thejournal.ie |
Poll: Do you have an organ donor card?
thejournal.ie A ‘soft opt-out’ system for organ donation in Ireland is being examined but currently, carrying a donor card is the only real indication of someone’s wishes to donate their organs after death. Do you carry an organ donor card? Poll Results: Yes; No … |
India.Com Health |
Beware – Smoking can affect your sleep
India.Com Health Further, the results suggest the possible therapeutic value of targeting this pathway with compounds that could improve both lung and brain functions in smokers,’ said Irfan Rahman, a researcher at the University of Rochester Medical Centre in … Smoking can disrupt your sleepBusiness Standard You are here! Home > Features Analyses > Smoking affects good night’s sleep tooIANS |
Scientists discover odour receptors in lungsBusiness StandardThe newly discovered class of cells expressing olfactory receptors in human airways, called pulmonary neuroendocrine cells, or PNECs, were found by a team led by Yehuda Ben-Shahar, assistant …
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Medical ethicists worry Jahi’s case threatens definition of death
KTVU San Francisco Medical ethicists say they are worried, even alarmed, about how far the Jahi McMath case has gotten. Brain death has been an accepted standard of death for decades, they say, and the dispute should never have gotten any traction with a judge. |
Fortis hospital barred from conducting organ transplantsDeccan ChronicleThe hospital had been indicted for having carrying out a pancreas transplantation without being registered for that particular organ, and conducting surgery without informed consen…
Why HIV is a common cause of kidney failureThe Guardian NigeriaKidney transplantation has recently become a therapeutic option for these patients, and the survival rate of HIV-infected transplant recipients with undetectable HIV in the blood is similar…
Calgary Herald |
‘Tripling of tobacco taxes may prevent 200m deaths’
Times of India TORONTO: Tripling tobacco tax globally would reduce smoking by a third and prevent 200 million premature deaths from lung cancer and other diseases this century, researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, say. Such a large tax increase would … Higher tobacco taxes could cut smoking rate by a third: studyHamilton Spectator Smoke tax hike would prevent deaths: studyCalgary Herald Levying heavy taxes key to quit smoking StudyJagran Post Toronto Star all 181 news articles » |
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Organ donation saves Latham man
WNYT This new year is starting off very differently than last year’s for a couple, originally from Latham, and it’s all thanks to the generosity of a family that suffered a loss. Five month old Brigid O’Grady has no idea how close she came to never knowing … |
Osun Defender |
Blood Donation Needed During National Blood Donor Month
Guardian Express In addition to blood donation, platelet donation is also needed. Donating platelets can be done every two weeks. For those that don’t know, blood is taken from the donor, ran through centrifugation, which isolates plasma and platelets, and then the … Blood Donation Drive Has Special Meaning This YuletideOsun Defender BLOOD DONATION: Iowans Roll Up Sleeveswhotv.com January is National Volunteer Blood Donor MonthSouth County Mail Blair Enterprise Publishing –GroundReport –Sarasota Herald-Tribune all 15 news articles » |
Want free movie tickets? LifeSouth has them for a blood donationThe Huntsville Times – al.com (blog)LifeSouth has them for a blood donation. LifeSouth.jpg. LifeSouth Blood Centers continues to seek donors to bring supplies to safe levels and is offerin…