28Oct/13

Yoga practice beneficial to patients with COPD – Science Daily (press release)

Yoga practice beneficial to patients with COPD
Science Daily (press release)
Oct. 28, 2013 — Patients with COPD who practice yoga can improve their lung function, according to a study by researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders. The study, presented at …
Yoga May Be Good for COPDMedPage Today

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28Oct/13

Fewer 'Brain Dead' Diagnoses After Brain Injuries May Explain Stagnant Organ … – Medical Daily

Fewer ‘Brain Dead’ Diagnoses After Brain Injuries May Explain Stagnant Organ …
Medical Daily
Researchers involved with the study point out that donation after neurologic death (i.e. brain death) accounts for half of kidney transplants, three-quarters of liver transplants, 90 percent of lung and pancreas transplants, and all heart and small …

28Oct/13

Brain death on the decline in Canada: study – The Globe and Mail


The Globe and Mail

Brain death on the decline in Canada: study
The Globe and Mail
From 2002 to 2012, the proportion of brain-injured patients in southern Alberta who deteriorated to neurologic death (brain death) declined from 8.1 per cent to 4.2 per cent – a 50-per-cent reduction, noted study author Dr. Andreas Kramer, a clinical …
Brain death decline may explain fall in organ donationsCBC.ca
Brain death rates dropToronto Star
Fewer ‘brain dead’ patients means drop in organ donationsCanada.com
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