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Natalie gets her second chance after transplant surgery
Greenville News A long road ahead. The transplant surgery began around 3 p.m. Saturday and concluded around midnight, Davis said. Natalie has been in intensive care since. “She’s still completely sedated and on a pacemaker because her heart is not completely firing … |
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Blood from the young may hold a key to reversing aging, research teams agree
Times of India “We can turn back the clock instead of slowing the clock down,” said Toren Finkel, director of the Center for Molecular Medicine at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. “That’s a nice thought if it pans out.” This reversal could occur … |
Zee NewsWeight-loss surgery can decrease liver damageZee NewsWashington: Researchers have said that bariatric surgery, which is best known for its ability to help patients lose substantial weight, can also result in significant improvement in nonalcoho…
India WestNorthwestern Launches New Lung Transplant ProgramIndia WestNorthwestern Medicine in Chicago is launching a new program under the direction of two Indian American physicians that it hopes will address a shortage of lung transplant surgeries in…
Siliconindia.comAosta Software Technologies India Limited The Heart of Hospital Management …Siliconindia.comThough healthcare is as old as the Stone Age, it is only recently that it started adopting technologies for better performance and service. Th…
Gene linked to heart disease in kids uncoveredTimes of IndiaA team of scientists from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, US, Hyderabad, Japan and India have found a new predominant gene responsible for dilated cardiomyopathy in children….
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First interstate liver-sharing in 10 hours
Times of India MUMBAI: A senior citizen from Chennai gave a second lease of life to a liver failure patient here on Sunday, making it Maharashtra’s first case of liver-sharing with another state. Doctors from the two metros, bound in a race against time, meticulously … |
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Selfless Woman Donates Kidney to Stranger on Craigslist
WTRF … be in pain and she’ll hear it. She will hear it. But you know what, two weeks to help her have a better life, I’m all for it,” said kidney donor Jacklyn Mellott. Cindy says she will have the transplant surgery in June or July, but Jacklyn is hoping … |
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Swedish scientists want to test heart attack vaccine in India
Times of India … enough, the T cells are activated and an inflammation arises,” Hansson added. According to the World Congress of Cardiology, it is estimated that by 2020 heart diseases will be the cause of over 40% in India as compared to 24% in 1990. Post a … |
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Acclaimed Vancouver filmmaker Nimisha Mukerji can be out of touch, but she’s …
Vancouver Desi Whether she’s immersing herself in the daily struggles of someone suffering from a fatal disease, or literally falling off the map to set up a new life in India for the sake of filming, she pours years of her life into each documentary film project she … |