Blood donation drive a successDaily NewsTHE Shri Guru Singh Sabha (Sikh Temple) in Dar es Salaam yesterday collected 66 units of blood in a blood donation drive to mark the occasion of the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadurji, the ninth guru of Sikhs. A si…
Kolkata kids susceptible to liver ailments – Times of India
Kolkata kids susceptible to liver ailmentsTimes of IndiaAccording to a study conducted by Diabetes Awareness and You (DAY) – a platform of clinical specialists – children in the city now have a weaker liver and are more prone to diseases than they were…
Indian health activists move to prevent Gilead's drug patent – Financial Times
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Indian health activists move to prevent Gilead’s drug patent
Financial Times The Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge in India said it had filed a “pre-grant” application in Calcutta to block a patent application on the drug sofosbuvir, just as Gilead, the US pharmaceutical group that developed the medicine, won … US group seeks to block Gilead drug patent in IndiaGeo News, Pakistan |
AP IMPACT: Seeking lung donors after at-home death … – Pekin Daily Times
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AP IMPACT: Seeking lung donors after at-home death …
Pekin Daily Times “We’ve had a number of very disgruntled family members that wanted to donate (a loved one’s organs) and weren’t able to,” said Dr. Jeffrey Punch, transplant surgery chief at the University of Michigan. Spurred by that family reaction, in a few months … |
Hawaii has First OxyElite Pro Liver Failure Lawsuit – Food Poison Journal
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Hawaii has First OxyElite Pro Liver Failure Lawsuit
Food Poison Journal According to the complaint, the Hawai’i Department of Health was notified on September 9, 2013 that doctors were treating 7 patients with severe acute hepatitis and liver failure who shared a history of consuming OxyElite Pro. In an October 8 press … |
Creating synthetic antibodies – MIT News
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Creating synthetic antibodies
MIT News To create these “synthetic antibodies,” the researchers used carbon nanotubes — hollow, nanometer-thick cylinders made of carbon that naturally fluoresce when exposed to laser light. In the past, researchers have exploited this phenomenon to create … |
Mexico expert wants mass screening to check heart diseases – Times of India
Mexico expert wants mass screening to check heart diseasesTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: A Mexican doctor has made an alarming demand: screen every Mexican over 18 years of age for heart disease. He maintains that the spread of non-communicable diseases – be it…
More blood donation clinics to boost stocks – Campaign Series
More blood donation clinics to boost stocksCampaign SeriesMore blood donation clinics to boost stocks. 5:05pm Sunday 24th November 2013 in News. THE Welsh Blood Service is increasing the amount of donation clinics it is running during the next few week…
Epigenetic Changes May Explain Chronic Kidney Disease, Penn Study Shows – Penn: Office of University Communications
Epigenetic Changes May Explain Chronic Kidney Disease, Penn Study ShowsPenn: Office of University CommunicationsThe research of physician-scientist Katalin Susztak, MD, PhD, associate professor of Medicine in the Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Divi…
Study expands use of biomarker for early diagnosis of acute kidney injury – The Almagest
Study expands use of biomarker for early diagnosis of acute kidney injuryThe AlmagestA biomarker test developed initially to identify early acute kidney injury (AKI) after surgery has been shown to successfully detect AKI in emergency room patients wit…