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World Congress on Islet/Pancreas Transplantation Shows US Losing Ground
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com MONTEREY, Calif. — World transplant and diabetes leaders convened in Monterey at the International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association (IPITA) to discuss advances in islet and pancreas transplantation as superior therapies for treating type … |
World Congress on Islet/Pancreas Transplantation Shows US Losing GroundFort Mills TimesWorld transplant and diabetes leaders convened in Monterey at the International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association (IPITA) to discuss advances in islet a…
World Congress on Islet/Pancreas Transplantation Shows U.S. Losing Ground4-traders (press release)World transplant and diabetes leaders convened in Monterey at the International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association (IPITA) to discuss advances…
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Wall Street Journal Last-Resort for Heart Failure Could Be Best Fix. Doctors have discovered that a heart pump designed to help keep patients alive until a transplant becomes available may actually help the heart heal itself. WSJ’s Larry Greenberg explains how it could … |
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Lessons from Spain on organ donation
Times of India MUMBAI: The city’s transplant programme has earned some bouquets from a team of Spanish experts for its transparent system of sharing organs from deceased donors. However, the team felt a lot more needs to be done to improve the number of transplants … |
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Giving Money to Child Beggars Is the Least Generous Thing a Tourist Can Do
Slate Magazine And it’s not just India. According to one U.S. State Department report, a man in Shenzhen, China, can earn as much as $40,000 per year by forcing enslaved children to beg. Horrific examples of trafficking in children (and the elderly) for the purposes … |
Science of Healing the HeartWall Street JournalShe and her colleagues published a study last year in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery comparing 40 patients who had LVADs removed with 50 others who had transplant surgery. With a follow…
Blood donation camp at BHUTimes of IndiaVARANASI: National Service Scheme ( NSS), Red Ribbon Club, Mahila Mahavidyalaya unit of BHU would organise a blood donation camp at the blood bank of the Institute of Medical Sciences on Tuesday. A programme on n…
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Chile legislates ‘opt-out’ organ donor system
Santiago Times The latest modification to the Organ Donation Law will replace the “opt-in” system, which gave people the option of choosing to be an organ donor each time their identity card was renewed. Health Minister Jaime Mañalich said that, under the previous … 3D Printers May Hold Key to Solving Organ Donor ProblemsE Canada Now The Ultimate Life LegacyPicket News |
Treating heart failure with exercise: How much is enough?Medical XpressMore than 14 million Europeans suffer from heart failure, roughly half of which is caused by diastolic heart failure, known by doctors as HFPEF. OptimEx, a new 3.5-year study funded…