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Diabetics Have Elevated Risk for Death After Lung Transplant
Medscape Results indicated that whether type 2 diabetes was diagnosed before lung transplantation or afterward, the patients’ survival after surgery was similar — and they died significantly earlier than those without the disease. Among patients with type 2 … |
Facebook Organ Donor Initiative Sets Record Rates For New Donors – RedOrbit
Facebook Organ Donor Initiative Sets Record Rates For New DonorsRedOrbitA new study by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that when users were allowed to broadcast their organ donor status, new donor registration increased 21-fold. T…
'The largest Tea Party protest since 2010 is tomorrow' – Daily Caller
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‘The largest Tea Party protest since 2010 is tomorrow’
Daily Caller Conservative activists are planning to storm Capitol Hill on Wednesday for what they are predicting will be “the largest Tea Party protest since 2010.” The protest — drawing tea partiers like TV host Glenn Beck and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul — is in … |
Forget Lab Rats: Testing Asthma Drugs on a Microchip – Wall Street Journal- India
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Forget Lab Rats: Testing Asthma Drugs on a Microchip
Wall Street Journal- India These scientists are building “organs on a chip,” spooling together the important cells that make up, say, a lung, and then mimicking the key functions of the organ. Then researchers test to see what kind of impact a potential drug has on this lung … |
Brzezinski: 'I'm probably guilty' of hypocrisy on Bush-Cheney vs. Obama NSA … – Daily Caller
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Brzezinski: ‘I’m probably guilty’ of hypocrisy on Bush-Cheney vs. Obama NSA …
Daily Caller On Tuesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, co-host Mika Brzezinski attempted to defend National Security Agency policy when it comes privacy concerns, but she ultimately she admitted some hypocrisy in defending President Barack Obama’s programs, while … |
Immune-boosting Antibodies May Help in Lung Cancer Treatment – Mesothelioma.com
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Immune-boosting Antibodies May Help in Lung Cancer Treatment
Mesothelioma.com Knoxville, Tennessee – Lung cancer strikes nearly a quarter-million Americans each year and kills about 160,000, making it the deadliest cancer in the U.S. That’s why researchers are continually striving to address new treatments for all types of this … |
Facebook helped boost organ donor registration – Fox News
Facebook helped boost organ donor registrationFox NewsIt also suggests that social media and social networks may be valuable tools in re-approaching refractory public health problems, said study researcher Dr. Andrew Cameron, the surgical director of l…
Facebook's organ donor status boosts numbers more than 20-fold – Livemint
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Facebook’s organ donor status boosts numbers more than 20-fold
Livemint Organ donation has long been an interest of Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Menlo Park, California- based Facebook Inc. Demand for organs far outpaces the number of donors, with more than 118,000 Americans waiting for a life-saving … |
Britain shouldn't fail on heart failure – Conservative Home
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Britain shouldn’t fail on heart failure
Conservative Home This week I am hosting a reception in Parliament with two charities: Pumping Marvellous and the Cardiomyopathy Association. As part of the Don’t Fail on Heart Failure campaign, we will be briefing Parliamentary colleagues on heart failure, the … Leeds patient with heart failure to meet MPsYorkshire Evening Post Painswick heart patient takes message to Houses of ParliamentThis is Gloucestershire Hapton heart charity to lobby governmentBurnley and Pendle Citizen |
Poor eating habits put kids at heart risk – Times of India
Times of IndiaPoor eating habits put kids at heart riskTimes of IndiaThey assigned risk based on ethnicity of the parents, as some groups are more prone to heart disease than others. Dr. Persaud said if a child is watching TV while eating, they are les…