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BMA backs ‘opt-out’ organ donation scheme
GP online ‘There has been welcome progress in the number of people signing up to the Organ Donor Register and donation rates, but despite this rise, there are still many people in Scotland waiting for an organ transplant,’ he said. ‘Some of these people will die … Opt-out organ donation in Wales: a model for Australia?HealthCanal.com Dalton man waiting for new kidney backs donation rule changesNW Evening Mail Why hold up organ opt-out?Herald Scotland |
Opt-out organ donation in Wales: a model for Australia? – HealthCanal.com
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Opt-out organ donation in Wales: a model for Australia?
HealthCanal.com And is it one that Australia should consider following? By way of context, Australia currently has very low organ donation rates by world standards (13.8 donors per million population according to 2010 data), trailing at least 22 other countries … BMA backs ‘opt-out’ organ donation schemeGP online Organ donation: Scotland should ‘consider opt-out’Scotsman Gosport MP urges people to sign up to NHS organ donor registerDaily Echo Buckinghamshireexaminer –Express.co.uk –Herald Scotland all 39 news articles » |
Team banding together to promote organ donation – This is Plymouth
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Team banding together to promote organ donation
This is Plymouth This year the campaign aims to encourage more people than ever before to join the NHS Organ Donor Register and to talk to their close family and friends about their donation wishes. And the team are backing their calls. The wristbands, which are red … Stretford and Urmston MP helps to raise awareness of organ donation for …Messenger Newspapers I’m an organ donor, see my wristbandTelegraph.co.uk Gosport MP urges people to sign up to NHS organ donor registerDaily Echo The Star –Scotsman –BBC News all 35 news articles » |
Bendamustine and Rituximab Combo Shines in Indolent Lymphoma – Medscape
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Bendamustine and Rituximab Combo Shines in Indolent Lymphoma
Medscape June 3, 2012 (Chicago, Illinois) — New long-term results from a German trial of patients with indolent and slow-growing lymphoma confirm that a simpler 2-drug combination can be used in these patients instead of a more aggressive chemotherapy approach. |
MRI May Offer Alternative for Measuring Joint Space in RA – Medscape
MRI May Offer Alternative for Measuring Joint Space in RAMedscapeThe researchers compared baseline X-ray and 1.5-Tesla MR images on 1 hand and wrist from each of 47 patients enrolled in either the Impact of Rituximab on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evide…
Prednisolone Reduces Mild, Moderate Bell's Palsy Sequelae – Medscape
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Prednisolone Reduces Mild, Moderate Bell’s Palsy Sequelae
Medscape May 24, 2012 — The anti-inflammatory drug prednisolone significantly reduces mild and moderate aftereffects of Bell’s palsy, but does not have the same benefit for patients with more severe sequelae, according to a study published in the May issue of … |
Universal HBV Screening Is Cost-Effective in Lymphoma – Medscape
Universal HBV Screening Is Cost-Effective in LymphomaMedscapeIn patients who were going to receive rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP) therapy, screening all patients for HBV decreased the rate of HBV reac…
Progression-free Survival 96% in CLL With Ibrutinib – Medscape
Progression-free Survival 96% in CLL With IbrutinibMedscapeJennifer Brown, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, presented interim data on ibrutinib in combination with bendamustine…
New Equation May Help Predict Chronic Kidney Disease Risk – Medscape
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New Equation May Help Predict Chronic Kidney Disease Risk
Medscape May 8, 2012 — Compared with use of the standard Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study equation for the classification of individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), use of the new Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration … |
India Shuts Telegram Service After 162 Years – Heart
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India Shuts Telegram Service After 162 Years
Heart In the days before mobile phones and the internet, the telegram network was the main form of long-distance communication. At its peak in 1985 the state-run utility sent 600,000 telegrams a day across India but the figure has dwindled to 5,000 at … India will send its last telegram todayindiablooms Message rush as India stops telegramsHerald Sun India’s telegram service goes dark after 163 yearsNew York Post Jagran Post all 212 news articles » |