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Texas Children’s Hospital hosted Pediatric Heart Failure Summit in partnership …
PR Newswire (press release) HOUSTON, Oct. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Texas Children’s Hospital, in partnership with Sick Kids Labatt Family Heart Centre in Toronto, Ontario and Cincinnati Children’s Heart Institute, hosted the inaugural Pediatric Heart Failure Summit Oct. |
MedscapeCDC: Supplement Linked to Hepatitis, Liver FailureMedscapePeople using a supplement for weight loss or muscle building may be susceptible to acute hepatitis and liver failure, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned. The…
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Calls to drop Scotland’s gay blood donation ban gather political momentum
PinkNews.co.uk Calls by a Scottish National Party MSP to ease restrictions preventing gay and bisexual men donating blood in Scotland have gained the support of Scotland’s Labour Party along with Scotland’s Liberal Democrats. SNP MSP Linda Fabiani has written to SNP … |
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Herbal, Weight Loss Supplements, Energy Drink Associated With Liver Damage …
Science Daily (press release) Lead investigator Dina Halegoua-De Marzio, M.D., reported a rare case of fulminant liver failure associated with the ingestion of SlimQuick™, a weight loss supplement containing green tea extract. A 52-year old female patient was admitted to the … |
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READER SUBMITTED: LifeChoice Organ Donor Services’ Dining For A Cause …
Hartford Courant The 99 Restaurant will host “Dining for a Cause” to benefit LifeChoice Organ Donor Services on Oct. 16, from 5-8 p.m. Ninety NineRestaurants will donate 15 percent of each guest check to the organization. The restaurant is located at 3025 Main St., … |
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Catherine Deneuve joins other celebs in organ donation campaign
GlobalPost Launched to coincide with this Wednesday’s celebration of the 9th World Day for Organ Donation and Transplantation, the declaration has signers agree to receive transplants and donate organs as a matter of “solidarity.” Actors Vincent Cassel and Omar … One third sign to be organ donorsBelfast Telegraph |
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NTAGI recommends scale-up of pentavalent vaccine in India
Vaccine News Daily “Expanding access to pentavalent vaccines will play a key role averting the deaths associated with Hib pneumonia and meningitis, and liver cancer. NTAGI’s recommendation will ultimately strengthen India’s routine immunization program and ensure that … |
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Tobin throws hat in 3rd District ring
Ukiah Daily Journal Operation Payback was launched to raise money for his medical bills, and Tobin is in remission after he underwent stem cell transplant surgery in May. Tobin said Monday that he was back to his regular activities in June, and plans to be “back up to 100 … |
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Thyroid Meeting Spotlights Dx, Tx of Cancer
MedPage Today “Although this result is disappointing, it is a very important finding since there is so much need for an effective therapy, and rituximab has been associated with so much hope,” Koenig said. A different small-molecule drug, however, has shown some … |
A New Frontier? Novel Brain Activity Observed in Flatlined PatientHuffington PostAfter exhibiting a flatline, however, brain death did not occur — rather, the patient plunged into a deeper coma still, and his EEG began to show repeating v-shaped spike…