Kimberlin Marks hasn’t eaten any solid food in two years. Not a hamburger, pizza, cupcake or anything else teenagers enjoy. She gets her nutrition in liquid form through a feeding tube.
UCLA Performs First ‘Breathing Lung’ Transplant In United States
By Amy Albin First there was the “heart in a box,” a revolutionary experimental technology that allows donor hearts to be delivered to transplant recipients warm and beating rather than frozen in an ice cooler. Now that same technology is being used to deliver “breathing lungs.” The lung transplant team at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical successfully performed the nation’s first “breathing lung …
Urban, rural population equally prone to heart problems – Times of India
Urban, rural population equally prone to heart problemsTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: Heart disease is the leading cause of death and disability in India. People across all regions, both urban and rural are equally prone to heart problems. Earlier this disease …
The factory on your desktop – The Hindu
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The factory on your desktop
The Hindu Efforts to use the technology to print chemicals and drugs, organs and blood vessels, and even food, have been encouraging. Given humankind’s … In India, however, the costs and the learning curve means the 3D printer-led manufacturing revolution is … |
Blood donation camp – The Hindu
Blood donation campThe HinduDaasya, a non-profit organisation in Ashok Nagar has organised a blood donation camp from 9 a.m to noon on December 30 at Panigraha Kalayana Mandapam, Arya Gowda Road, West Mambalam. C. Sridhar (DIG, CBCID) will be inaugurat…
North East News: Brave patient keeps hoping for lung swap op
ALL Sarah Houghton wants for Christmas is a lung transplant… without one, this may be the last she has with her family.
Udupi: Muslim Welfare Association Holds Blood Donation Camp – Daijiworld.com
Udupi: Muslim Welfare Association Holds Blood Donation CampDaijiworld.comUdupi: Muslim Welfare Association Holds Blood Donation Camp. Media Release. Udupi, Dec 23: Muslim Welfare Association, Udupi in association with KMC Blood bank, Manipal, recently …
Mother and Daughter Mark Decade Since Kidney Transplant
Casey Chandler-Sigmon of Lakeland couldn’t possibly forget the gift her mother, June Poxon, gave her a few days before Christmas in 2002. It weighed about a quarter of a pound, and it wasn’t wrapped.
Tulare fights insurer over $1m hospital bill
Tulare is on the hook for a whopping $1 million hospital bill if it loses a lawsuit against a health insurance company that denied a claim for a woman who died of cancer.
Grandfather worries about 4-year-old whose father needs heart transplant
A grandfather from West Roxbury survived a tour of combat in Vietnam, but he has been helpless to rescue his son from years of medical problems — the most recent of which have left the 37-year-old hospitalized and in need of a heart transplant. He has been able to help take care of his granddaughter while her dad is in the hospital, however, and he recently wrote to Globe Santa for help in …