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Cape has ‘third worst pollution in country’
Independent Online The report, released in Geneva last week, suggests that outdoor air pollution caused 3.7 million premature deaths worldwide in 2012, mainly from heart disease, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and respiratory infections … |
Treatable middle-class plague polio is making a comeback – Cowichan Valley Citizen
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Treatable middle-class plague polio is making a comeback
Cowichan Valley Citizen It’s a homely, homemade (of plywood and improvised fittings) iron lung. At first glance, this ungainly respirator draws to mind the Iron Maiden, a torture device from the Middle Ages. And make no mistake, for any person unfortunate enough to have been … |
Ex-Man Utd midfielder Park Ji-Sung retires – Zee News
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Ex-Man Utd midfielder Park Ji-Sung retires
Zee News Park left Old Trafford, where he was known on the terraces as “Three-Lung Park” because of his high work rate, in 2012 after 203 appearances and 27 goals. But the move to a rebuilding QPR proved ill-fated and the London club were relegated from the … |
Claude crusades to lift organ donor rate – Illawarra Mercury
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Claude crusades to lift organ donor rate
Illawarra Mercury He’s endured a tough six years with his kidneys and heart failing but the husband to Maria and father of two teenagers didn’t want this story to focus solely on him – his main aim was to promote organ donation. Claude Gregorio and Wollongong Hospital … |
Early menopause ups heart failure risk, especially for smokers – Science Codex
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Early menopause ups heart failure risk, especially for smokers
Science Codex CLEVELAND, Ohio (May 14, 2014)—Women who go through menopause early—at ages 40 to 45—have a higher rate of heart failure, according to a new study published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society … |
Early menopause ups heart failure risk, especially for smokers – EurekAlert (press release)
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Early menopause ups heart failure risk, especially for smokers
EurekAlert (press release) CLEVELAND, Ohio (May 14, 2014)—Women who go through menopause early—at ages 40 to 45—have a higher rate of heart failure, according to a new study published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society … |
Death calculator: Predicting heart failure – KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
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Death calculator: Predicting heart failure
KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska “I get all my game from my dad,” Rafee told Ivanhoe. “He was the first one to put the ball in my hand when I was a little boy.” However, despite his active and healthy lifestyle, Ali developed heart failure at age 43 after a virus attacked his body. “I … |
Pa. lawmakers consider organ donation changes – Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
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Pa. lawmakers consider organ donation changes
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader HARRISBURG — An effort to update Pennsylvania’s organ donation law drew concerns at a legislative hearing Tuesday from state prosecutors and coroners who said the proposal could interfere with their responsibility to investigate deaths. Supporters … |
Supporters aim to change Pa. organ donor bill – abc27
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Supporters aim to change Pa. organ donor bill
abc27 Supporters who want a change to Pennsylvania’s organ donation law shared their stories at the state Capitol Tuesday. “For Tony to become a real boy and be free of his strings, it will take a transplant,” one woman pleaded. Among the supporters was Liz … |
Streamlining organ donation prompts turf concerns from law enforcement – witf.org
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Streamlining organ donation prompts turf concerns from law enforcement
witf.org People who work with organ donor programs say transplants are in such high demand, and donations are so rare, that when someone is an organ donor and dies, procuring the organ should take priority. “We can’t lose just one donor,” said Howard Nathan, … |