ResMed moves beyond sleep with trial of new heart failure ventilation therapyBRW (subscription)ResMed has made its name in the global $US8 billion sleep therapy market but if a new trial proves successful the company could become a player in the treatm…
Brain death decline means fewer donors – Windsor Star
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Brain death decline means fewer donors
Windsor Star The 10-year study of nearly 2,788 brain injured adults in southern Alberta found the proportion who progressed to brain death has fallen dramatically, from eight per cent at the start of the study in 2002 to four per cent in 2012, and a low of 2.2 per … Fewer Brain Deaths Tempt Organ Ethics MeltdownNational Review Online (blog) Fewer patients with brain injury being declared ‘brain dead’Science Daily (press release) Patients with Brain Deaths have Reduced: StudyTopNews United States |
Indian hospital offers kidney transplantation to Edhi – Pakistan Daily Times
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Indian hospital offers kidney transplantation to Edhi
Pakistan Daily Times KARACHI: An Indian kidney hospital, through an NGO, contacted Pakistan’s world famous philanthropist and founder of Edhi Foundation, Abdul Sattar Edhi, and offered him help for a complete kidney transplant; however, Edhi politely declined the offer. |
Lisa Kudrow's 'Life-Altering' Nose Job, Plus 3 Other Celebs Open About Having … – Bustle
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Lisa Kudrow’s ‘Life-Altering’ Nose Job, Plus 3 Other Celebs Open About Having …
Bustle The Backstreet Boy was so proud about having hair transplant surgery that he even created a collage of before and after pictures. The photo was accompanied by the following caption: “Some girls get there boobs done some guys get abb implants all to … |
Don't expect life after death: doctor – South China Morning Post
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Don’t expect life after death: doctor
South China Morning Post High doses of sleeping pills and sedatives, for example, might produce symptoms that looked like brain death. But a drug overdose did not lead to brain damage, which could be confirmed by tests. Earlier this year, Singapore’s Straits Times reported the … |
Transplant doctor leaves Carolinas HealthCare – Charlotte Observer
Transplant doctor leaves Carolinas HealthCareCharlotte ObserverHayes, 58, a Spartanburg native, came to Charlotte in 1993 after having been director of liver transplantation at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans. At the time, Carolinas Medical Center wa…
Red Cross promotes World Series blood donation challenge – KRCG
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Red Cross promotes World Series blood donation challenge
KRCG That’s why the need is so great, according to Columbia Blood Donation Center supervisor Joshua Lee. “The shelf-life for whole blood is six weeks, whereas shelf-life for platelets is only 5 days, so we can only store for 5 days…therefore we need … |
STENTYS Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Demonstrates Faster Arterial Healing Than … – PharmiWeb.com (press release)
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STENTYS Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Demonstrates Faster Arterial Healing Than …
PharmiWeb.com (press release) STENTYS (FR0010949404 – STNT) a medical technology company commercializing in Europe the world’s first and only Self-Apposing® Stent to treat acute myocardial infarction (AMI) announced today results from the 4-month arm of the APPOSITION IV … |
'Times' Video Profiles Thetford's Carmen Tarleton – Valley News
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‘Times’ Video Profiles Thetford’s Carmen Tarleton
Valley News The New York Times last week published a video profiling Thetford’s Carmen Tarleton and the progress she’s made since undergoing face transplant surgery in February. The Times staff spent time with Tarleton earlier this month, and the result is a 7 … |
Arsenic in India's water could cause resistance to visceral leishmaniasis … – Medical Xpress
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Arsenic in India’s water could cause resistance to visceral leishmaniasis …
Medical Xpress The protozoa Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum cause visceral leishmaniasis by infecting the liver, spleen and bone marrow. Victims of the disease experience fever, anorexia, weight loss and inflammation of the liver and spleen. They will die … Kala-azar bug has become resistant to drug of choiceTimes of India |