu Business LineGlobal Hospitals, which specialises in liver diseases management, has expressed concern over the growing incidence of liver diseases in India, especially in the wake of lifestyle disorders. K Ravind…
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Banner medical facility in Mesa hosting heart-failure seminar
East Valley Tribune The “Success Over Failure: When Someone You Love Has Heart Failure” seminar will discuss topics ranging from disease prevention and modifiable risk factors to managing symptoms and signs of heart failure. It includes a question-and-answer session with … |
Daily MailYoung footballer, 20, collapses and dies from suspected heart failure while …Daily MailA young footballer collapsed and died from suspected heart failure while celebrating a goal during a kick-about with friends. Matthew Burgess, 20, fell t…
Daily Mail |
‘Sorcerer’ sentenced to death in India for decapitating a baby and drinking …
Daily Mail In another area of India, a seven-year-old was murdered so her liver could be offered as a sacrifice to the gods ‘in exchange for a fertile crop’. Sarkar was reported to have been a self-taught ‘tantrik’, a practitioner of Hindu spiritual studies which … India: Occultist Sentenced to Death for Beheading Baby and Sucking its BloodInternational Business Times UK |
Wide Gap Between New Delhi, Beijing Smog Policies As India Lags On Curbing …Huffington PostA study published in the Lancet medical journal in October showed the lung capacity of nonsmoking Indian adults is just two-thirds that of North America and Eu…