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 …
Ottawa man's stem-cell transplant set-back – CTV News
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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. |
iPhone case measures your vital stats in seconds – Wired.co.uk
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iPhone case measures your vital stats in seconds
Wired.co.uk O’Hanlon is talking about Wello, the health monitoring device that snaps onto the back of your iPhone like any ordinary cover, but also captures your ECG, blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen, temperature and lung function instantly. At-home … |
Antiobiotics for asthma: A Madison doctor decries lack of interest in possible … – Madison.com
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Antiobiotics for asthma: A Madison doctor decries lack of interest in possible …
Madison.com Drug companies make a lot of money from inhalers, most containing corticosteroids, which can control asthma symptoms but rarely make them go away, Hahn says. “It’s far more profitable to “control” a disease than cure it,” he writes. The bacterial … |
Special blood donation session to be held in Swansea – Southwales Evening Post
Special blood donation session to be held in SwanseaSouthwales Evening PostA SPECIAL blood donation session has been organised to make up for a shortfall in stocks. The Welsh Blood Service says that during the winter the number of people giving blood r…
Israeli Doctors Save 7-Year-Old Jordanian Boy – The Jewish Press
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Israeli Doctors Save 7-Year-Old Jordanian Boy
The Jewish Press News of availability of this surgery traveled quickly and within a few days Rambam received a request from the Jordanian parents of “Y,” “Please help us by doing a kidney transplantation on our son.” A few days ago it happened. The little boy, “Y … |
New hepatitis C drugs must be affordable worldwide, say campaigners – The Guardian
The GuardianNew hepatitis C drugs must be affordable worldwide, say campaignersThe GuardianThere are 185 million people in the world chronically infected with hepatitis C virus, which attacks the liver and can cause liver cancer and cirrhosis. Around 3…
Eilabun family donate organs of baby son who dies suddenly – Jerusalem Post
Eilabun family donate organs of baby son who dies suddenlyJerusalem PostWhen a 14-month-old boy from Kafr Eilabun in the Galilee suffered lower-brain death suddenly due to intercranial pressure this week, after an operation at Dana Hospital at Tel Aviv…
Source: Jay Carney to Resign in Spring; CNN Next Stop for Press Secretary? – Mediaite
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Source: Jay Carney to Resign in Spring; CNN Next Stop for Press Secretary?
Mediaite The lone exception is Scott McClellan (Bush 43, 2003-2006), who apparently declined to forego personality-transplant surgery and therefore wasn’t seriously considered by any of the aforementioned networks. Jay Carney is confrontational. His critics … |
Chronic kidney disease risk factors found – Taipei Times
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Chronic kidney disease risk factors found
Taipei Times People with hypertension, hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia are three times more likely than those without to develop pre-end-stage-renal disease (ESRD) — in which kidneys do not function — the Health Promotion Administration said. A 2007 survey on … |