In this July 2012 photo released by Karen Corby shows her son Paul at the Pottsville Free Public Library in Pottsville, Pa. Karen Corby whose autistic adult son was denied a heart transplant is using an online petition to gather support in a bid to con…
Men at higher risk of kidney failure than women: studyBusiness StandardResearchers from the University of Calgary, in Alberta, Canada found that while there was 2.66 per cent risk of middle aged men developing kidney failure, women faced a lower risk a…
British Grandpa gets world's first battery-powered heart pumpBusiness StandardBarry Wade was left with advanced heart failure after a scuba diving accident eight years ago and doctors at Wythenshawe Hospital had already tried corrective surgery, bu…
JDRF, in collaboration with The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (HCT), announced today that it has finalized a grant in the area of islet cell encapsulation to Dr. Camillo Ricordi, M.D. and a team of investigators at the Diabetes Resear…
What's your risk of developing kidney failure?Deccan HeraldAccordingly, from 1997 to 2008 Tanvir Chowdhury Turin and Brenda Hemmelgarn, from the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada and colleagues studied 2.89 million adult residents free of kidn…
Kyle Bailey was very lucky to get a lung transplant (“Port Huron lung transplant recipient completes 214-mile trek,” Aug. 6). There now are more than 114,000 people on the National Transplant Waiting List. More than 50% of these people die before t…
Can iced tea cause kidney stones?Times of IndiaFor, a study indicates that drinking iced tea can contribute to the development of painful kidney stones, due to its high concentration of oxalate, one of the key chemicals that could result in the formati…
New York TimesSalman Khan has got a heart of Tiger!Oneindia EntertainmentSalman Khan's brother Sohail Khan is very happy with the fantastic opening of Ek Tha Tiger at the Box Office. Sohail Khan says that the success of Ek Tha Tiger shows that he i…
'Alarming' smoking habits found in poorer countriesDaily News & AnalysisAustralia's planned "no logo" laws are in line with World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations and are being watched closely by Britain, Norway, New Zeal…
THE rejection of a second transplanted heart which killed a Northumberland teenager was a recognised complication of her surgery, a coroner has ruled.