07Oct/15

Fecal capsules can beat difficult-to-treat C diff infection – Business Standard


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Fecal capsules can beat difficult-to-treat C diff infection
Business Standard
The capsule form of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) contained a frozen suspension of fecal material harvested from healthy unrelated donors. It was well tolerated and effectively resolved diarrhoea in 90 per cent of patients with difficult-to
Pop ‘good’ faecal bacteria capsule for healthy gutTimes of India
New capsule form of FMT raises hopes for treating C. difficile infectionNews-Medical.net

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07Oct/15

Urgent Appeal: UK Sikh Requires Heart Donor for Terminal Condition – Sikh24 News & Updates


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Urgent Appeal: UK Sikh Requires Heart Donor for Terminal Condition
Sikh24 News & Updates
He has now been on the urgent heart transplant list for over 12 weeks. Wythenshawe Hospital There is an unfortunate level of apathy and perhaps even a dose of … The family are raising awareness and appealing to the Sikh and wider community in the UK

07Oct/15

Friends launch organ donor drive in tribute to “inspirational” heart … – Glasgow Evening Times


Glasgow Evening Times

Friends launch organ donor drive in tribute to “inspirational” heart
Glasgow Evening Times
GRIEVING friends of a young heart transplant patient who has died have organised a mass organ donor drive in his honour. Tributes have been paid to David Lloyd, 28, from Rutherglen, who died, days after celebrating the ninth anniversary of his heart …

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