Day in Pictures June 4, 2013Albany Times UnionCavity search: A visitor explores the inside of a giant lung model during an educational event on organ transplants in Essen, Germany. About 430 people are waiting for a lung transplant in Germany. (Marius …
Times of IndiaA healthy heart needed for healthy brainTimes of IndiaLead author Christina E. Hugenschmidt, Ph.D., an instructor of gerontology and geriatric medicine at Wake Forest Baptist, said the results from the Diabetes Heart Study-Mind (DHS-Mind)…
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Alzheimer’s drugs may reduce heart attack risk
Times of India They found that those who were on ChEIs had a 36 percent reduced risk of death from any cause, a 38 percent reduced risk of a myocardial infarction (heart attack) and a 26 percent reduced risk of death from cardiovascular causes such as stroke compared … |
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‘Sena’s made no contribution’
The Asian Age The Shiv Sena has demanded that a public garden be built on the racecourse land at Mahalaxmi as the 99-year lease of Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC), which maintains the Mahalaxmi racecourse, expired on May 31. The Sena has prepared a proposal to … |
Times of IndiaHeart ailments, diabetes lead to diseased brainTimes of IndiaLead author Christina E. Hugenschmidt, PhD, an instructor of gerontology and geriatric medicine at Wake Forest Baptist, said the results from the Diabetes Heart Study-Mind (DHS-…
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HC notice to centre, AIIMS on kidney patient’s plea
MorungExpress … transplantation three years ago, the institute has failed to even start the procedure. Justice Rajiv Shakdher, issuing notice to the Union health ministry and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has directed them to file their … |
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Pollution: A slow poison
The Hindu “Air pollution is a major environmental risk to health and by taking measures to reduce air pollution levels we can help the city reduce the burden of diseases from respiratory infections, heart diseases and lung cancer. In the Environment Survey, 40 … |
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HC notice to centre, AIIMS on kidney patient’s plea
Daijiworld.com Gupta’s family members had expressed their inability to donate the organ to him and the high court on May 21, 2010 had directed AIIMS to arrange a donor, the petition said. After the court order, Gupta had registered himself in the ORBO department on … |
WorldcrunchArgentina Develops Therapeutic Vaccine To Combat Lung CancerWorldcrunchIt will soon be available in Brazil and other Latin American countries, as well as, India, Taiwan, South Korea, and Malaysia among others. It all began with the study of …
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Bungalows take over heritage precincts
Times of India Now, this upmarket pocket is nothing but a jungle of concrete sans any lung space or environmental appeal. And it’s not just ‘modernization’ but also the indifference of local administrators that is responsible for the slow yet steady death of this … |