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Guard your body against winter onslaught
Times of India 3: Lung diseases: Cold air is a major trigger for asthma symptoms like wheezing and shortness of breath. “Diseases … Certain plants that release pollen in winters also cause allergic reactions which are another factor for aggravating lung diseases … |
Six years and waiting for a cadaver kidney – Times of India
Six years and waiting for a cadaver kidneyTimes of India… with a donation from an unrelated donor from Kerala 13 years ago. But Sandeep is not as lucky: the rules governing unrelated kidney transplant have become stringent since 2008, following an am…
'Poop' substitute may help C. difficile infections
A substitute stool mix helped to treat two people with C. difficile infections that failed to respond to antibiotics, an early stage Canadian study suggests.
Veloxis' Phase 3 Trial of LCP-Tacro in Stable Kidney Transplant Patients, the … – FierceDrugDelivery
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Veloxis’ Phase 3 Trial of LCP-Tacro in Stable Kidney Transplant Patients, the …
FierceDrugDelivery Non-inferiority was determined by a composite endpoint, measured over a year of follow up that included death, graft failure, biopsy-proven acute rejection or loss to follow-up. Results of this trial demonstrated that patients can be successfully … |
Canadian firm aims to treat diabetes naturally with a cell therapy/device combination
Canadian firm Sernova wants to get rid of those pesky insulin injections, and all the costs and side effects associated with living with and managing a chronic disease like diabetes. It is developing a treatment that makes use of an implanted device th…
Transplant patient needs your help
A Fitzgerald woman needs a double lung transplant, and you can help her raise money for her medical care after the transplant.
CME on current trends in managing liver diseases – Times of India
CME on current trends in managing liver diseasesTimes of IndiaNAGPUR: Increasing alcohol consumption and obesity are resulting in a rise in liver diseases among the youngsters. This calls for the doctors to be updated about the newer advances in the tr…
New pump offers hope to heart failure patients – TODAYonline
Straits TimesNew pump offers hope to heart failure patientsTODAYonlineSINGAPORE – A 57-year-old patient with advanced heart failure has become the first person in Singapore to be implanted with a new miniaturised heart assist device to manage her condi…
Immunization of adults: A jab of better life – Times of India
Immunization of adults: A jab of better lifeTimes of IndiaThe pneumococcal vaccine-which prevents the development of pneumonia in the lungs from a common bug-is prescribed to the susceptible population children, geriatric group, asthmatics and patients…
Germany in organ donor scandal – Healthcare Today
Healthcare TodayGermany in organ donor scandalHealthcare TodayAuthorities in Germany are probing a scandal after allegations emerged that a doctor manipulated an organ donor waiting list. organdaonation1. German medicine has been rocked by the news, wh…