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23Jan/14

Twice-daily pill could turn leukemia into a highly treatable disease – Medical Xpress

January 23, 2014Monoclonal Anti-CD20 Antibodiesadmin

Twice-daily pill could turn leukemia into a highly treatable disease
Medical Xpress
What’s more, just 13 percent of patients treated with rituximab alone responded to the therapy, compared to 81 percent of the participants in the idelalisib treatment group. A higher percentage of patients who received both drugs – some 92 percent …
New pill can ‘melt away’ leukemia without chemotherapyANINEWS
A Pill ‘Melts Away’ Common Form of LeukemiaHealthNewsDigest.com

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23Jan/14

BioLineRx Receives Orphan Drug Designation for Novel Stem Cell Mobilization … – EIN News (press release)

January 23, 2014Monoclonal Anti-CD20 Antibodiesadmin

BioLineRx Receives Orphan Drug Designation for Novel Stem Cell Mobilization …EIN News (press release)Pre-clinical studies show that BL-8040 is efficient, both alone and in combination with the anti-cancer drug Rituximab, in reducing bone marrow metas…

23Jan/14

Failing To Get Off The Couch May Contribute To Heart Failure – NewsOK.com

January 23, 2014Organ Failureadmin

Failing To Get Off The Couch May Contribute To Heart Failure
NewsOK.com
Now there’s evidence that heart failure — when your heart becomes too weak to pump enough blood through your arteries — can be brought on by a sedentary lifestyle and also, more generally, a lack of physical activity. See this story on www.npr.org.

23Jan/14

Greenpeace Protestors Charged After Scaling Building in Mumbai's Commercial … – Wall Street Journal (blog)

January 23, 2014Heartadmin

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Greenpeace Protestors Charged After Scaling Building in Mumbai’s Commercial …
Wall Street Journal (blog)
… wearing climbing gear and tiger-print suits scaled the side of one of Mumbai’s tallest buildings Wednesday and unfurled a banner in protest against coal mining by Essar Group, which is headquartered in the building at the heart of India’s financial …

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23Jan/14

Asia Pacific Market: Stocks fall on weak manufacturing data from China – Business Standard

January 23, 2014Lungadmin

Asia Pacific Market: Stocks fall on weak manufacturing data from ChinaBusiness StandardHang Lung Properties sank 5.1% to HK$23.10 after the developers announced its profit excluding revaluation gains and deferred taxes fell 18% to HK$5.05 billion from …

23Jan/14

Family gift of new lease of life – Yorkshire Post

January 23, 2014Transplant Surgeryadmin

Yorkshire Post

Family gift of new lease of life
Yorkshire Post
Fiaz had various tests to make sure he was a suitable donor and mentally prepared, before the transplant surgery in July in Leeds. The transplant was a success, Mohammed’s health has improved dramatically and he has now returned to work. He wants …

23Jan/14

Donor's gift 'an act of love' – Sanford Herald (registration)

January 23, 2014Transplant Surgeryadmin

Sanford Herald (registration)

Donor’s gift ‘an act of love’
Sanford Herald (registration)
A Sanford church brought together a Moore County girl with kidney failure, a Lee County writer and a Harnett County legal assistant in a quest to get that little girl a new kidney. And now, after months of effort, 9-year-old Evie Wentz’s transplant …

23Jan/14

What's On in Chester, Flintshire and Cheshire – January 23 onwards – ChesterChronicle.co.uk (blog)

January 23, 2014Organ Donor, Organs, Other Transplantationadmin

What’s On in Chester, Flintshire and Cheshire – January 23 onwards
ChesterChronicle.co.uk (blog)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23. CHESTER: Chester Society of Natural Science Literature and Art meeting with talk on The Incredible East India Company by Roy Willis at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. …. Donations are requested to cover the cost …

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23Jan/14

Brain-dead patient's organs donated in Vijayawada – The Hindu

January 23, 2014Organ Donor, Other Transplantationadmin

The Hindu

Brain-dead patient’s organs donated in Vijayawada
The Hindu
City-based Brindavan Colony resident Mulakala Padmavathi, 39, went into coma after she suffered a sever brain haemorrhage on January 16. She was subsequently declared brain dead. Her family decided to donate her organs. Four patients in need of …

23Jan/14

Woman with heart disease delivers – Times of India

January 23, 2014Heartadmin

Woman with heart disease deliversTimes of IndiaPatients who have artificial heart valves needs to be on lifelong blood thinners to prevent clotting of blood on the artificial vale, the doctor said adding these medicines are dangerous for the unborn bab…

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