Economic Times |
The future of medicine lies in the use of information technology
Economic Times Public Health Foundation of India has already built India’s first tricorder—an android based mobile system called the Swasthya Slate that can perform 33 diagnostics tests including blood pressure, sugar, hemoglobin, and ECG. It can also test for … |
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Pill to switch off hunger on the horizon
Times of India Using positron emission tomography (PET) scans, the researchers tracked the acetate through the body from the colon to the liver and the heart and showed it eventually ended up in the hypothalamus region of the brain, which controls hunger. “The … |
Evening Telegraph |
Two takes on organ donation
Toronto Star Re: Organ donor numbers on a decline, April 29. Sharing gifts of life, Editorial April 29. April Fool’s day was my birthday and I was in dilemma as I wanted to do something special … You don’t address the terrible abuses of organ donation in which … Opt-out organ donation bid warningEvening Telegraph Kidney transplant patient: ‘ I’d like to see organ donation being talked about …Asian Image TMH Holds Organ Donation Registration DriveWCTV ITV News –KWTX –Aberdeen Press and Journal all 26 news articles » |
Canada.com |
Superbugs are on the rise in Canada, but not as fast as WHO suggests
Canada.com While the WHO gonorrhea numbers may be suspect, Mulvey says the report is correct about Canada’s increasing rates of resistance in E. Coli, a common bacteria associated with blood, lung, skin and urinary infections. The report says tests on E. coli … |
Guard against heat, doctors warn heart patientsTimes of IndiaBHOPAL: With rise in mercury, number of patients getting treated for weather-related ailments has gone up in city hospitals. Experts advised elderly, children, heart patients and diabetics to…
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Report: America’s poorest minorities at highest risk of chemical accidents
Al Jazeera America About 134 million Americans are vulnerable to accidents at chemical plants, including water and wastewater treatment facilities, power plants, bleach production facilities, petroleum refineries and paper mills. The report urges regulators to … |
Care2.com |
17 Myths About Organ Donation
Care2.com Last week, we showed you a slew of our favorite heartwarming organ donation stories, all in celebration of National Donate Life month. In case that got you thinking about exactly what all organ donation really entails, we’ve rounded up some myths about … TMH Holds Organ Donation Registration DriveWCTV Community remembers child who gave gift of lifeKRNV My News 4 Nevada Donor Network Announces Record Growth in Organ and Tissue DonationPR Web (press release) St. Augustine Record –Providence Eyewitness News –South Peace News all 9 news articles » |
MedscapeEasing the Symptoms of Chronic Heart FailureMedscapePeople with chronic heart failure (HF) suffer from numerous symptoms and quality-of-life concerns. The CASA (Collaborative Care to Alleviate Symptoms and Adjust to Illness) intervention was de…
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Buck receives grant to study symptom management for heart failure patients
Penn State News UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Harleah Buck, assistant professor of nursing, has received a $149,500 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) to study symptom management in patients with moderate to severe heart failure. Titled “Dyadic … |
Newsworks.org |
How doctors talk about brain death
Newsworks.org What’s surprising is that despite the seemingly endless years of medical training, there is very little time devoted to teaching students and residents how to understand brain death, let alone how to communicate these concepts to patients in a … |