Daily MailCould a hair transplant cure your thinning locks? Growing numbers of women …Daily MailAnd certainly, for many, transplant surgery provides an excellent solution. Ellie Kidd is a 37-year-old mother of two children, aged ten and 13, from Worc…
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Off the battlefield – an act of true heroism
DVIDS 13, 2013, the Peoria resident and single mother of two gave the Wilbanks family, specifically Kristy, a true reason to give thanks at the holidays as they underwent successful liver transplant surgery at the Mayo Clinic in North Phoenix. “It was life … |
MoH blood donation centres hold annual meetGulf TodayABU DHABI: Dr Amin Amiri, assistant undersecretary for medical practice and licence and chairman of Supreme National Blood Transfusion Committee, chaired the annual meeting of the blood donation cent…
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Mercury News editorial: Jahi McMath story demonstrates Americans need to talk …
San Jose Mercury News About 2.5 million Americans die each year. The leading causes are heart disease (600,000), cancer (575,000), chronic lower respiratory diseases (140,000), stroke (130,000) and accidents (120,000). Brain death, usually from a traumatic head injury or a … What to do after the brain diesTimes of India Friends Believe Jahi McMath, “Quiet Leader,” is AliveNBC Bay Area Other View: Blurring the line between life and deathChippewa Herald Los Angeles Times –fox13now.com all 80 news articles » |
Cadaver organ transplants rare affair in govt hospitalsTimes of IndiaMADURAI: Tamil Nadu recently overtook Maharashtra to top the chart in cadaver organ donation. However, the southern state is still short of organs to be transplanted to needy patients…
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Landmark moment as India to be declared ‘polio-free’
Telegraph.co.uk One doctor treated her for a suspected liver complaint, another gave her 17 injections to cure a stomach infection, but there was no improvement. One noticed her right leg was swollen and that she winced in pain when he touched it. Further tests … |
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PASSAGES 2013: Remembering a few of the valley’s notables
Conway Daily Sun However, just two months later, Ian’s doctor delivered devastating news: cancer had spread to other organs. His doctor prescribed weekly transfusions …. Donations may be sent to the Upper Saco Valley Land Trust, P.O. Box 424, North Conway, NH, 03860 … |
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Researchers find comparable long-term outcomes between diastolic, systolic …
Science Daily (press release) Jan. 9, 2014 — A new study by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) found comparable long-term outcomes between congestive heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction commonly … |
Hurriyet Daily NewsReligious officials, district governors to urge public for organ donationHurriyet Daily NewsThe presence of around 24,000 patients waiting for organ donations in Turkey has triggered the Health Ministry to launch a campaign to raise …
NPR (blog)Doctors use four tests to determine brain deathColumbus DispatchIn one way, the cases are polar opposites: The parents of Jahi McMath in Oakland, Calif., have fought to keep their daughter connected to a ventilator, while the parents and husb…