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Surgeons Perform Emergency Face Transplant Surgery To Save Man’s Life In …
International Business Times Doctors in Poland have completed what they believe is the fastest turnaround ever for a full face transplant, on a 33-year-old stonemason who had an accident with a machine that damaged his face and crushed his upper jaw, reports the Associated Press. |
Organ donation bill: considering amendments – BBC News
BBC NewsOrgan donation bill: considering amendmentsBBC NewsA planned change in the law would mean everyone is presumed to have consented to being an organ donor when they die, unless they state otherwise. At a meeting to consider amendments to the Huma…
Termite tech shapes new buildings – Informante
Termite tech shapes new buildingsInformanteDescribed as a lung by the researchers, the termite mound is the only habitat known in the animal kingdom to have been proven to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide without losing heat, which enables termites t…
Mild hypothyroidism raises mortality risk among heart failure patients – EurekAlert (press release)
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Mild hypothyroidism raises mortality risk among heart failure patients
EurekAlert (press release) Chevy Chase, MD猶atients with underlying heart failure are more likely to experience adverse outcomes from mild hypothyroidism, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology … |
Blood donation ban lifted for some men who have sex with men – CBC.ca
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Blood donation ban lifted for some men who have sex with men
CBC.ca Health Canada will allow men to donate blood if they haven’t had sex with a man in the last five years, a change in policy that will go into effect in the coming weeks. “If a man has not had sex with another man within the last five years and meets all … |
Mansion opens for women's history presentation – So Md News
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Mansion opens for women’s history presentation
So Md News Mount Aventine is the manor home at Chapman State Park, 3452 Ferry Place, off Chapman’s Landing Road, Indian Head. The event is free, but donations to Friends of Chapman State Park are invited. Call 301-753-6754 or go to www.friendsofchapmansp.org … |
Social factors in heart failure – Toronto NewsFIX
Toronto NewsFIXSocial factors in heart failureToronto NewsFIXThere is an increasing trend in heart failure, mainly due to the aging of the population. Researchers at Western Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, have looked at the impact of social and economic…
Heart-failure crisis: Statistical trend startling, but problems can be prevented – The Republic
Heart-failure crisis: Statistical trend startling, but problems can be preventedThe RepublicIf current health trends continue, 8 million Americans will suffer from heart failure by 2030. Treating them will cost $70 billion, according to the American He…
Student suicide may spur similar thoughts in teens – WATE-TV
Student suicide may spur similar thoughts in teensWATE-TVAnd increasing numbers of children are receiving donor organs.More >>. Over the last decade, the number of American children who die each year awaiting an organ donation dropped by more tha…
Polish doctors claim success in life-saving face transplant surgery – CTV News
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Polish doctors claim success in life-saving face transplant surgery
CTV News WARSAW, Poland — A 33-year-old Polish man received a life-saving total face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest timeframe to date for such an operation. Surgeons Perform Emergency Face Transplant Surgery To Save Man’s Life In …International Business Times |