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A Mother’s Death Tested Reporter’s Thinking About End-Of-Life Care
NPR (blog) But a nursing supervisor’s examination found that the 47-year-old man displayed a strong gag-and-cough reflex and slightly moved his head, all inconsistent with brain death. A neurosurgeon confirmed her findings. No one was suggesting that my mom was … |
India Insight: Medicine, Profit and Dharma – ABC Online
India Insight: Medicine, Profit and DharmaABC OnlineThere are mandated structures and processes in place to manage organ donation, but evidence shows that commercialisation of human kidneys is as common now as it was before those reforms were introduce…
Joy of last polio sufferer still using iron lung as disease nears eradication – Evening Standard
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Joy of last polio sufferer still using iron lung as disease nears eradication
Evening Standard Last week a party of 50 Rotarians from the UK visited India at their own expense to see how the money raised was being spent. India eradicated polio in 2011 – a monumental achievement in a country of 1.2 billion people – but the vaccination campaign … |
Regional Calendar – Nashoba Publishing
Regional CalendarNashoba PublishingThe Great American Songbook — Times 2: Thrill to the awesome power of Jonathan Ortloff on the mighty Wurlitzer Theater Pipe Organ and Joseph Sheppard on the Mason Hamlin Grand Piano as the two virtuosos play duets fr…
SA brings young cancer sufferer joy – Independent Online
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SA brings young cancer sufferer joy
Independent Online “All donors have to have their human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing done to determine whether they may be a potential match. Unfortunately the cost of the HLA typing is high, with R450 for the basic test and R1 200 for the comprehensive test,” Goga said. |
SA brings young cancer sufferer joy – Post (subscription)
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SA brings young cancer sufferer joy
Post (subscription) “All donors have to have their human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing done to determine whether they may be a potential match. Unfortunately the cost of the HLA typing is high, with R450 for the basic test and R1 200 for the comprehensive test,” Goga said. |
CytRx Reaches Patient Enrollment Target In Global Phase 2b Clinical Trial With … – BioResearch Online (press release)
CytRx Reaches Patient Enrollment Target In Global Phase 2b Clinical Trial With …BioResearch Online (press release)CytRx Reaches Patient Enrollment Target In Global Phase 2b Clinical Trial With Tamibarotene As First-Line Treatment For Non-Small-Cell L…
Can marijuana cause heart disease and stroke? – India.Com Health
Can marijuana cause heart disease and stroke?India.Com HealthCannabis use may also double the stroke risk in young adults, besides being linked with heart attack and emphysema, a progressive lung disease causing shortness of breath, says a new study. B…
UT neurologist to study how antibodies attack – Knoxville News Sentinel
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UT neurologist to study how antibodies attack
Knoxville News Sentinel Dr. Michael Levin will use the $650,000 in funding to study how an MS patient’s own antibodies attack nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Traditionally, the immune response was thought only to destroy the protective coating of nerve cells, known … |
Genes linked to heart disease found – Times of India
Times of IndiaGenes linked to heart disease foundTimes of IndiaResearchers have successfully identified genes that are linked to heart disease, which could improve its prediction and diagnosis, says a study. Studies screening the genome of hundreds of …