ANINEWSNew neck nerve stimulation device could cut heart failure symptomsANINEWSWashington, Nov 3 (ANI): A team of researchers are now testing nerve stimulation in the neck as a novel therapy for heart failure patients to potentially help relieve their…
Organ donor advocate Helene Campbell goes west to raise moneyOttawa SunHer efforts to raise awareness around organ donation have been acknowledged by superstars Justin Bieber and Ellen DeGeneres. Campbell departs from Toronto on Tuesday for Winnipeg, t…
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Gripes over Tokyo stadium overshadow Games euphoria
Times of India That would make it visible from all over the west of Tokyo, including from the immaculately-kept National Shinjuku Gyoen Park, a green lung tucked underneath the skyscrapers of Shinjuku. “It’s important that people don’t have to see it if they don’t … |
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Paris health meet shames India on TB drugs shortage
Daily News & Analysis International activists jeered at Indian officials during the 44th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Paris, France over the unavailability and substandard supply of tuberculosis drugs in India. Tuberculosis kills about a thousand people in the … Indians booed at global meet for ‘genocide of TB patients’Times of India The tuberculosis genocide in India needs to stop: Activists tell Indian officialsIndia.Com Health |
Oman Daily ObserverDiwali not so happy for heart, diabetic patientsMorungExpressNew Delhi, November 2 (IANS): Diwali, the festival of lights, is meant for feasting, bursting crackers and enjoying with the family, but doctors warn that patients sufferin…
UA students move on after security breaks up organ donation eventAkron Beacon JournalFive University of Akron nursing students tried to do some good on Saturday by volunteering their time to draw attention to the need for organ donation and how simple …
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‘Need for family members to donate organs for kin on wait list’
Gulf Times HMC has launched a campaign to encourage people to consider donating an organ to save the life of a family member needing transplant surgery. “Many people on the waiting list for organ transplants in Qatar probably have a family member who would be … Transplant mum chosen for GamesLancashire Evening Post |
One recipient held guilty in kidney racketTimes of IndiaSalwan said they were charged under sections 419, 420, 467, 471, 368 of the IPC and under Transplantation of Human Organs Act. A case was registered against the accused in 2002. He said the accuse…
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Patients with heart failure need specialist care
Science Daily (press release) 1, 2013 — New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that patients with heart failure have high mortality and often are undertreated. According to a study, published in the scientific periodical JACC, many more of these patients would … |
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Surgeons Grow New Face For Chinese Burn Victim… On Her Chest
Medical Daily To date, Chinese teams have performed at least 10 face transplant operations, believed to be entirely successful. In July of 2008, Li Guoxing, 32, died in southwestern China from immune complications less than two years after his face transplant surgery. Xu Jianmei Gets New Face: Teen’s New Face Taken From Her Breast (PHOTO)E Canada Now |