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The Bangladesh poor selling organs to pay debts
BBC News “I took the decision to return the money I borrowed from NGOs,” he says as he reveals the scar he has been left following an operation in India to remove his kidney. … While kidneys have largely been favoured, there is now a market for liver and corneas. |
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11 villages in Andhra Pradesh tracking heart diseases via new app
Times of India The ‘Health Tracker-India‘, an android-based app developed by the Institute of Bio-Medical Engineering at Oxford University and George Institute for Global Health in India, records blood pressure, cholesterol levels and other heart disease risk factors … |
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Modi to open new Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital building in Pune
Daily News & Analysis It has a 600-bed capacity with various super specialities such as nuclear medicine centre, bone marrow transplant facility, kidney and liver transplant facility, oncology centre with stem cell treatment, cath lab, joint replacement centre, plastic … |
Times of IndiaRock pioneer Lou Reed dies at 71India TodayAn admitted hard drinker and drug user for many years, Reed underwent a liver transplant earlier this year at the Cleveland Mayo Clinic, his wife, Laurie Anderson, told The Times of London, after…
More stem cells preserved nowTimes of IndiaThey can help in curing many serious illnesses like leukemia, blood cancer, heart diseases, liver diseases, cerebral palsy, stroke, spinal chord injuries and many more. Bollywood actor Lisa Ray was able to rec…
Victory of the willTimes of IndiaHowever with one in 29 women in India being diagnosed with breast cancer experts emphasize the need for greater awareness about this cancer. October being the month of breast cancer awareness, there is much discussion o…
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US panel backs Gilead Sciences’ hepatitis C drug
Times of India WASHINGTON: US Food and Drug Administration advisers have unanimously voted in favor of a highly anticipated hepatitis C drug from Gilead Sciences that holds promise for millions infected with the liver-destroying virus. All 15 members of the FDA’s … |
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US panel backs Gilead Sciences’ hepatitis C drug
Zee News Washington: US Food and Drug Administration advisers have unanimously voted in favor of a highly anticipated hepatitis C drug from Gilead Sciences that holds promise for millions infected with the liver-destroying virus. All 15 members of the FDA’s … |
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Problem Solver: Refund for deceased son’s Internet charges never arrives
Chicago Tribune … but his mother believes it was during a trip abroad. While in India, insects burrowed into his skin, and though he received medical attention, he was never the same after that, Pamela Roberts said. Bestwina died March 15 of liver failure at age 36 … |
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Sparklers deadlier than Diwali bombs
Times of India “It wreaks havoc with the lungs and liver.” Sudipto Bhattacharjee cautioned that these toxic metals enter the body not only through breathing, but from a mere touch. While using sparklers, people, particularly children, absorb metals through the skin … |