ATS publishes clinical practice guideline on ILD in infancyMedical XpressFor infants with severe, life threatening chILD diseases, referral to a pediatric lung transplantation center after discussion with the family is recommended. Given the limited ev…
Blood donation instills sense of social responsibility in youth – Arab News
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Blood donation instills sense of social responsibility in youth
Arab News As part of the “Joy for Everyone” initiative, a group of youth in collaboration with Max Media, the Ministry of Health and other charitable organizations and local hospitals organized a blood donation campaign on Tuesday at Mall of Arabia in Jeddah. |
Former Butler mascot Blue II dealing with heart failure – NBCSports.com
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Former Butler mascot Blue II dealing with heart failure
NBCSports.com Life as a retiree hasn’t been as smooth as anticipated for former Butler mascot Blue II, who handed the leash over to Blue III (also known as “Trip”) during Senior Day festivities on March 9. Blue II’s official duties as school mascot were completed in … Butler’s Blue II diagnosed with heart failure, will not return to campusFox 59 |
Organ donors wanted – Tempo
Organ donors wantedTempoRepublic Act 7170 or the Organ Donation Act of 1991 recognizes brain death as a criterion for dead donors. Potential multiple organ donors are those who died from vehicular crash, gunshot wounds, and blunt head injuries. Ideal d…
Promising Compound Could Offer New Treatment for Heart Failure – Science Daily (press release)
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Promising Compound Could Offer New Treatment for Heart Failure
Science Daily (press release) Aug. 1, 2013 — Heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. It’s a very common condition, affecting about six million people in the United States, but current therapies are not adequately effective at … New designer compound treats heart failure by targeting cell nucleusMedical Xpress |
Indian 'cigarette snatcher' passes away in Dubai – Economic Times
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Indian ‘cigarette snatcher’ passes away in Dubai
Economic Times … ‘cigarette snatcher’ died on Sunday evening. An Indian cancer patient, who campaigned against smoking in unusual ways such as confronting strangers in public places and pleading with them to quit smoking, succumbed to lung cancer in a Dubai hospital. |
New designer compound treats heart failure by targeting cell nucleus – Science Daily (press release)
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New designer compound treats heart failure by targeting cell nucleus
Science Daily (press release) Aug. 1, 2013 — Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have made a fundamental discovery relevant to the understanding and treatment of heart failure — a leading cause of death … |
India's Walmart of Heart Surgery Cuts the Cost by 98% – Businessweek
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India’s Walmart of Heart Surgery Cuts the Cost by 98%
Businessweek Devi Shetty keeps photographs of Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi on his desk, and he’s obsessed with making cardiac surgery affordable for millions of Indians. But these two facts are not connected. Shetty’s a heart surgeon-turned-businessman who … |
Rituximab Therapy Effective For ANCA-Associated Vasculitis – RedOrbit
Rituximab Therapy Effective For ANCA-Associated VasculitisRedOrbitIn an article published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, Immune Tolerance Network (ITN) researchers demonstrated that a single course of rituximab therapy (anti-CD20; Rituxa…
Bigger Lungs Lead to Better Transplants – Bioscience Technology
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Bigger Lungs Lead to Better Transplants
Bioscience Technology “An unresolved question in the field of lung transplantation is how the size of the donor lungs relative to the recipient affects transplant success,” he explains. “It is commonly believed that transplanting oversized lungs is problematic, but no data … |