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Let’s Scale-Up Reduction of Childhood Cancer Burden
AllAfrica.com The child had been put on Rituximab (Mabthera). He was required to receive 6 doses, of Mabthera. Each dose would cost GH¢6,000.00. The problem was that the parents could not afford it and they were wondering if the Cancer Society of Ghana could assist … |
Orange County Executive Ed Diana back at work after liver transplant surgery – YNN Hudson Valley
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Orange County Executive Ed Diana back at work after liver transplant surgery
YNN Hudson Valley GOSHEN, N.Y. — “I’m now officially running government again,” said Ed Diana, Orange County Executive. Back in action. Diana is back to work following liver transplant surgery earlier this month. “I was home in seven days after transplant and knock on … Diana returns to work feeling fineMid-Hudson News |
Trastuzumab increased heart failure risk in older patients with breast cancer – Healio
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Trastuzumab increased heart failure risk in older patients with breast cancer
Healio The incidence of congestive heart failure was significantly higher in patients who received trastuzumab than those who did not (29.4% vs. 18.9%; P˂.001). Researchers calculated an HR of 1.95 (95% CI, 1.75-2.17) for congestive heart failure after … |
Holiday events ramp up in Park Ridge – Park Ridge Herald-Advocate
Holiday events ramp up in Park RidgePark Ridge Herald-AdvocateThe Park Ridge Indian Scouts Foundation annual Tree and Wreath Sale kicks off Friday, Nov. 29 at 1515 W. Touhy Ave. The sale will take place through Dec. 23 and is expected to … Live enter…
Duo clocks up 100th blood donation – Tasmania Examiner
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Duo clocks up 100th blood donation
Tasmania Examiner She said each blood donation could save up to three lives. Mr Hogarth and Mr Ling have been giving blood for more than 25 years. “So if you look at their donations they’ve potentially saved 300 lives each,” she said. “They really are making a … |
A Long Island Man Ran a Kidney Donation Scam Out of His Mom's House – Village Voice (blog)
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A Long Island Man Ran a Kidney Donation Scam Out of His Mom’s House
Village Voice (blog) … Living Compatible Donors” in as little as two weeks, despite the company never having located a kidney donor for a single client. Goldstein offered to pay a man in India to collect on one of his kidneys, violating state and federal laws on the sale … |
Treating deadly dog bites costs Baramulla man his lone kidney – GreaterKashmir.com
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Treating deadly dog bites costs Baramulla man his lone kidney
GreaterKashmir.com Why so? “For a kidney transplant patient, immunity has to be suppressed to minimal low so that the body accepts the donor organ while immunization is exactly the opposite,” explained medicos. … The medicos said they could only find three such cases … |
Seeking lung donors after at-home death – Daily Local News
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Seeking lung donors after at-home death
Daily Local News “We’ve had a number of very disgruntled family members that wanted to donate (a loved one’s organs) and weren’t able to,” said Dr. Jeffrey Punch, transplant surgery chief at the University of Michigan. Spurred by that family reaction, in a few months … |
Rituximab : dépister une hépatite B avant d'initier le traitement – Doctissimo
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Rituximab : dépister une hépatite B avant d’initier le traitement
Doctissimo Les autorités de santé et le laboratoire Roche ont envoyé une lettre aux professionnels de santé concernés pour les informer sur les nouvelles recommandations relatives au risque de réactivation du virus de l’hépatite B chez les patients traités par … |
ASH 2013: Big Year for CLL, Lymphoma – Medscape
MedscapeASH 2013: Big Year for CLL, LymphomaMedscapeThe long-term follow-up of the PRIMA trial, which was R-chemotherapy followed by 2 years of rituximab maintenance or observation, showed a progression-free survival advantage but not an overall surviv…