'One million people' with 'undiagnosed' chronic kidney diseaseHalifax Evening CourierThe Daily Mail and other newspapers have reported that up to a million people may have undiagnosed chronic kidney disease (CKD). CKD is a long-term con…
Ventricular Assist Device Beneficial in Youth Heart Failure – Doctors Lounge
ABC NewsVentricular Assist Device Beneficial in Youth Heart FailureDoctors LoungeFor children with severe heart failure, use of a ventricular assist device as a bridge to heart transplantation is associated with improved survival compared with extracor…
Legislation solely parliament's domain: Kaira – PakistanToday.com.pk
PakistanToday.com.pkLegislation solely parliament's domain: KairaPakistanToday.com.pkAll for one, contempt for none · Dismissing another PM will create anarchy: Kaira · PPP to resist any power centre except parliament · SC give…
Organ donation 'a noble act' – Gulf Times
Gulf TimesOrgan donation 'a noble act'Gulf TimesPeople who need an organ transplant often have to wait a long time for the right match as doctors must match donors to recipients to reduce the risk of transplant rejection. The higher the number …
Organ donation ‘a noble act’
The current Ramadan organ donation campaign which has been held in major shopping malls across Doha has been highly successful in getting both Qatari and foreign residents to contribute actively by joining the organ donor register, a Hamad Medical Corp…
Kids needing transplant have new hope
Children who received device known as "Berlin Heart" survived to get needed heart transplant 90 percent of time
Mangalore attack: Women's panel report omits Hindu Jagarana Vedike, blames … – Times of India
Mangalore attack: Women's panel report omits Hindu Jagarana Vedike, blames …Times of IndiaIndiatimes|The Times of India|The Economic Times|. More. More … Nowhere in the report is the Hindu Jagarana Vedike named, though many attackers were membe…
Struggling organ donor registry needs fresh ideas – YorkRegion.com
Struggling organ donor registry needs fresh ideasYorkRegion.com… to institute an opt-out system, through which you're automatically on the registry unless you takes the steps to get off it. That system works well in some countries, such as Spain …
Don't go near walls built by BBMP: High court – Times of India
Don't go near walls built by BBMP: High courtTimes of IndiaIndiatimes|The Times of India|The Economic Times|. More. More … A division bench headed by Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen on Thursday ordered notice to state government on a PIL seeking act…
Berlin Heart’s ventricular assist device helped children more than heart-lung machine
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hooking seriously-ill children to a pump that assists the heart helps them live longer than those hooked to a heart-lung machine while they await a heart transplant, doctors report in a new study. "The device did well; …