Regular Blood Donation Enhances Good healthP.M. NewsA nephrologist at St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos, southern Nigeria, Dr Ebun Bamgboye, said on Friday that regular blood donation could make people live in good health and look younger. Bamgboye told the…
The Atlantic |
Why Build a Nose on a Forehead?
The Atlantic The photo, taken earlier this week, is in preparation for the transplant surgery, which surgeons say will happen soon. Why did they build the nose in such a conspicuous place? Couldn’t they have put it on his forearm, or shoulder, or … anywhere else … |
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Newly Identified Antibodies Effectively Treat Alzheimer’s-Like Disease in Mice
Science Daily (press release) Sep. 26, 2013 — Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by the accumulation of particular toxic proteins in the brain that are believed to underlie the cognitive decline in patients. A new study conducted in mice suggests that newly identified antibody … |
John McCamant Scans Under the Radar for Promising BiotechsWall Street Sector SelectorVice president of sales Michael Crum arrived in January after 13 years at Genentech (Roche Holding AG (RHHBY:OTCQX)), cross-trained in selling cancer treatments includ…
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Cook blueberry dishes for healthy heart
Yahoo! India News New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Blueberry is known for its antioxidant properties, and that it helps to prevent heart diseases. It’s time to include some amount of it in your diet. Gateway Hotels share a few active food recipes made out of blueberry: 1 … |
Rituximab maintenance did not significantly extend PFS in follicular lymphomaHealioA brief induction with rituximab, fludarabine, mitoxantrone and dexamethasone followed by rituximab consolidation was associated with high complete response and PFS rate…
Coastweek |
Medical Tourism ‘Africa To Africa’ With The Lions Eye Centre
Coastweek Coastweek– For Dao Bassirou, aged 28, of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, it came as a shock when he was advised to have a corneal transplant surgery done abroad to get back his deteriorating poor vision in both eyes. Dao was suffering from gradually progressive … |
Hour Detroit Magazine |
The Kidney Crisis
Hour Detroit Magazine Kidney transplantation — the most commonly performed of all transplant procedures in the world — ranks high on the medical dramatics scale, Koffran says, but he’s not sure why. An organ transplantation surgeon …. “Unfortunately, and I hate to say … |
LVAD: The Latest in Heart Failure Treatment for the Communitymyfox8.comCurrently there are about 6 million people in the U.S. who have congestive heart failure, and of the several hundred thousand patients in need of a heart transplant, only about 5,00…
AzerNews |
Azerbaijan has conditions for heart transplantation
AzerNews Azerbaijan has necessary conditions to carry out heart transplant surgery, Deputy Health Minister Elsever Aghayev told journalists at the press conference on Sept. 27. “Successful transplantation of organs has been held in several clinics of Azerbaijan … |