Baldness, baggy eyes signal risk of heart attackTimes of IndiaIn a study, researchers found those who had three to four aging signs — receding hairline at the temples, baldness at the head's crown, earlobe crease and yellow fatty deposits around …
Patients with aberrations in two genes respond better to drugs blocking a well … – Science Codex
Patients with aberrations in two genes respond better to drugs blocking a well …Science CodexDr Janku said: "We found that heavily pre-treated patients with PIK3CA mutations, PTEN aberrations, or both had a significantly higher response rate on …
Warming up to cadaver transplants – Times of India
Warming up to cadaver transplantsTimes of IndiaTwo hospitals – Assured Best Care (ABC) at Annamalai Nagar and Cauvery Medical Centre at Thennur – have been authorized by the government to perform kidney transplantations. Both these hospitals have handl…
Livonia City Councilman's kidney transplant surgery a success – Hometownlife.com
Livonia City Councilman's kidney transplant surgery a successHometownlife.comLivonia City Councilman Tom Robinson was recovering at University of Michigan Hospital Wednesday following a successful kidney transplant. “The surgeon was happy with th…
Anaconda had lung, heart ailments – Times of India
Anaconda had lung, heart ailmentsTimes of IndiaThe zoo has attributed heart failure and anorexia as the reasons for the sudden death of the female anaconda in January. It had said that autopsy revealed severe adhesion and necrosis around the heart regi…
China Fights to Go Beyond Organs Harvested From Executed Prisoners – New York Times (blog)
New York Times (blog)China Fights to Go Beyond Organs Harvested From Executed PrisonersNew York Times (blog)HONG KONG — A senior official with the Chinese Ministry of Health says the country must end its dependence on organs taken from executed priso…
Indian Academy of Paediatrics demand inclusion of pneumonia vaccine in … – Times of India
Indian Academy of Paediatrics demand inclusion of pneumonia vaccine in …Times of IndiaShe said infants, neonates, premature babies between 24-59 months with underdeveloped lungs, narrow airways, poor nutrition and immature immune system are at high r…
Boy in need of bone marrow transplant gets rousing sendoff
A 6-year-old Colorado Springs boy with a rare blood disease is headed to Minnesota for a bone marrow transplant.
Diuretics Best Ultrafiltration in Heart Failure – MedPage Today
Diuretics Best Ultrafiltration in Heart FailureMedPage TodayExplain that ultrafiltration was not found to be superior to stepped diuretic treatment in patients with decompensated heart failure with cardiorenal syndrome. Note that creatinine levels were…
A simpler way to predict heart failure – HealthCanal.com
AFPA simpler way to predict heart failureHealthCanal.comHouston, TX – The most widely used models for predicting heart failure rely on a complex combination of lifestyle, demographic, and cardiovascular risk factor information. But today Vijay Nambi, M…