Dateline NewsRichard Lee Norris Out of Reclusion After Face Transplant Surgery (Photo)Dateline NewsAfter 15 years of living in reclusion at his residence in Hillsville, Virginia, Richard Lee Norris, the man known to have the most comprehensive face tra…
Family and friends host craft fair to fund heart failure research – This is Hull and East Riding
Family and friends host craft fair to fund heart failure researchThis is Hull and East RidingEAST RIDING: A Hessle family are aiming to give hope to those with heart failure after organising an event for the British Heart Foundation's (BHF) Mending…
5 surprising facts about cholesterol – Times of India
5 surprising facts about cholesterolTimes of IndiaAs result of this, we always consider it to be bad and harmful to heart health in particular. Yes, it is true, that high cholesterol isn't good for your heart. But, there are … As the level of cho…
The quiet heart of Durga Puja: A photographer's 12-year-journey – Firstpost
FirstpostThe quiet heart of Durga Puja: A photographer's 12-year-journeyFirstpostChirodeep Chaudhuri's A Village in Bengal – Photographs and an Essay is published by Picador India. The photographs appear courtesy of the publisher. The book wi…
In the heart of change – The Hindu
The HinduIn the heart of changeThe HinduNine decades later, in 1994, 60-year-old Vanya and her 80-year-old mother returned to India to travel that letter trail. They then went up the Nilgiris to find her mother's ancestral home. The windows had fal…
Growing Evidence To Support Use Of Human Stool In Treating C. Diff Infection
Treating serious intestinal ailments with human stool is still a niche therapy. While it seems like a rather weird concept, more evidence in support of this unusual treatment, known by various names, such as stool transplant, fecal transplant or fecal …
New Study Could Change Treatment for Asthma – Voice of America
Voice of AmericaNew Study Could Change Treatment for AsthmaVoice of America“The symptoms-based arm resulted in a reduced use of inhaled corticosteroids, a 50 percent reduction. It also resulted in a reduction in exacerbation in the autumn, a time whe…
Pancreas transplant for insulin-dependent diabetes: A new national programme
A pancreas transplant is a surgical procedure where a functioning donor's pancreas is transplanted into a suitable recipient, and the recipient's own pancreas is left in situ. Conceptually, this is the same as kidney transplant where a donor ki…
Only 2% get liver for transplant, says doctor – Times of India
Only 2% get liver for transplant, says doctorTimes of IndiaJaspal is not the only who is looking for donor, according to experts the crunch in organ donations is severely affecting the number of transplants in India – here nearly 25,000 patients need l…
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The long road to recovery for double-lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell has taken another detour.