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Young doctors form blood donation society
The Express Tribune The Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab on Friday launched the YDA Punjab Blood Donation Society on the World Blood Donation Day here at the Allama Iqbal Medical College. The speakers at the seminar said donating blood was good for a person’s … |
Transplant boss pulls it all together to come first – The National
The NationalTransplant boss pulls it all together to come firstThe NationalThe Government has now endorsed a definition of brain-death, and the first transplant from such a donor was carried out at SKMC in April, using an organ from Saudi Arabia. An or…
Kanpur takes active part in blood donation – Times of India
Kanpur takes active part in blood donationTimes of IndiaKANPUR: The city folks took an active part in the blood donation camp organised by the district health authorities in association with the blood banks of Ursula Horseman Hospital (UHM) and GaneshS…
The Hindu blood donation camp on June 15 – The Hindu
The Hindu blood donation camp on June 15
The Hindu On the occasion of ‘World Blood Donors Day’ on Friday, The Hindu is organising a voluntary blood donation drive involving major corporate companies at Deccan Club, Secunderabad, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 15. The drive, aimed at encouraging and … |
Don't take your vitamins – Indian Express
Indian Express |
Don’t take your vitamins
Indian Express In it, 18,000 people who were at an increased risk of lung cancer because of asbestos exposure or smoking received a combination of vitamin A and beta carotene, or a placebo. Investigators stopped the study when they found that the risk of death from … |
Girl recovers after transplant surgery – KTVL
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Girl recovers after transplant surgery
KTVL Girl recovers after transplant surgery. By Keith Collins and Malcolm Ritter/Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis was recovering from a transplant of adult lungs after a judge’s ruling expanded her options for … Pennsylvania Girl at Center of Transplant Debate Has Successful Lung …KYW Newsradio BREAKING NEWS: Girl Out of Transplant Surgery, Doctors ‘Pleased’Bayoubuzz 10-year-old lung transplant recipientWEAR Courthouse News Service –Practical Ethics (blog) –Chicago Tribune (blog) all 68 news articles » |
Identifying high risk heart failure cases – Toronto NewsFIX
Toronto NewsFIX |
Identifying high risk heart failure cases
Toronto NewsFIX Heart failure is known to have a poor prognosis, with a mortality rate at one year of 35 to 40 per cent. According to researchers at the University of Toronto, Canada, it’s possible to estimate a patient’s prognosis from information given at hospital … |
BOLERO-3: Everolimus tweaks trastuzumab-resistant metastatic breast cancer – Ob.Gyn. News Digital Network
BOLERO-3: Everolimus tweaks trastuzumab-resistant metastatic breast cancer
Ob.Gyn. News Digital Network CHICAGO – Adding the mTOR inhibitor everolimus to trastuzumab and vinorelbine reduced the risk of progression by 22% in women with trastuzumab-resistant, HER2-positive breast cancer that progressed after taxane therapy. This translated into a gain of … |
Pennsylvania court case on organ donation guidelines put on hold – CBS News
MiamiHerald.comPennsylvania court case on organ donation guidelines put on holdCBS NewsA judge has put a court hearing regarding adult organ donation rules for younger children on pause, after the Philadelphia girl who was the center of the lawsuit rec…
New lungs buy time but don't cure cystic fibrosis – KASA
New lungs buy time but don’t cure cystic fibrosis
KASA “The reality is that lung transplantation is not a perfect solution,” Sweet said. After all, “this is the only organ we transplant that’s in contact with the outside world,” added Dr. Karen McCoy, pulmonology chief at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in … |