12Feb/14

£1-a-month drug could HALVE risk of prostate cancer: Heart failure medication … – Daily Mail


Daily Mail

£1-a-month drug could HALVE risk of prostate cancer: Heart failure medication
Daily Mail
Drug company giants like GlaxoSmithKline eventually turned it into a tablet called digoxin, used for heart failure as well as atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart rhythm that increases the risk of stroke. It has been used for decades on the NHS and

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12Feb/14

New heart, new avocation: Transplant recipient spreads word about organ … – Jackson Clarion Ledger

New heart, new avocation: Transplant recipient spreads word about organ
Jackson Clarion Ledger
Following daughter Layci’s wedding, Timothy Lewis did what he always promised: He danced with her to the song ‘Butterfly Kisses,’ even as he was hooked up to a machine that kept his heart pumping as he waited for a heart transplant at a Houston hospital.

12Feb/14

Anger and suspicion at organ donor bill delay: 15 will die as we wait – Belfast Telegraph


Belfast Telegraph

Anger and suspicion at organ donor bill delay: 15 will die as we wait
Belfast Telegraph
Joe Brolly, a former Derry GAA player who donated a kidney to his friend, said while the debate sparked people to discuss the issue of organ donation the delay was disappointing. “There is no doubt that it is disappointing and no doubt that there is a
Major new organ donation campaign: ‘Speak up and save a life’Newry Times
Video: 15 die each year waiting on an organBelfast Newsletter
15 die annually waiting for transplantU.TV
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12Feb/14

Match for Malena: Children's Medical Center Patient Hopes to Find Bone Marrow … – Fort Mills Times

Match for Malena: Children’s Medical Center Patient Hopes to Find Bone Marrow
Fort Mills Times
“The best chance of a match for Malena is someone who shares her ancestry, and the more people who join the registry, the greater the odds of finding someone,” said Dr. Andrew Y. Koh, director of pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant program at 

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12Feb/14

Innovation, Awareness and Prevention key to Fighting Growing 'Heart Crisis … – PR Newswire India (press release)

Innovation, Awareness and Prevention key to Fighting Growing ‘Heart Crisis
PR Newswire India (press release)
Lt. Governor of Delhi, Hon’ble Shri Najeeb Jung, Felicitated Leading Cardiologists who Have Contributed to the Progress of Cardiac Care in India and Across the World. Fortis Escorts Heart Institute’s (FEHI) two-day international conclave on

12Feb/14

/REPEAT — Media Invitation – Quartier DIX30 GLOBULE: a blood donation … – Canada NewsWire (press release)

/REPEAT — Media Invitation – Quartier DIX30 GLOBULE: a blood donation
Canada NewsWire (press release)
BROSSARD, QC, Feb. 11, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ – Héma-Québec invites representatives of the media to attend the inauguration of the Quartier DIX30 GLOBULE Blood Donor Centre on February 12, at 10:00 am. This new GLOBULE Centre offers residents of