23Oct/13

Chronic kidney disease hits rural and remote Australians harder – Transforming The Nation's Healthcare

Chronic kidney disease hits rural and remote Australians harder
Transforming The Nation’s Healthcare
AIHW spokesperson, Lisa McGlynn said while the report, Chronic kidney disease: regional variation in Australia revealed a complex overall pattern of kidney disease related deaths and hospitalisations nationally, broad conclusions could be drawn. “We …

23Oct/13

Augusta man receives daughter-in-law's kidney following years of bad health – Kennebec Journal

Augusta man receives daughter-in-law’s kidney following years of bad health
Kennebec Journal
Julie Poulin, left, poses with her father-in-law, John Poulin Sr., on Wednesday in Augusta. She donated one of her kidneys to him in a recent transplant surgery. Staff photo by Joe Phelan. Select images available for purchase in the. Maine Today Photo …

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23Oct/13

Air pollution: India faces a grim predicament – Hindustan Times


Montreal Gazette

Air pollution: India faces a grim predicament
Hindustan Times
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced, for the first time, that air pollution causes lung cancer. It also said that poisoned air’s major component, particulate matter — smoke, dust and other dirty byproducts of road traffic …
Choke on neglect smokeCalcutta Telegraph

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23Oct/13

LA man takes beliebing to disconcerting levels, just in time for Halloween – The Daily Cougar

LA man takes beliebing to disconcerting levels, just in time for Halloween
The Daily Cougar
Sheldon has undergone a hair transplant surgery to bring forward his receding hairline, Botox and Aquamid — which is illegal in the US — to alter his face and lips, eyelid surgery to achieve that “sultry” Bieber look and a three-part smile surgery …

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