Voila! Scientists build heart tissue that beatsNewstrack IndiaRight now, the best treatment option for patients with major heart damage is an organ transplant. But there are far more patients on wait-lists for a transplant than there are donated hearts…
Maternal stem-cell transplant may be last best hope for HannahVictoria NewsWith Langford four year old Hannah Day due to receive a critical stem cell transplant from her mother Wednesday (March 19) in Vancouver, volunteers are organizing a fundraiser d…
Awareness drives fail to boost cadaveric transplantsIndian ExpressThe several awareness drives conducted in hospitals to encourage cadaver organ donations have proved insufficient to deal with the long waiting list of 2,965 patients in the city for kid…
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M’lore: Father Muller Medical College Students create mass awareness on …
Bellevision Mangalore, 18 Mar 2014: Medical Students Association of India (MSAI) in collaboration with the NSS unit of Father Muller Medical College, here on Sunday March 16, organized a rally on awareness of kidney diseases and organ donation, as part of their … |
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Death Notices for March 18
Tulsa World In an effort to honor those who have donated either organs, eyes or tissue, the Tulsa World is participating in the “Circle of Life” campaign sponsored by the Global Organization for Organ Donation (GOOD). If your loved one was a donor, please inform … |
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Giving a Kidney Is Rewarding – Donor Encourages People to Save Their Relatives
AllAfrica.com “When nurses in India took me to Millicent’s ward and said it was successful, my sister was so happy and thanked me for giving her life. But I said we … “We all donate blood, which is a body organ, yet we fear donating other organs even after death … |
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Joined for Life – Wife Donates Kidney to Dying Husband After Valentine
The Star The rising urea levels in the blood could also affect several organs including the brain and heart. “I would … All avenues seemed closed until Gikenye read from a newspaper about a 70-year-old Indian woman who donated a kidney to her husband. Doctors … |
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Bruckner’s music not a political issue for Mehta, Israel Philharmonic
Boston Classical Review Conceived on a vast scale, with performances typically taking more than an hour and 20 minutes, the symphony has dark, organ-like sonorities, moments of shattering drama, a grave Adagio as long as an entire Mozart symphony and a blazing, thundering … |
23 persons await heart transplantDeccan HeraldWith several myths and sentiments associated with organ donation, nearly 23 persons await heart transplant according to Zonal Coordination Committee of Karnataka for Transplantation(ZCCK). So far only four …
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Ottawa man’s stem-cell transplant set-back
CTV News Ottawa-native, Chris Taylor, is riding an emotional roller coaster. Taylor was first diagnosed with Leukemia 2 years ago. Chemotherapy worked but the cancer soon returned. Without a stem-cell transplant, doctors fear his cancer will keep coming back. |