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New blood-donation rules put damage control ahead of sound science
Globe and Mail Men who have sex with men can now give blood in Canada – but only if they have been celibate for five years. This change in policy by Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Québec – in response to charges that the blood-collection agencies are homophobic … |
Bengal's hut wins London's heart – Times of India
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Bengal’s hut wins London’s heart
Times of India Marigold isn’t usually grown in the UK. Hence, the duo bought seeds of different varieties of marigold and got the University of Reading to grow them. “We have never visited India. We saw this beautiful house in Bengal on the internet and decided to … |
Hospital conveys apologies to heart transplant patient and donor family – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Hospital conveys apologies to heart transplant patient and donor family7thSpace Interactive (press release)The incident involved a 58-year-old female patient with critical end-stage heart failure undergoing heart transplantation at Queen Mary Hospital …
COHELLP: collaborative randomized controlled trial on corticosteroids in HELLP … – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
COHELLP: collaborative randomized controlled trial on corticosteroids in HELLP …7thSpace Interactive (press release)The systematic review available in Cochrane Library compared corticosteroid (dexamethasone, betamethasone, or prednisolone) given duri…
Cycling Around The World (Day 144): France – The Province (blog)
Cycling Around The World (Day 144): FranceThe Province (blog)We got a hotel and the room looked like a clothing bazaar in India with all the wet clothes hanging anywhere you could find space to hang them. Having the … I am a firefighter circumnavigat…
Hepatitis C: A 21st Century Success Story (Op-Ed) – LiveScience.com
Hepatitis C: A 21st Century Success Story (Op-Ed)LiveScience.comBut the condition can lead to the development of cirrhosis and liver cancer, and is the leading indication for liver transplantation in the United States. Baby boomers have the highest rat…
Organ Donation Highlights Benefit for Harbor House June 15 – University of Rochester Newsroom
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Organ Donation Highlights Benefit for Harbor House June 15
University of Rochester Newsroom The importance of organ donation – or sharing the gift of life – will be highlighted during the Harbor House benefit dinner, “And the Beat Goes On…,” Saturday, June 15, at the Doubletree Inn in Henrietta. Harbor House is a home-away-from-home for … |
Sodium, Water Restriction Not Found Beneficial in Heart Failure – Monthly Prescribing Reference
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Sodium, Water Restriction Not Found Beneficial in Heart Failure
Monthly Prescribing Reference (HealthDay News) – Sodium and water restriction are unnecessary in patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), according to a study published online May 20 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Graziella Badin Aliti, RN, ScD, from the … |
Enzyme-activating antibodies revealed as marker for most severe form of … – Science Daily (press release)
Medical DailyEnzyme-activating antibodies revealed as marker for most severe form of …Science Daily (press release)In the study, the antibodies were present — in 18 percent of 44 fluid samples from one research collection and in 12 percent of anothe…
Everolimus overcomes trastuzumab resistance in HER2+ early breast cancer – Oncology Nurse Advisor
Everolimus overcomes trastuzumab resistance in HER2+ early breast cancerOncology Nurse AdvisorSome patients with early breast cancer had a benefit in clinical response rate when everolimus was added to trastuzumab treatment, though the benefit was stat…