AsiaOne |
SPH’s first blood donation drive of 2014 collects 120 units of blood
AsiaOne SINGAPORE – The SPH Red Apple Day, a biannual blood donation drive jointly organised by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and Singapore Red Cross, saw 120 units of blood collected from 170 donors at the SPH News Centre Auditorium today. The first … |
Economic Times |
China pollution wafting across Pacific to blanket US: study
Reuters India However, the new report showed that many pollutants, including black carbon, which contributes to climate change and is linked to cancer, emphysema and heart and lung diseases, traveled huge distances on global winds known as “westerlies”. US consumers to blame for some air pollution from ChinaZee News Forget gizmos, pollution from China heads to USNewstrack India |
India Today |
Arvind Kejriwal versus Central govt: It’s stale, mate!
India Today Now that they have come into power, they are exercising their lung power and the dharna power. The Central government and Aam Aadmi Party critics are worried about the Republic Day ceremony. The saner people are worried about the republic. There is a … |
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Biznet and Heart Doctor Introduce LVAD Calculator App to Help Heart Failure …
Midland Daily News Jennifer Cowger, MD, MS, created an iPhone app to help doctors assess a patient’s suitability for a LVAD (left ventricular assist device), which is used to support heart function and blood flow in patients waiting for a transplant or for long-term … |
Scientists capture Y-shaped images of antibodies under normal conditionsAsahi ShimbunKYOTO–Japanese researchers have succeeded in capturing the first clear images under conditions close to inside of the human body of the Y-shaped structure of antibodi…
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DRBCCC Hindu College Holds NSS Camp
The New Indian Express The theme of the programme is ‘Healthy Youth for Healthy India‘. The camp was inaugurated by the Principal S Kalpana Bai in the presence of K Santha Kumari, the headmistress of Government Girls HSS, Perambakkam and Perambakkam panchayat president Lion … |
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Father of cancer patient speaks out about what he calls ‘gap in system’
Globalnews.ca The 24-year-old’s chemotherapy, radiation, and even a stem cell transplant failed. His only hope is Adcetris. But according to his father William, who doesn’t want to identify his son, the drug would cost the family at least $10,000 per treatment … |
First lung transplantation to be performed in Kazakhstan in 2014TengrinewsHe believes that doctors should not focus on lung transplantation only, because it is performed quite rarely, but get ready to progress to the combined heart and lung transplanta…
Asian Scientist MagazineClinical Trial To Test Renal Denervation In Heart FailureAsian Scientist MagazineIn Singapore, heart failure is the most common cause of cardiac hospitalization, with only 32 percent of cases surviving beyond five years. About 3…
India.Com Health |
Prostate cancer — tips to help you lower your level of risk
India.Com Health Of the 7.6 million deaths due to cancer worldwide, one-sixth are caused by prostate cancer which is also today the second most frequently diagnosed cancer type after lung cancer. In India the awareness about the disease still remains low. According to … |