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Jahi McMath: Time is limited for brain-dead teen, experts say
Los Angeles Times Jahi’s family — and their attorney, Christopher Dolan of San Francisco — have maintained that brain death is not death, that the girl might get better, and that the rights of Jahi’s mother, Latasha Winkfield, to determine the medical course of action … |
After brain death, is there life?TheCelebrityCafe.comA debate that is not so foreign to this nation has risen again due to the case of Jahi McMath. Should a person that has been declared brain dead be kept alive? Many people are familiar with the story…
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Can I Get a Medical Marijuana Card for Chronic Kidney Disease?
Phoenix New Times (blog) However, chronic renal disease (also known as CRD, another term for chronic kidney disease) can involve severe and chronic pain and/or severe nausea. If you suffer from one of those conditions and have a doctor’s recommendation, then you would qualify … |
Sutro Biopharma to Collaborate With Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to …PR Newswire (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Sutro Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing a new generation of protein therapeutics, in…
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Extract | Perpetual City—A Short Biography of Delhi
Livemint Having mutilated its space, its buildings, its traditional street food, its bazaars and its energy, India today is seeking World Heritage status for Delhi. Shahjahanabad—honoured in international capitals with great exhibitions on its … The … |
Brain-death debate rekindledBayoubuzzJahi McMath, a 13-year-old girl who was declared brain-dead after complications from a tonsillectomy, has been released from the hospital to the care of her family. According to the terms of a court order, the famil…
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Aussie tennis star Casey Dellacqua rallies support for organ donation
Herald Sun Yesterday, after going out of the Hobart International in the second round, she met two Tasmanian organ donation beneficiaries, David Taylor (double lung) and Heather Nichols (kidney), through the Tasmanian branch of DonateLife. “The main thing is you … |
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Churches asked to become blood and organ ‘donor churches’
ChristianToday Churches up and down the UK have been challenged to become ‘donor churches’ and encourage blood and organ donation in their communities through a new campaign. The call has gone out from NHS Blood and Transplant as part of its ongoing … ‘About time’ on organ donationNews North Wales VIDEO: Campaign boosts donor numbers by 2000Shields Gazette Sheffield mum given gift of life urges people to sign upThe Star Nottingham Post –Lancashire Telegraph all 10 news articles » |
Pak-India liver transplant programme in troubleDAWN.comUnder the MoU, he said, the two sides were to share human resource development through training of doctors, nurses and technicians and ensure quality control and good clinical outcome of hepato-pan…
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Case of Jahi McMath raises questions about life after brain death
NBCNews.com She was put on life support and declared brain dead. As Jahi remained on a ventilator in an undisclosed care facility on Monday, her case continues to raise burning questions about what it means to be brain dead — and if there is life after brain death. Billings neurologist discusses brain deathKPAX-TV Jahi McMath body in ‘very bad shape’ after hospital transferLos Angeles Times Why brain dead means really deadCNN |