'Who wouldn't want a bit of Phelps in them'The AustralianTHE most colourful member of the NSW Government, upper house whip Peter Phelps, has given an inspired speech on the importance of organ donation, explaining: "Who wouldn't wa…
Former India goalie Bandya Kakade no more – Daily News & Analysis
Mid-DayFormer India goalie Bandya Kakade no moreDaily News & AnalysisFormer India goalkeeper Bandya Kakade, a member of the squad that won bronze medal at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok, passed away here on Wednesday. Family said the67-year-old former…
Nephroplus ties up with Medicity Hospitals in Hyderabad to launch 11 dialysis … – pharmabiz.com
Nephroplus ties up with Medicity Hospitals in Hyderabad to launch 11 dialysis …pharmabiz.comWith the tie-up of Medicity Hospitals, Nephroplus has embarked on the launch of its 11th kidney dialysis centre here in South India. So far the firm has estab…
Legislature tackles organ donation, concussion law in interim session – ksl.com
ksl.comLegislature tackles organ donation, concussion law in interim sessionksl.comSALT LAKE CITY — During the interim session, lawmakers tackled a bill requiring state prisons allow inmates to sign up to be organ donors, and a proposed change to Uta…
Surgeon was part of Memphis' first heart transplant team
It was 27 years ago when Dr. Glenn Crosby helped perform the first heart transplant operation in Memphis.
Doctors want radio band to interact with implants – Times of India
Doctors want radio band to interact with implantsTimes of India… a chartered accountant, with arrhythmia (irregular heart beat). The implant had a chip that could ping the doctor. Since then many patients have been given similar implants. "But n…
Peripheral Stem Cells, Bone Marrow Yield Similar Survival – Doctors Lounge
Peripheral Stem Cells, Bone Marrow Yield Similar SurvivalDoctors LoungeAmong patients with hematological cancer, there are no significant differences in survival for recipients of peripheral-blood stem-cells or bone marrow transplantation from unrelate…
Czech man without heart dies from liver failure – Xinhua
Medical DailyCzech man without heart dies from liver failureXinhuaPRAGUE, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) — Jakub Halik, the first man to survive a surgery replacing his heart with two mechanical blood pumps for more than half a year, died on Saturday from liver fai…
CDC: More young men hospitalized for heart failure – ModernHealthcare.com
CDC: More young men hospitalized for heart failureModernHealthcare.comFewer women ages 65 years and older were hospitalized for congestive heart failure in 2010 than in 2000, but this improvement was offset by an increase in congestive heart failure ho…
WHO: Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Stays Hard to Detect – Wall Street Journal
AFPWHO: Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Stays Hard to DetectWall Street JournalDrug-resistant tuberculosis is going largely undetected in many countries, threatening progress made against the pernicious lung disease over the past decade, according to data …