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ModernMedicine The FDA has accepted for review Astellas Pharma US, Inc.’s new drug application (NDA) for tacrolimus (Prograf) extended-release capsules, for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in adult kidney transplant recipients and adult male liver transplant … |
Adding rituximab helps treat mediastinal B-cell lymphoma – Curetoday.com (press release)
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Adding rituximab helps treat mediastinal B-cell lymphoma
Curetoday.com (press release) NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A phase II trial in patients with primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma has found that rituximab can improve the effectiveness of a six-drug anti-cancer cocktail, nearly eliminating the need for radiotherapy. The five-year … NIH trial shows promising results in treating a lymphoma in young peopleNational Institutes of Health (press release) Chemotherapy, no radiation for lymphoma type effectiveUPI.com New Treatment For Lymphoma May Mean Skipping RadiationCounsel & Heal |
How WHO plans to eradicate pneumonia and diarrhoea by 2025 – India.Com Health
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How WHO plans to eradicate pneumonia and diarrhoea by 2025
India.Com Health According to Dr Deepak Ugra, leading paediatrician and former head of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics, pneumonia is the biggest killer of Indian children. He says that Mumbai’s slum kids would be more susceptible to the disease because of the cramped … |
Growing stem cells – a new profitable business in Vietnam – VietNamNet Bridge
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Growing stem cells – a new profitable business in Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge In 1995, the HCM City blood transfusion hospital conducted a hematological stem cell transplant to treat the first patients with blood diseases. Since then, more and more healthcare centers have conducted the stem cell transplant operations to treat … |
Chemotherapy, no radiation for lymphoma type effective – UPI.com
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Chemotherapy, no radiation for lymphoma type effective
UPI.com Dr. Wyndham Wilson of the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, and colleagues conducted the trial, in which every patient received the drugs etoposide, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone and rituximab. New Treatment For Lymphoma May Mean Skipping RadiationCounsel & Heal |
NEW BOX OFFICE: – Corvallis Gazette Times
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NEW BOX OFFICE:
Corvallis Gazette Times … 7 p.m. May 31, Martha Room, B-19, First United Methodist Church, 1165 N.W. Monroe Ave.; and “An Evening with Gaza Educator Amani Inshasi,” 7 p.m. June 6, Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center, 128 S.W. Ninth St. Suggested donations: $6 per film … |
Box office – Corvallis Gazette Times
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Box office
Corvallis Gazette Times … 7 p.m. May 31, Martha Room, B-19, First United Methodist Church, 1165 N.W. Monroe Ave.; and “An Evening with Gaza Educator Amani Inshasi,” 7 p.m. June 6, Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center, 128 S.W. Ninth St. Suggested donations: $6 per film … |
Schoolkids sign up 100 organ donors – Times of India
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Schoolkids sign up 100 organ donors
Times of India Lack of awareness about the consequences of brain death – irreversible loss of brain functions – is the main reason for India’s poor record in organ donation, says Dr M C Misra, chief of the AIIMS trauma centre. Adds a senior AIIMS doctor, “We come … |
IFFLA 2013 Review: SHIP OF THESEUS [De]Constructs Identity Biologically – Twitch
IFFLA 2013 Review: SHIP OF THESEUS [De]Constructs Identity BiologicallyTwitchThe final story is that of Naveen, a hard-nosed kidney transplant recipient who becomes obsessed with the illegal organ trade in India and has to confront his own notions of o…
Organ Request OK Before End of Life Decision – National Review Online (blog)
Organ Request OK Before End of Life DecisionNational Review Online (blog)One involves brain death, and one involves removing life support, waiting for cardiac arrest, and then procuring organs after a few minutes. This post deals with the latter. I hav…