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For Victim of Ghastly Crime, a New Face, a New Beginning
New York Times After 15 hours of transplant surgery, Ms. Tarleton, 45, emerged from the operating room with what looked to her mother, Joan VanNorden, like a puffy, surreal mask. At first she wanted to faint as she stared at the new face, smooth and freckled … The face of a new beginning for a ghastly crime’s victimHonolulu Star-Advertiser |
Beta-blockers benefit those with severe heart failure – Telemanagement
TelemanagementBeta-blockers benefit those with severe heart failureTelemanagementBeta-blockers are known to improve the outcome in heart failure, but are not used as much as they could be. This may be because there is a widespread belief that the decre…
Sleep apnea linked to early sign of heart failure – Medical News Today
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Sleep apnea linked to early sign of heart failure
Medical News Today Participants also had blood samples taken, and they were followed-up for a median of 21.4 years. During this time, there were 222 deaths, 212 patients experienced coronary heart disease events, and 122 participants experienced heart failure. Sleep Apnea Severity Tied to Cardiac MarkerMedPage Today Getting to the Heart of Sleep ApneadailyRx |
'Dearth of donors hitting organ donation in state' – The New Indian Express
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‘Dearth of donors hitting organ donation in state’
The New Indian Express Second Innings, a joint initiative of the State government, the city’s major healthcare organisations, non-governmental organisations and various corporate institutions, is part of the cadaveric organ donation drive in the city. The initiative aims to … ‘State needs to change laws to ensure smoother transplants‘Bangalore Mirror |
Blood donation sites, week of Oct. 27 – Tampabay.com
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Blood donation sites, week of Oct. 27
Tampabay.com LifeSouth Community Blood Center will have blood drives at the following off-site locations this week. Today: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Lizzie T’s Coffee House, 7635 Horse Lake Road, Brooksville; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Walmart, 1485 Commercial Way, Spring Hill. |
US panel backs Gilead Sciences' hepatitis C drug – Zee News
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US panel backs Gilead Sciences’ hepatitis C drug
Zee News Washington: US Food and Drug Administration advisers have unanimously voted in favor of a highly anticipated hepatitis C drug from Gilead Sciences that holds promise for millions infected with the liver-destroying virus. All 15 members of the FDA’s … |
Tufts nurse donates kidney to stranger – Boston Herald
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Tufts nurse donates kidney to stranger
Boston Herald I was just amazed at such a sacrifice,” Harris said. He and Mitchell-Dozier matched for both blood type and tissue. The transplant surgery took place in July. “It is a very amazing thing to meet a person who is selfless like Ms. Dozier,” said Harris’s … |
Chronic Heart Failure to Boost Future Growth – Today's Medical Developments
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Chronic Heart Failure to Boost Future Growth
Today’s Medical Developments Although the renal denervation market has previously been focused on the intervention’s treatment of patients with resistant and uncontrolled hypertension, it is expected that the next approved indication will be in chronic heart failure patients, says … |
Marin Readers' Forum for Oct. 26 – Marin Independent Journal
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Marin Readers’ Forum for Oct. 26
Marin Independent Journal For your readers who remember the “iron lung” and the fear of this crippling disease in our own country, Rotary has since 1985 been the lead volunteer global leader in attempting to eradicate this contagious virus. Since the beginning — with partners … |
Once an indisputable fact, medical advances have turned death into a diagnosis … – National Post
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Once an indisputable fact, medical advances have turned death into a diagnosis …
National Post Thus was born the modern concept of “brain death.” Fotolia. Once an indisputable fact, death became a diagnosis, a judgment call, an educated opinion — and a new world of ethical nightmares opened up. For most people, they are alive one minute and not … |