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Fiona Coote celebrates life 30 years since her first heart transplant
Sydney Morning Herald The director of heart-lung surgery and transplantation at St Vincent’s Hospital, Phillip Spratt, says technological advances in artificial heart pumps will make transplant surgery redundant. Almost 40 per cent of patients at the hospital’s heart-lung … |
Debunking the myths on pesticides is vital to raise food production in India – Economic Times
Economic TimesDebunking the myths on pesticides is vital to raise food production in IndiaEconomic TimesThe World Health Organization makes no such link either and shows that overall cancer rates in the developed world, except lung cancer, are either o…
Atopic Dermatitis Symptoms in Children Are Persistent – Medscape
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Atopic Dermatitis Symptoms in Children Are Persistent
Medscape “We investigated the self-reported outcome of whether a child’s skin, without requiring the use of topical medication (eg, steroids or calcineurin inhibitors to treat their AD), was AD symptom-free during the previous 6 months,” the investigators write … |
Houston Methodist put on probation – Chron.com
Houston Methodist put on probationChron.comFormer U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, D-Lufkin, is the focus of a news conference at The Methodist Hospital, where he was discharged 10 days after undergoing heart transplant surgery. In a very rare procedure, Meth…
City raising the flag for organ donation – Guelph Mercury
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City raising the flag for organ donation
Guelph Mercury And most people will rejoice in hearing a life was saved because of successful organ transplant surgery. But how many people will take that support and put it into action? How many people know signing the back of their drivers’ license is not enough? Being an organ donor gives a second chance at lifeLas Cruces Sun-News |
Case report: living donor liver transplantation for giant hepatic hemangioma … – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Case report: living donor liver transplantation for giant hepatic hemangioma …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Hepatic hemangioma patients with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome have reportedly been cured by liver transplantation. However, liver transplan…
Mission raising awareness about organ donation – Asheville Citizen-Times
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Mission raising awareness about organ donation
Asheville Citizen-Times “I wouldn’t be sitting here where I am if it hadn’t been for my organ donor and their family,” she said. Duncan Quinn, 39, underwent a double lung transplant in June 2011. Quinn, who grew up in Asheville, was born with cystic fibrosis, which causes … Organ donors honored at ceremonyBeckley Register-Herald |
Lukewarm feedback on organ donation – The Star Online
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Lukewarm feedback on organ donation
The Star Online ARE you an organ donor? In this week’s The Star Online poll, 58% of respondents said they were not. When asked if they had pledged to become organ donors, 368 respondents said “no” while 270 respondents said “yes”. For those who answered “no”, 295 … |
Patents, biosimilars and trademarks – another triangle? – Lexology (registration)
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Patents, biosimilars and trademarks – another triangle?
Lexology (registration) Although Roche was taking steps to use Emcure Pharmaceuticals in India “to produce its innovative biologics in India” and to reduce the price for cancer drugs trastuzumab (Herceptin) and rituximab (MabThera), in a surprising but strategic move, Roche … |
A-League: what to look out for this weekend – The Guardian (blog)
The Guardian (blog) |
A-League: what to look out for this weekend
The Guardian (blog) The January transfer window, it appeared, laid them low like transplant surgery. They were missing their old bits – such as Michael “Kidney” McGlinchey, Trent “Liver” Sainsbury and Daniel “Spleen” McBreen – and the transplanted replacements had not yet … |