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Diesel-powered vehicles leave New Delhi’s air worse than Beijing’s
Washington Post India subsidizes sales of the fuel to the equivalent of $15 billion a year, encouraging purchases of diesel vehicles that can pump out exhaust gases with 10 times the carcinogenic particles found in gasoline exhausts. The result: Delhi’s air on average … |
Blood donation coordinators recognized – newszap.com
Blood donation coordinators recognizednewszap.comBlood donation coordinators recognized. By Staff. Updated March 3, 2014. The efforts of blood-drive coordinators throughout the state were applauded Feb. 14 at Valentines for Life, United Blood Services …
New research on potent HIV antibodies – HealthCanal.com
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New research on potent HIV antibodies
HealthCanal.com The discovery of how a KwaZulu-Natal woman’s body responded to her HIV infection by making potent antibodies (called broadly neutralising antibodies, because they are able to kill multiple strains of HIV from across the world), was reported today by … |
Fireman needs new heart, company rallies around volunteer – Poughkeepsie Journal
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Fireman needs new heart, company rallies around volunteer
Poughkeepsie Journal Mikey Cabrera, Jr., a 45-year-old Chelsea Fire Company volunteer and resident, is awaiting heart transplant surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, said his friend and fellow fireman Sean Cahill. “He’s had a bad heart for over 20 years … |
Living with someone else's heart in his chest, he reaches a 25-year milestone … – Washington Post
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Living with someone else’s heart in his chest, he reaches a 25-year milestone …
Washington Post According to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, the 10-year survival rate for heart transplant surgery is about 56 percent. They often face post-surgical complications including primary graft dysfunction, which occurs when the new donor heart … |
Bhargava board certified in hematology – Online Athens
Bhargava board certified in hematologyOnline AthensShe received her medical degree from the M.S. Ramaiah Medical College in Bangalore, India. She went on to complete her residency at the … and American Society of Hematology. Her special interests inc…
Mothers with SLE more likely to experience heart failure – Healio
Mothers with SLE more likely to experience heart failureHealioClin Exp Rheumatol. 2014;32:108-112. March 3, 2014. Although major cardiovascular events were rare among women of reproductive age with systemic lupus erythematosus, those who gave birth had…
219 patients on wait list, liver donors to spread awareness – Indian Express
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219 patients on wait list, liver donors to spread awareness
Indian Express Sexagenarian Sudarshan Chokhani, who underwent cadaver liver transplant on January 5 after waiting for a span of 10 months, said, “I will aim to get 500 donors registered within six months for organ donation by creating awareness. The liver I got saved … |
Outside the patent monopolies – Indian Express
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Outside the patent monopolies
Indian Express Novartis’s drug Glivec was denied patent protection by the Supreme Court and India granted a compulsory licence to Bayer’s drug Nexavar, which treats kidney and liver cancer. Compulsory licences are a provision in international patent norms, including … |
Weird and shocking facts about the Oscars! – Times of India
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Weird and shocking facts about the Oscars!
Times of India Interestingly, Steven Speielberg bought Bette Davis’ Oscar for $578,000 in 2001 and donated it back to the Academy and Michael Jackson paid over a million for David Selznick’s award in 1999. Steven Spielberg also bought Clark Gable’s 1934 Best Actor … |