|
Disabato: Lincoln-Way North’s Holt Erikson goes through change in the game of …
SouthtownStar The plan to attack the disease, Erikson and his family were told, was a stem-cell transplant in July, followed by chemotherapy. The process would require a four- to five-month hospital stay. A rising star at quarterback, Erikson had to miss his junior … |
Daily News & Analysis |
Has govt woken up to transgenders’ rights?
Daily News & Analysis “Her liver was failing but Kumari was initially denied admission. When she was finally let in, she was made to lie near a toilet. Only after other community members raised this with the hospital dean, did the doctor concerned apologise. “By then, it … |
|
Woman who took diet pills dies of liver failure
Hawaii News Now The 48-year old Maui woman is suffering from liver failure. “She was healthy as a horse,” says her son, Ronden Smith-Marras. He says she just wanted to lose weight. So this summer, she started taking OxyElite Pro, a diet supplement. After several weeks … |
Some fats increase metabolism: StudyTimes of IndiaThe liver will produce this enzyme depending on the fat content of the food consumed, he said. Fatty adipose tissue produces it all the time as a way of regulating itself. Only in heavily-exercised musc…
Symposium To Highlight Practical Use Of New Biomarker Test For Acute Kidney …SYS-CON Media (press release)SAN DIEGO, Oct. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — A panel of international critical care experts will discuss the use of a new biomarker panel for early r…
|
The girl who gave Russell Wilson a wallet – and got a new heart
Q13 FOX Two days after Allison underwent successful heart transplant surgery, Wilson led the Seahawks to a 17-point comeback win in Houston – and was quick to make the connection. “I think she definitely was a good luck charm,” Wilson said. Just a week after … |
A life lived surrounded by soundReading EagleShe recommended that he see a doctor right away, and soon after a surgeon performed a lymph node biopsy, which came back with a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia. His only hope was several rounds of chemot…
Zee News |
Huma Qureshi to play Meena Kumari?
Zee News Seen as an ideal Indian woman on the big screen, Meena Kumari earned the Tragedy Queen title after playing sad roles in films like ‘Daera’ and ‘Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam’. Co-incidentally, her personal life was full of pain and sorrow and she died of liver … |
Wall Street Journal |
New Question for Drivers: Organ Donor?
Wall Street Journal The new line on driver’s license applications will ask people whether they want to be added to the organ donor registry by selecting either “yes” or “skip this question,” an effort to improve organ-donation rates, which in New York lag behind the rest … Legalize Murder for Organs?National Review Online (blog) |
|
NICE backs Roche’s MabThera in rare autoimmune disease
PMLiVE The draft guidance overturns an earlier decision made by NICE which failed to recommend the use of MabThera (rituximab) for NHS use in England and Wales to treat anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis – an inflammation of the … Roche’s MabThera now favoured by NICE in vasculitisPharmaTimes |