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Organ transplants: India’s body repair vacuum
Business Standard Neelam Mohan, director, department of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & liver transplantation, at Medanta-The Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon, said even the numbers for heart transplants are low because it can be given only by cadaveric donors or … |
First female newborn heart transplant recipient rides Rose Parade float on New Years Day
Leilah Dowsari (second from left) is presented with a well wishes poster at a Donate Life event on the evening of Saturday, December 29 from (left to right) the director of referral development at LLUMC Transplantation Institute, Julie Humeston; Americ…
Rituxan Add-On Curbs RA Joint Damage – MedPage Today
Rituxan Add-On Curbs RA Joint DamageMedPage TodayAdding the B-cell depleting agent rituximab (Rituxan) to methotrexate slowed joint damage progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) regardless of the level of disease activity, Austrian rese…
After a Rape and Murder, Fury in Delhi – New Yorker (blog)
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After a Rape and Murder, Fury in Delhi
New Yorker (blog) On December 26th, the Indian government flew her to Mount Elizabeth Hospital, in Singapore, which specializes in multiple organ transplants. Two days later, she died of severe organ failure. “She was courageous in fighting for her life for so long … |
Young mother spends her first healthy Christmas with children as double-lung transplant gives her a second chance at …
Thanks to a successful lung transplant operation, Natalie Kerr, 31, from Bolton, was able to enjoy Christmas 2012 with her young children after fearing the year before she would never make it.
Renal Failure Hikes Mortality with LVADs – MedPage Today
Renal Failure Hikes Mortality with LVADsMedPage TodaySome patients receive LVADs, which have been used both as bridges to heart transplantation and as destination therapy for patients who are not candidates for transplantation. To explore the impact of…
Newsmakers: Chris Hadfield, Theresa Spence and another Bhutto – Macleans.ca
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Newsmakers: Chris Hadfield, Theresa Spence and another Bhutto
Macleans.ca India can’t seem to move beyond the Gandhis. And now Pakistan has a firmly entrenched political dynasty of its own. Five years to the day after Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, her son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, announced his arrival on Pakistan’s … |
Poor awareness, misunderstanding hinder palliative care for heart failure – News-Medical.net
Poor awareness, misunderstanding hinder palliative care for heart failureNews-Medical.netA lack of awareness among heart failure (HF) patients prevents them accessing palliative care services during the late stages of their disease, indicate US study f…
Start-up developing smart pill bottle targets HIV, cancer, transplant meds & speciality pharmacies
Start-ups like Abiogenix are developing smart pill boxes that remind patients to take pills and knows when they have missed them. They alert the patient with an email or text message, nudging them to take the missed medication. Then there are later sta…
Diabetics likelier to have heart attack – Times of India
Times of IndiaDiabetics likelier to have heart attackTimes of IndiaThe new report reveals for the first time the scale of complications affecting people with diabetes, who also have a much greater risk of potentially fatal conditions like heart failure…