WalesOnline |
Mum presented with organ donation award on behalf of 13-year-old daughter …
WalesOnline A mum-of-two from Merthyr Tydfil joined organ donor families at an emotional ceremony honouring their loved ones for saving lives. Leanne Edwards, 34, was presented with a Welsh Award for Organ Donation at Cardiff’s City Hall on behalf of her daughter … |
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New guidelines developed to manage heart failure in children with undiagnosed …
News-Medical.net Heart failure in children is an important cause of childhood health problems and death. The Children’s Heart Failure Study Group of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, in collaboration with the Canadian Pediatric Cardiology Association, has developed … |
Study results inform discussions regarding US policy on lung transplantation …EurekAlert (press release)A new analysis has found no evidence that children aged 6 to 11 years seeking a deceased donor lung transplant are disadvantaged in the current US…
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Entertainment calendar (Dec. 12-18, 2013)
High Point Enterprise Salem Saxophone Quartet performs Christmas jazz at 6:55 p.m. Admission is free; donations will be accepted for Sunnyside Ministry. HANDEL’S “MESSIAH” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Centenary United Methodist Church, 646 … |
The New Indian Express |
Brain-dead Man Gives New Lease of Life to Four People
The New Indian Express After his health condition deteriorated, he was shifted to the Christian Medical College (CMC) Hospital where he was declared brain dead. The doctors of CMC Hospital counselled Kumar’s family members for organ donation. After obtaining the consent of … |
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European rabbis award prize to mobile blood donation app
Jerusalem Post European rabbis award prize to mobile blood donation app. By HENRY ROME. 12/12/2013 04:12. Tweet. Council of European Rabbis gives 26,000 euro prize “Donor” app, created by Itsbeta, “encouraging Internet use for tikkun olam”. Blood drive [Illustrative]. |
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Hackensack University Medical Center kidney transplant program fully reactivated
NorthJersey.com Since reopening May 17, eight transplants have been performed in the hospital, with successful outcomes, said Dr. James W. Lim, who took over as program director and chief of transplant surgery on April 18. “It was long and painstaking and took a lot … |
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Minor undergoes rare liver transplant
Times of India “The mother’s left portion of the liver was implanted into the child and the right hepatic vein of the child was used to reconstruct the middle vein,” said Dr Thomas Cherian, liver transplant surgeon of the hospital, who performed the surgery. Both the … |
AFP |
Blood donation collectors thrown out of Israeli parliament
Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The speaker of Israel’s parliament ordered a blood-collection crew to leave the legislature’s premises on Wednesday after it turned down an offer of a blood donation from an Ethiopian-born lawmaker. Knesset member Pnina … MDA Accuses Ethiopian MK of Provocation over BloodArutz Sheva Magen David Adom Won’t Let Ethiopian Jewish Member Of Knesset Donate BloodFailedMessiah.com |
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Targeted antibody, immune checkpoint blocker rein in follicular lymphoma
Medical Xpress “The combination of the established antibody drug rituximab with the experimental drug pidilizumab so far also has a remarkably mild side effect profile,” Neelapu said. Of 29 study participants at a median follow-up of 15.4 months, 19 (66 percent) had … |