Family of accident victim donates his organsTimes of IndiaAccording to the hospital authorities, a team of doctors under DR G Bakthavathsalam, Chairman of KG hospital and a six member team of senior doctors harvested the vital organs including kidney, …
Nephron sparing surgery has excellent lasting outcomes – Medical Xpress
Nephron sparing surgery has excellent lasting outcomesMedical XpressAt the last follow-up, 68 percent of the patients required repeat interventions at the ipsilateral renal unit, with a median of 6.2 years between interventions, and 4.7 percent of pati…
Tackling organ trafficking – Khaleej Times
Tackling organ traffickingKhaleej TimesIn the last two decades, illegal organ trade — particularly of kidneys — has experienced an unprecedented boom in countries like Pakistan, India and China. And this underhanded activity has become greatly inst…
Musculoskeletal Network Launches Special Coverage of FDA Biosimilars Policy – Melodika.net (press release)
Musculoskeletal Network Launches Special Coverage of FDA Biosimilars PolicyMelodika.net (press release)Many newer "biological" drugs currently approved for these disorders, such as adalimumab (Humira) and rituximab (Rituxan), are identical to…
Mr Sputum, face of project to control TB – Indian Express
Mr Sputum, face of project to control TBIndian ExpressAnd India's campaign stood out among those of 123 countries that presented new strategies to break barriers and bring tuberculosis under control at the recently concluded Union World Conference …
PCB has change of heart but Afridi pulls out of Big Bash – Reuters India
PCB has change of heart but Afridi pulls out of Big BashReuters India… Cricket Board (PCB) has had a change of heart about allowing its players to take part. Afridi, who had been due to play for Sydney Thunder, has decided to remain in Pakistan in an…
New kidney, new pancreas: Young mom thankful for life
For the last 22 years, since suddenly dropping 15 pounds at the age of 8, Jovita Robles has been in the fight of her life against Type 1 diabetes. A doctor once told her having this juvenile diabetes is like having a full-time job that you hate but can…
Economic shot in the arm in Broadmeadows – Hume Weekly
Economic shot in the arm in BroadmeadowsHume WeeklyAnother plant due to open in 2015 will be used to manufacture Privigen – a plasma-derived immunoglobulin intravenous used to treat everything from primary immune deficiency to blood cancers and transpl…
JCI early table of contents for Nov. 19, 2012
( Journal of Clinical Investigation ) This release contains summaries, links to PDFs, and contact information for the following newsworthy papers to be published online, Nov. 19, 2012, in the JCI: A code of silence in acute myeloid leukemia; Immune cel…
Organ donor recipient: 'Every day, brother, is a blessing' – Greenville News
Organ donor recipient: 'Every day, brother, is a blessing'Greenville NewsThat man's heart beats in Gilbert's chest — a testament to the importance of organ donation, he said. “Every day, brother, is a blessing,” Gilbert said. “E…