The New Indian ExpressOrgan donation: Transplant counsellors battle grief and beliefThe New Indian ExpressTwenty-year-old Prabhu*, an engineering student, was declared brain dead at a city hospital recently after he met with an accident. Today, at leas…
Transplants may benefit obese kidney patients – Indian Express
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Transplants may benefit obese kidney patients
Indian Express The researchers write in the American Journal of Transplantation that kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for people with end-stage kidney disease. Compared to dialysis, an arduous process for removing waste from a patient’s blood several … Study shows survival advantages for obese patients after kidney transplantNephrologyNews.com Kidney-transplant hospitals across State under the scannerThe Hindu Transplant may boost survival in obese kidney failure patientsWOWK |
Why China pays over the odds for its medicines – Business Standard
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Why China pays over the odds for its medicines
Business Standard Exact comparisons with other markets are difficult, but a separate survey of prices in New Delhi, India, found the prices patients paid in the private sector for originator brands were much less at under five times the reference level. China’s … |
Religious News in Brief – Bennington Banner
Religious News in BriefBennington BannerEach program, timed at forty-five minutes and open to the public without charge (freewill donations encouraged), features a variety of classical organ music ranging from pre-Bach to 20th century, with a major Bac…
Amid organ shortage, altruistic kidney donations increase but bring forth … – OregonLive.com
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Amid organ shortage, altruistic kidney donations increase but bring forth …
OregonLive.com “Nobody quite understands why living donation is going down,” said Dr. William Bennett, medical director of kidney transplantation at Legacy Transplant Services in Portland. This year, more than 4,500 people in the United States will likely die waiting … |
50% organ needs can be filled by brain-dead – Times of India
50% organ needs can be filled by brain-deadTimes of IndiaIndia, with a population of over a billion, should, in fact, have a ready supply of organs for its chronically ill. Speak to anyone waiting for an organ. Hear about his desperate search for a liv…
Chennai team evolves liver-like cells from adult stem cells – Times of India
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Chennai team evolves liver-like cells from adult stem cells
Times of India After six years of bureaucratic wrangles and convincing successive governments for funding, the scientists knew their efforts had borne fruit the minute they saw the cells thicken beneath the microscope. “They resembled liver cells. But we didn’t … |
Brother's generous spirit lives on through organ donation – Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
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Brother’s generous spirit lives on through organ donation
Bucyrus Telegraph Forum “He had it marked on his driver’s license that he was an organ donor,” Roll said. Roll, who is a registered nurse, is no stranger to organ donation. Her friend, Donald Fetter, lost two children who drowned in a Galion neighbor’s swimming pool. “When … |
Stem cell transplant aids blood cell recovery – MiamiHerald.com
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Stem cell transplant aids blood cell recovery
MiamiHerald.com “Today is my second birthday,” said George Schwartz, 70. Schwartz was celebrating after undergoing an adult blood stem cell transplant at the University of Miami’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center about 10 days ago. Schwartz had been diagnosed … |
GP who started affair with terminal lung cancer patient's husband just days … – Daily Mail
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GP who started affair with terminal lung cancer patient’s husband just days …
Daily Mail Although it was not her practice to attend patients’ funerals, Mr Owens sent her a text on the day to remind her while she was on holiday in India. ‘The panel inferred that sexual motivation was an element of embarking on and developing what you … |