Renal and Urology NewsFat Around Kidneys May Complicate RAPNRenal and Urology NewsPerinephric fat thickness could aid in preoperative risk assessment in patients undergoing robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN), according to researchers. In a study…
Organ donation specialist has 'real fears' about opt out scheme – Belfast Newsletter
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Organ donation specialist has ‘real fears’ about opt out scheme
Belfast Newsletter One of Northern Ireland’s most senior doctors has come out against proposals which would presume that everyone in Northern Ireland is a willing organ donor, unless they or their family opt out. Dr Declan Grace, the lead clinician in charge of organ … |
Tobacco-free world — imagine a world without cancer, heart disease and … – India.Com Health
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Tobacco-free world — imagine a world without cancer, heart disease and …
India.Com Health Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi, Professor and Cancer Surgeon at the Tata Memorial Hospital and one of India’s most vehement anti-tobacco campaigners points out that cancer, heart disease and lung disease – three of the most common ramifications of tobacco use … |
PH eyes Guinness record on organ donation sign-up – ABS CBN News
PH eyes Guinness record on organ donation sign-upABS CBN NewsIndia holds the record of having 2,755 pledged organ donors in a period of one hour in one site, and a total of 10,450 pledged organ donors in a period of eight hours also in one site. Those …
Guitarist Bob Casale of New Wave band Devo dies of heart failure at 61 – Reuters India
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Guitarist Bob Casale of New Wave band Devo dies of heart failure at 61
Reuters India “His sudden death from conditions that led to heart failure came as a total shock to us all,” Gerald Casale said on the group’s website on Tuesday. Devo, whose name is a contraction of “de-evolution,” was formed in 1972 in Akron, Ohio, and later moved … |
Coen Ashton celebrates lung transplant on River Murray – Victor Harbor Times
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Coen Ashton celebrates lung transplant on River Murray
Victor Harbor Times Recovering from life-saving double lung transplant surgery, 16-year-old Coen Ashton from Maryborough, Queensland will take on the 2000 kilometre journey during DonateLife Week 2014, February 23 -March 2. Coen’s adventure will see him jet ski the entire … |
Cold and snow cause Red Cross blood donation shortfall – York Dispatch
WHMICold and snow cause Red Cross blood donation shortfallYork DispatchCold and snow cause Red Cross blood donation shortfall. By GREG GROSS. 505-5433/@ydcrime. Updated: 02/19/2014 01:09:31 AM EST. The severe cold and snow so far this winter has not on…
Officials remember chancellor's legacy – UTA The Shorthorn
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Officials remember chancellor’s legacy
UTA The Shorthorn He has accepted a position at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio as head of pediatric transplant surgery but will serve as chancellor until another is named, according to a press release from the UT System’s website. Jenny LaCoste-Caputo, UT … |
Revolution needed for organ donor consent, says Mark Drakeford – WalesOnline
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Revolution needed for organ donor consent, says Mark Drakeford
WalesOnline Giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Petitions Committee on the introduction of an ‘opt-out’ system of consent for organ donation in Wales, Prof Drakeford said the change in legislation was part of a range of measures designed to push up the … Holyrood urged to act now on organ donation opt outGlasgow Evening Times |
Cadaveric organ transplants – help people live after you are no more – India.Com Health
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Cadaveric organ transplants – help people live after you are no more
India.Com Health But unfortunately in eastern India, only one such transplantation has taken place even though organ harvesting from brain dead patients is fairly common in south and west India,’ said critical care expert Saurabh Kole. Kole played a pioneer role in … Experts call for awareness on cadaveric organ transplantationBusiness Standard |