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New Heart Failure Treatment
WTAJ About 5.8 million Americans have heart failure, a condition that occurs when the heart can no longer pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. Now, researchers say a special type of stem cell may be the key to repairing these hearts. Golf has always … Heart failure mortality is substantialToronto NewsFIX |
Facebook push sparks massive uptick in organ donor registration, researchers say – The Hub at Johns Hopkins
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Facebook push sparks massive uptick in organ donor registration, researchers say
The Hub at Johns Hopkins “The short-term response was incredibly dramatic, unlike anything we had ever seen before in campaigns to increase the organ donation rate,” said study leader Andrew M. Cameron, an associate professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School … Facebook Boosts Organ Donor RegistrationMedical News Today Facebook’s Organ Donor Feature Encourages More People to Get on the ListTIME (blog) Facebook’s Organ Donor Status Spurs Boost in AwarenessBloomberg National Review Online (blog) –Yahoo! News –ABC News all 73 news articles » |
Kingdom of Bahrain to Launch Organ Donation Database – PR Newswire (press release)
Kingdom of Bahrain to Launch Organ Donation DatabasePR Newswire (press release)MANAMA, Bahrain, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Coinciding with the launch of the Bahrain Foundation for Organ Relief, the Kingdom is in the process of establishin…
Shelter, literacy and food security focus for Mandela Day 2013 – South African Broadcasting Corporation
South African Broadcasting CorporationShelter, literacy and food security focus for Mandela Day 2013South African Broadcasting CorporationMembers of the public have continued to leave cards, flowers, banners and letters containing well-wish messages, o…
Will Facebook's organ donor success stick? – CNN (blog)
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Will Facebook’s organ donor success stick?
CNN (blog) Doing so brings up a drop-down menu where you can select “Health & Wellness” and then “Organ Donor…” That will direct you to your state’s organ donation registry and allow you to post a story to your timeline about when and why you decided to become … |
Humana testing technology for congestive heart failure in Ohio – Business First of Columbus (blog)
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Humana testing technology for congestive heart failure in Ohio
Business First of Columbus (blog) The Telehealth system is being tested on 450 congestive heart failure patients in the state covered under Humana’s Medicare Advantage. The remote monitoring system features interactive voice response, Bluetooth-enabled scales and blood pressure … |
Nephropathic Cystinosis Treatment Available – Monthly Prescribing Reference
Nephropathic Cystinosis Treatment AvailableMonthly Prescribing ReferenceHowever, poor adherence to therapy has been a major challenge resulting in poor sustained control of cystine levels, and patients consequently experiencing poor clinical outcomes, …
Gilead Presents Idelalisib Data – Zacks.com
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Gilead Presents Idelalisib Data
Zacks.com The patients have not responded to treatments by Roche Holding AG’s (RHHBY) Rituxan (rituximab) and alkylating-agent-containing chemotherapy. The company intends to present detailed data from the study shortly. Overall response rate (ORR) is the … |
'Indians think blood donation could alter their personality' – Indian Express
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‘Indians think blood donation could alter their personality’
Indian Express Some people in India and the US, who undergo transplants, believe that their personality or behaviour may change to become more like that of the blood or organ donor, researchers from the University of Michigan, said. They feel so “creeped out” that … |
Will E-Cigarettes Save Big Tobacco? – Forbes
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Will E-Cigarettes Save Big Tobacco?
Forbes Oh, and the same graphic photos of people dying of lung cancer on the back. Similar rules are being considered in Canada, India, the UK and the European Union. Big Tobacco is fighting it tooth and nail on trademark and intellectual property grounds … E – cigarettes : A new generation of addicts ?Daily News & Analysis |