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Sister comes to aid of Peters woman with life-saving kidney donation
Tribune-Review “Donors don’t require dialysis after donations, and the hospital stay is 11⁄2 to two days and they get back to previous activity in several weeks,” said Dr. Amit D. Tevar, surgical director of kidney and pancreas transplantation at UPMC’s Thomas E … |
A city of cardiac patients if air pollution untamed – Republica
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A city of cardiac patients if air pollution untamed
Republica According to the study, the bottom five countries in the rankings from Asia were China, Pakistan, Nepal, India and Bangladesh. The stations in the aforementioned … “In the long term a person might suffer lung, heart or liver failure. There is a chain … |
Feces transplant may help relieve severe diarrhea: study
Jan 17 (Reuters) – It may sound like the most unappealingtreatment available, but a European study has concluded thatinserting fecal material from a healthy person into the gut ofsomebody with severe diarrhea may cure their problem better thanantibioti…
Hearts go waste as many die of cardiac disease – Times of India
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Hearts go waste as many die of cardiac disease
Times of India In India, only Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Bangalore, Kochi and Visakhapatnam have done heart transplants. Many cities like Mumbai have not done a heart transplant in several years simply because they don’t have a programme to retrieve organs from the … |
Fecal transplant may relieve severe diarrhea
It may sound like the most unappealing treatment available, but a small new study has concluded that inserting fecal material from a healthy person into the gut of someone with severe diarrhea may cure their problem more effectively than antibiotics.
Fecal transplant best cure for C. difficile, study shows
Transplant far more successful in beating infection than drugs, report in the New England Journal of Medicine shows
KY To Offer 'Organ Donor' Symbol On Licenses – WTVQ
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KY To Offer ‘Organ Donor‘ Symbol On Licenses
WTVQ “The registry’s been around for quite some time…but it was not indicated on your license that you were on the registry,” said Jenny Miller Jones, Director of Education for the Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates. Supporters of the campaign for the organ … Kentucky residents can get ‘Organ Donor‘ designation symbol on driver’s licenseKyForward.com |
Auburn-area calendar of events | Jan. 16 – Auburn Reporter
Auburn-area calendar of events | Jan. 16Auburn ReporterDonations are warmly welcomed. Sponsorship opportunities available. For more information, visit auburnvalleyhs.org. Tacoma Home and Garden Show: Jan. 23-27, Tacoma Dome, 2727 E. D St. Show hours: 1…
Flu Affects Local Blood Donation – WIFR
Flu Affects Local Blood DonationWIFRAlthough January is national blood donation month, during a blood drive at SwedishAmerican Hospital, only 7 residents registered to give blood, compared to 42 donors who registered for the last drive in August. The R…
Study: Hundreds of rare disease drugs in testing
For the nearly 30 million Americans who suffer from a rare disease, there’s heartening news: Drugmakers have been shifting much of their research away from pills for the millions to uncommon disorders …