16-year-old donates organs, gifts 3 strangers a new lifeIndian ExpressA 16-year-old girl, who died of head injuries after parts of the parapet of an under construction building fell on her head last week, donated two of her organs at AIIMS Trauma Centr…
Two months on, BMC yet to finalise deals on KEM hospitalIndian ExpressThe three projects include a 12-bedded Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facility for pediatric patients, two new heart-lung machines and a third operation theatre for open heart surgeries. …
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Dharavi mandal bags BMC’s first prize for organ donation campaign
Indian Express President of Shri Hanuman Seva Mandal, Nana Jagannath, said, “We organised an organ donation camp at our mandal. So far, 15 donors … Vile Parle’s Bal Gopal Mitra Mandal won the third prize for its 18-ft Ganesha idol made from tissue paper. President … |
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Transplant House to help families of surgery patients in Orlando
Orlando Sentinel For college student Kurt Fadden of Indialantic, getting a kidney transplant this summer was priceless. The out-of-pocket expenses his insurance didn’t cover? Not so much. Gas, tolls, hotel and meals added up to “at least $200 a day for everything … |
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Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics to 2019 – Treatment Diversification …
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com … 40 4.5.3 Laquinimod (laquinimod sodium) – Teva Pharmaceuticals 41 4.5.4 ocrelizumab – F. Hoffman-La Roche 42 4.5.5 daclizumab – Biogen Idec and Abbot Laboratories 42 4.5.6 firategrast – GlaxoSmithKline 43 4.5.7 Siponimod (BAF-312) – Novartis AG … |
Model predicted new-onset diabetes after kidney transplantationHealioA pretransplant predictive risk model predicted new-onset diabetes after kidney transplantation, results from a recent study suggest. According to Harini A. Chakkera, MD, MPH, of the …
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Stomach Cancer Didn’t Respond to Rx
dailyRx This new study — the GRANITE-1 (First Gastric Antitumor Trial With Everolimus) — looked at the efficacy and safety of everolimus in advanced stomach cancer patients whose disease had progressed despite one or two lines of chemotherapy. A total of 656 … |
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Immune system marker tied to improved bone marrow transplant outcomes
EurekAlert (press release) The risk of death following bone marrow transplantation can be reduced about 60 percent using a new technique to identify bone marrow donors who make the most potent cancer-fighting immune cells, according to research from St. Jude Children’s … Bone marrow donation touted as a lifesaverChicago Tribune |
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A simpler way to predict heart failure
BCM News RSS icon HOUSTON — (September 16, 2013) — Predicting the future just got a little clearer – when it comes to the likelihood of heart failure, that is. The levels of two biomarkers in the bloodstream were found to significantly improve our ability to … |
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Abidal: Barcelona’s Dani Alves offered to donate liver to me
The National In pictures: First Miss America with Indian heritage crowned. Miss New York Nina Davuluri has become the first contestent of Indian heritage to be crowned 2014 Miss America. Manchester City think big, start small in Europe. As Manchester City get ready … |