Teen continues to recover from heart transplant surgeryMyFox AtlantaTeen continues to recover from heart transplant surgery. Posted: Friday, September 13, 2013 6:51 PM EST. Updated: Friday, September 13, 2013 7:08 PM EST. By MYFOXATLANTA STAFF. ATLANTA…
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The Gift of Organ Donation Has No Age Limit
Stamford Plus Magazine LifeChoice Donor Services wants everyone to know there is no age limit to organ donation and people can donate tissue well into their 70s. “A person’s potential to help others through … I have already expressed to my children my desire to be an organ … |
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CytoSorbents finds strategic partner to bring sepsis treatment to India
MedCity News Sepsis is the 11th leading cause of death in the world and it’s a significant problem in India where it’s estimated that more than one million new cases of severe sepsis are treated in intensive care units each year. The company’s name derives from … |
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Corticosteroids May Counter C difficile Diarrhea
Medscape DENVER — Corticosteroids might reduce the risk for Clostridium difficile–associated diarrhea, report researchers studying patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treated with antibiotics. The surprise finding contradicts previous … |
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Critics’ Picks: Sept. 13-19, 2013
Los Angeles Times Composed of bassist Aakaash Israni, drummer Qasim Naqvi and pianist Amino Belyamani who have roots in Morocco, India, Pakistan and the fertile music program at CalArts, the group that is superficially a piano trio is far from anyone’s definition of … |
Blood donation ban for gay men still in placeWJLABlood donation ban for gay men still in place. September 13, 2013 – 04:18 pm. Email; Print. Decrease Increase Text size. NEW YORK (AP) – The U.S. gay-rights movement has achieved many victories in recent…
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Organ donation: You can save a life
WOOD-TV (1/2)Organ donation: You can save a life. Organ_donation__You_can_save_a_life_1439060000_20130913194420 (2/2). Previous; Next. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich (WOOD) – Thousands of people are waiting for organ transplants. Many people don’t realize it, … |
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’50 pc of heart attack victims in India die’
Deccan Herald Speaking to reporters at a Fortis Hospitals seminar titled, ‘Attack the attack,’ Dr Vivek Jawali, cardiac surgeon, explained that 60 per cent of the world’s recorded instances of heart disease cases occur in India. “Fifty per cent of these deaths are … |
Recommendation by a law body to ban infant male circumcision has serious …BMC PediatricsThis distinction looms large over the diverse ways in which controversial interventions, such as separation of conjoined twins and heart-transplantation, has been…
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Predictors of death, transplantation identified for children with hypertrophic …
Healio Steven E. Lipshultz, MD, and colleagues said knowledge of these key predictors can help clinicians better identify children who will benefit most from heart transplantation and which children will require immediate transplantation. “Risk stratification … |