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Time to change our thinking about organ donation
Globalnews.ca According to B.C. Transplant, I’ve been an organ donor for less than a year. I’ve been a licensed physician for almost 13 years. It’s not that I didn’t think about it sooner. I’ve had many patients in my career with organ failure who have been on a … Minister: Croatia champion in organ donation and transplantation |
Toronto Surgeons Set to Make History with Nation's First Hand Transplant – E Canada Now
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Toronto Surgeons Set to Make History with Nation’s First Hand Transplant
E Canada Now The surgeons said that the new nose is in good shape and the transplant surgery could be performed soon, local media reported. Picture taken September 24, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA – Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH DISASTER) CHINA OUT. |
Health condition, not influence, to determine Jeevandan organ recipients – The Hindu
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Health condition, not influence, to determine Jeevandan organ recipients
The Hindu In an attempt to provide organs for transplantation solely on the basis of patient’s health condition, and not on the basis of their financial clout or influence, the State-run Jeevandan programme has adopted a software to prepare a list of priority … |
University researcher unlocks underlying factors to success of popular heart … – University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily
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University researcher unlocks underlying factors to success of popular heart …
University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily Assoc. Cardiovascular Medicine Prof. Dr. Kenneth Bilchick is helping to pave the way toward higher patient response rates to cardiac resynchronization therapy — a method to improve the heart rhythm in a patient with heart failure. Using MRI scans and … |
Caleb Sanfead to donate stem cells in an attempt to cure his brother Nathan of … – The Daily Telegraph
Caleb Sanfead to donate stem cells in an attempt to cure his brother Nathan of …The Daily TelegraphThe RBWH performs about 150 stem cell transplant procedures each year. A RBWH fundraiser will be held in support of cancer patients on Friday. Visit rb…
West Bridgewater mom receives new kidney – Enterprise News
West Bridgewater mom receives new kidneyEnterprise NewsShe had transplant surgery in 1990, receiving a kidney from her brother Peter Hanson of South Yarmouth. Her kidney function began failing again in 2011. She was placed on dialysis and became one of…
The effect of rituximab therapy on immunoglobulin levels in patients with … – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
The effect of rituximab therapy on immunoglobulin levels in patients with …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Methods: We performed a single centre retrospective review of 177 patients with multisystem autoimmune disease receiving rituximab between …
India has 1.8 mn cancer patients but only one oncologist to treat every 2000 – Business Standard
Business StandardIndia has 1.8 mn cancer patients but only one oncologist to treat every 2000Business StandardEminent doctor and Medanta Medicity founder Naresh Trehan says the dearth of specialists in this space also stems from the fact that the segme…
Vaccines and Biologics: Questions Remain – MedPage Today
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Vaccines and Biologics: Questions Remain
MedPage Today Inadequate protection after influenza vaccination also has been seen among patients receiving the B-cell depleting agent rituximab (Rituxan), with particularly low responses being seen among patients whose B cells are fully depleted. Therefore, “it … |
Scientists create antibody that blocks pain and itchiness – Geek
Daily MailScientists create antibody that blocks pain and itchinessGeekLee used antibodies to capture the channel proteins for study, but he got to wondering if it might be possible to create an antibody to inhibit the function of the channel in living…