Now, minimal access heart surgery, too
A 75-year-old frail man who underwent liver transplant surgery two months ago, returned to hospital for treatment of heart attack. Subramaniam Raju had been operated on during the transplant surge…
Victim of flesh-eating bacteria to get first US double arm transplant
BOSTON – Katy Hayes, 44, of Kingwood, Texas, will receive two new arms above the elbow. The hospital is working with a regional organ donor bank to find a donor. The surgery has not yet been scheduled.
Human Rights Commission directs fresh probe into infant kidney theft – Times of India
Human Rights Commission directs fresh probe into infant kidney theftTimes of IndiaCUTTACK: The Odisha Human Rights Commission on Thursday directed Crime Branch to probe the alleged theft of kidneys of an infant during an operation at a private clinic i…
Lesser evil: Wine is better for heart – Times of India
Lesser evil: Wine is better for heartTimes of IndiaHDL (good) cholesterol transports LDL (bad) to the liver where it is metabolized, which may assist in preventing hardening of the arteries, and other cardiac issues. Researchers determined that while b…
Triplet's medical woes a body blow for family
Eight-year-old Loralee Dummer was so excited about the new triplets her mother was carrying, she took an ultrasound picture to show her classmates, according to her mother Karla Dummer. Franci…
Parents brace for US custody battle – Times of India
Parents brace for US custody battleTimes of IndiaKOLKATA: The grandfather of an infant at the heart of a custody battle in the US will meet President Pranab Mukherjee at Kolkata on Friday for his help in reuniting the child with the parents. Two days e…
Delhi – [ Min 26.3 °C
Last May, Sharon Gracias, transplant coordinator at Andheri's BSES Hospital was called to Suchak Hospital, Malad, twice on a Sunday to convince a family to donate the organs of their 53-year old mother who was brain-dead after suffering a stroke.
Alaska man trades in battery-powered heart for real heart in Seattle
Christopher Marshall, 51, of Wasilla spent several months before the transplant using and even going hiking and exporing with an artificial heart powered by a machine in a backpack.
'Hard for families to accept brain death'
Mumbai, Sept. 14 — Last May, Sharon Gracias, transplant coordinator at Andheri's BSES Hospital was called to Suchak Hospital, Malad, twice on a Sunday to convince a family to donate the organs of their 53-year old mother who was brain-dead after s…
Our mood swings – The Asian Age
Our mood swingsThe Asian Agewarbled young India last April, in sympathy with the heart-broken Tamil underclass lad of the soup song. It has now come to light that even the not-so-young and not-so-poor urban India was singing its own elegy at the same t…