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Organ donation campaigners Joe Brolly and Shane Finnegan launch transplant …
Belfast Telegraph “We believe that the majority of people in Northern Ireland see organ donation as having a positive impact on the hundreds of people who are suffering silently on waiting lists.” The father … She says she thinks about her organ donor family every day … Brolly backs opt-out organ donationsU.TV |
Students pumped for blood donation – Timaru Herald
Timaru HeraldStudents pumped for blood donationTimaru HeraldEighty-seven students from both schools put on a brave face and made appointments to take part in their annual blood donation drive yesterday. Giving blood for the first time, 17-year-old Nick…
Families to stress organ donation at UIHC event – kwwl.com
Families to stress organ donation at UIHC eventkwwl.comTwo families, one of an organ donor and the other of a transplant recipient, will meet this afternoon at a University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics donate life event. Garrett Brockway, 10, of Burli…
Mutated Antibodies Key to Treating Dengue Virus – Laboratory Equipment
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Mutated Antibodies Key to Treating Dengue Virus
Laboratory Equipment In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers, from MIT’s Koch Institute of Integrative Cancer Research, present a novel approach to developing a dengue therapy using mutated antibodies. According to a … |
Sizzurp Global Abuse: India Bans Codeine Cough Syrup while Canada Reports … – IBTimes.co.uk
IBTimes.co.ukSizzurp Global Abuse: India Bans Codeine Cough Syrup while Canada Reports …IBTimes.co.ukHowever, national drug education service Talk to Frank said codeine can increase the risk of respiratory arrest, kidney failure, liver failure and bl…
Telling Cancer to 'Go Away' – New University Online
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Telling Cancer to ‘Go Away’
New University Online Chemotherapy was no longer the only option for Ben as he now needed what is called an Autologous stem cell transplant. “I didn’t really know what it was, and I didn’t really care,” recalls Teller. Before the transplant Ben needed two or three more … |
Rare lung disorder operated in Bangalore – Times of India
Rare lung disorder operated in BangaloreTimes of IndiaPAP is a rare lung disease in which abnormal accumulation of surfactant occurs within the alveoli, interfering with gas exchange. This is a very rare disease, with a prevalence of about 1 in a milli…
Logarithm: Do we really only use 10 percent of our brain? – Purdue Exponent (blog)
Logarithm: Do we really only use 10 percent of our brain?Purdue Exponent (blog)So the only way your brain will have just 10 percent of its structures functioning properly is if you experience severe brain damage that leads to paralysis or brain death. …
AAN Issues Guideline on Parenchymal Neurocysticercosis – Medscape
MedscapeAAN Issues Guideline on Parenchymal NeurocysticercosisMedscapeOn the basis of the evidence reviewed, the guideline recommends that albendazole (400 mg twice daily for adults or weight-based dosing for either adults or children) plus either dexa…
Tetanus: How you catch it and why you really want to avoid infection – Vancouver Sun
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Tetanus: How you catch it and why you really want to avoid infection
Vancouver Sun People who haven’t been vaccinated but who have been exposed — or possibly exposed — are treated with tetanus immune globulin, tetanus antibodies taken from donated blood. But when a case progresses to the stage that the British man’s had, treatment … |