Zee NewsSugar intake not directly linked with fatty liver diseaseZee NewsHowever, in the weight-gaining period, both diets produced equivalent features of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, including steatosis (fatty liver) and elevated serum transamina…
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Inline-hockey event logs blood-donation mark
OCRegister (subscription) IRVINE – An annual inline-hockey tournament that supports area hospitals collected 296 pints of blood and at least $105,000 in donations, according to organizers. The amount of blood donated exceeded event goals and notched a new record for the event … |
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This Bhai Duj, a sister to give brother a fresh lease of life
Daily News & Analysis Matunga-based businessman Champak Haria, 67, has seen many a Diwali and has celebrated an equal number of Bhai Duj. But this year’s will be an emotionally overwhelming one for him as he is set to receive his most significant gift — a kidney — from … |
Liver Meeting speaker: HCC exceptions contributing to MELD inflation …HealioResearchers analyzed all adult, initial transplant candidates listed for liver transplantation from 2005 to 2012, other than status one candidates, to determine whether HCC e…
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Spanish doctors press for transplant policy in Mumbai hospitals
Daily News & Analysis Recently, the Spanish doctors have sent their recommendations to the Zonal Transplantation Co-ordination Committee (ZTCC) on what should be done to boost cadaver organ donation programme. “All hospitals should define their transplant policy document … |
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Insomnia concerns go unaddressed in heart failure patients
medwireNews medwireNews: The impact of insomnia on health and function is a major concern for patients with heart failure (HF), qualitative and quantitative research shows. “Our findings underscore the critical importance of evaluating sleep, including insomnia … |
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Update on recovering Orange County Executive Ed Diana
YNN Hudson Valley Officials say Diana’s liver transplant surgery lasted around nine hours. He’s currently resting at Columbia Hospitals Critical Care Recovery Unit. They say Diana is now awake and talking. Steven gross, Deputy County Executive will take over Diana’s … |
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Breast cancer prevented by shark antibodies
Toronto NewsFIX (NewsFix) Scientists are analyzing whether antibodies found only in sharks can be used to help treat breast cancer. Dr Helen Dooley, from the University of Aberdeen’s school of biological sciences, who is leading the study, said: “Our work centres on a … |
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Many Liver Transplant Patients Unable to Afford Meds
Medscape Session comoderator David Reich, MD, said, “When I started transplant surgery, I perceived the surgical hurdles, the immunosuppressive hurdles, and the organ shortage hurdles as the real challenges, but what you find is it’s the simple things.” Dr … |
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India moves forward in the fight against MDR-TB
Scoop.co.nz But Mr Chandra Kishore Mishra, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, while speaking in a plenary session at the on-going 44th World Union Conference on Lung Health was upbeat about India’s efforts to tackle … Paris health meet shames India on TB drugs shortageDaily News & Analysis The tuberculosis genocide in India needs to stop: Activists tell Indian officialsIndia.Com Health Indians booed at global meet for ‘genocide of TB patients’Times of India |