Mount Sinai physician-scientists join DILIN to help find causes, diagnostics …News-Medical.netSome cases require liver transplantation. Unfortunately, it is often without symptoms until the liver has been significantly damaged and the patient seeks h…
APOLLO HOSPITALS ENTERPRISE LIMITED : Rare genetic lung condition …4-traders (press release)The double-lung transplantation for this genetic condition is the first case in India and second in the world. The first successful transplant was done in the…
Times of IndiaHealth tips for womenTimes of IndiaGet your iron from rice flakes, bajra, prunes, egg, liver, spinach, kidney beans and black sesame seeds (til). Eat a hearty breakfast of muesli/oats with milk and a few nuts to improve concentration and …
TelemanagementPharmacists play role in caring for people with heart failureTelemanagementA review shows that pharmacists play a very useful role in managing heart failure. Their involvement reduces the risk of hospitalization which both improves patien…
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90% of the world’s smokeless tobacco users are from South-East Asia!
India.Com Health People find it impossible to quit because of the addictive nature of the chemical nicotine – so addictive that WHO considers tobacco addiction a disease which sadly afflicts one out of every three Indian. Along with tobacco, gutka and pan masala … |
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Smoking and obesity’s lethal combo ups risk of lung cancer
Newstrack India Washington, Sept. 12 (ANI): Cigarette smoking by obese people may result in them facing additional health problems, a new research has suggested. Aaron Wright, Ph.D., who reported on the study, said that their research shows that smoking and obesity … |
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Brain dead woman’s organs save 3 patients
Deccan Chronicle Mallieswari’s husband Raghupathy, a hotelier, said he strongly believed in the cause of organ donation among other social welfare issues that needed to be addressed. “As an ardent social activist, I decided to fulfil the ambition of my spouse to donate … |
Belfast TelegraphSport bodies back extra time for organ donation billBelfast TelegraphJo-Anne Dobson has called for extra time to let as many people as possible support her bid to change the law on organ donation. Also in this Section. Dissident pipe b…
Fashion to battle cystic fibrosis and spur organ donationOrangeville CitizenCouture Fashion for a Cure Found (CFCF) is back locally for a third year, with a fashion event designed to create awareness about cystic fibrosis and organ donation, using what…
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Idol watch job for BMC
Times of India “We lack manpower and since Ganesh puja involves religious sentiments, monitoring is not easy,” the commissioner said. Metals like cadmium affect the nervous system and kidney while mercury affects the brain and chromium harms the liver. The chemicals … |