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China’s fattest person dies of heart failure
ecns The photo taken on April 14 shows Sun Liang, who was the fattest person in China, several days before he died of cardiac failure in Rizhao city, Shandong province on April 20. Sun, 22, weighed 300 kg, and doctors said the excessive weight put pressure … |
Express.co.ukAntibodies from specialists Bioventix moves from ISDX to AimExpress.co.ukBioventix claims its sheep-derived antibodies have advantages over others based on mice. They are used by commercial diagnostic companies to test for conditions such …
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ITC sustainability award for India’s million smoking deaths
WhyQuit (press release) What ITC website visitors are not told is that smoking nicotine is highly addictive, that 80-90 percent of all lung cancers are attributable to smoking, or that 40-50 percent of ITC’s nicotine addicts smoke themselves to death, with up to one-quarter … |
Economic TimesVolunteers put off by camera consent for clinical trialsEconomic TimesIn case of sensitive ailments, for instance, breast cancer, cervical cancer or even lung cancer, we have seen 30-40 per cent of patients, who are otherwise ready to enr…
Blood donation and awareness camp organized in cityAvenue MailJamshedpur: A blood donation and awareness camp was arranged by Jharkhand Badhir (Deaf and Dumb) Society in association with Jamshedpur Blood Bank on Monday. Dr L B Singh, Dr R K Verma, Dr R…
Opelousas hospital raises flag for organ donation awarenessThe Daily AdvertiserCarter was on hand Monday to help raise an organ donation flag over Opelousas General Health System in celebration of Carter and the thousands of others who have been given …
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Don’t link phones with disease, says cancer ‘biographer’
Times of India On the other hand, data shows increased use of tobacco-a scientifically proven carcinogen-has led to a sharp increase in the incidence of cancers of mouth and lung, among others,” he said. In 2011, WHO … After an inter-ministerial committee appointed … |
Grass Valley resident regains sightThe Union of Grass ValleyFurther, she said recent medical breakthroughs have greatly improved transplant surgery outcomes, now carrying a success rate of more than 80 percent. Even though her organization has exceeded…
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Politics over posts
Chandigarh Tribune The coup de grace came with Rahul Gandhi’s contemptuous stab in the back while the PM was representing India at the UN and US. He described a proposed and, indeed, utterly foolish, government ordinance (on not unseating legislators … the varsity dada … |
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Nine years after her death, the “aftermath” of Terri Schiavo continues to be …
National Right to Life News If you didn’t follow the terribly tragedy that was the unnecessary death of Terri Schiavo, it might shock you how much misinformation, snarky commentary, and relevant facts that did not make their way into Clyde Haberman’s 1,057-word-long Sunday story, … |