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Saint Thomas Health considers liver transplant program
The Tennessean The alliance gives the Memphis-based institute greater access to organ donations and Saint Thomas a higher profile in transplant surgery. Saint Thomas, which performed the state’s first heart transplant in March 1985, stopped doing those surgeries … |
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October 20 is World Osteoporosis Day: Not just women; men too get affected by …
Daily News & Analysis For this, doctors advise exposure to sun. Similarly, people suffering from arthritis, liver diseases or who sweat excessively too are prone to bone diseases, doctors said. “The patients who are on steroids should stop this if they are diagnosed with … |
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Organ donor’s decisions ease family’s farewells
Sacramento Bee Spann first helped Daniel’s family to determine if they wanted to offer a directed organ donation to someone they knew on a waiting list. But no one they knew had an AB blood type. Spann then explained that information about Daniel’s organs would be … |
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Organ donor’s decisions ease family’s farewells
The State Spann first helped Daniel’s family to determine if they wanted to offer a directed organ donation to someone they knew on a waiting list. But no one they knew had an AB blood type. Spann then explained that information about Daniel’s organs would be … |
Dick Cheney feared heart device in assassination effortTimes of IndiaWASHINGTON: Former Vice-President Dick Cheney says he once feared that terrorists could use the electrical device that had been implanted near his heart to kill him and had his doctor…
Walking to raise money for organ donationYNN Hudson ValleyNEWBURGH, N.Y. — Students at Fostertown Elementary School turned their yearly field trip fundraiser into an event to raise money for organ donation. The cause is especially close to this school…
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An AZ of music in Ireland
Irish Times On June 14th, 1995, at the age of 47, Gallagher died from complications arising from liver-transplant surgery. Handel, George Frederick (1685-1759) Composer, born Georg Friedrich Händel. In 1741 Handel’s future in London was uncertain after the decline … |
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Delhi, Kolkata have worst air quality in India: Report
Times of India In fact, figures compiled by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for 2009-11 vindicate what the world health body has concluded while putting ‘air pollution’ in the same category as tobacco, UV radiation and plutonium as lung cancer causing … Curb air pollution to arrest spread of cancerThe New Indian Express U.N. lists air pollution as carcinogenGrist |
Calcutta TelegraphWelcome to toxic topperCalcutta TelegraphPoison in the air and smoking have propelled Calcutta to the top of the list of lung cancer incidence among the metros. The comparative study on lung cancer, conducted by the Indian Council of …
Device lack hits pollution checkCalcutta TelegraphGuwahati, Oct. 18: Assam is ill-equipped to monitor the level of carcinogens in the air, while the urban population of the undivided Kamrup district, which includes Guwahati, has one of the highest inci…