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More Myanmar citizens seek organ transplant in India
AsiaOne More Myanmar citizens who want to undergo an organ transplant operation go to India as they face restrictions in their homeland, according to country’s healthcare services. Myanmar citizens usually go to Singapore, India and Thailand for liver or … |
National Heart Failure Audit 10000 patients a year 'die needlessly of heart … – Mirror.co.uk
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National Heart Failure Audit 10000 patients a year ‘die needlessly of heart …
Mirror.co.uk Others have been denied a simple £100 echocardiogram that can spot heart failure while an alarming number are sent to general wards ill-equipped to deal with cardiac problems, according to a study by the National Heart Failure Audit. Chair of the … |
Fake poop could replace real stuff for fecal transplants to treat C. difficile
TORONTO – Researchers have created a synthetic “poop” aimed at treating recurrent infections of C. difficile, a toxin-producing bacterium that causes severe and often debilitating diarrhea.
National organ donation list – Liverpool City Champion
National organ donation listLiverpool City ChampionORGAN donors who wish to register their intentions must do so at the single national registry, the Australian Organ Donation Register (AODR). The new national registry which replaces the former RTA org…
Guard your body against winter onslaught – Times of India
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Guard your body against winter onslaught
Times of India 3: Lung diseases: Cold air is a major trigger for asthma symptoms like wheezing and shortness of breath. “Diseases … Certain plants that release pollen in winters also cause allergic reactions which are another factor for aggravating lung diseases … |
Six years and waiting for a cadaver kidney – Times of India
Six years and waiting for a cadaver kidneyTimes of India… with a donation from an unrelated donor from Kerala 13 years ago. But Sandeep is not as lucky: the rules governing unrelated kidney transplant have become stringent since 2008, following an am…
'Poop' substitute may help C. difficile infections
A substitute stool mix helped to treat two people with C. difficile infections that failed to respond to antibiotics, an early stage Canadian study suggests.
Veloxis' Phase 3 Trial of LCP-Tacro in Stable Kidney Transplant Patients, the … – FierceDrugDelivery
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Veloxis’ Phase 3 Trial of LCP-Tacro in Stable Kidney Transplant Patients, the …
FierceDrugDelivery Non-inferiority was determined by a composite endpoint, measured over a year of follow up that included death, graft failure, biopsy-proven acute rejection or loss to follow-up. Results of this trial demonstrated that patients can be successfully … |
Canadian firm aims to treat diabetes naturally with a cell therapy/device combination
Canadian firm Sernova wants to get rid of those pesky insulin injections, and all the costs and side effects associated with living with and managing a chronic disease like diabetes. It is developing a treatment that makes use of an implanted device th…
Transplant patient needs your help
A Fitzgerald woman needs a double lung transplant, and you can help her raise money for her medical care after the transplant.