Indian sex workers are a shining example of women's empowermentThe Guardian (blog)… research programme that I direct, Pathways of Women's Empowerment, began its search for inspiring examples of empowerment, in 2006, few might have imagined it…
A picture that could break anyone's heart: Tiny Jack fights for life while his father desperately pleads for an organ …
Jack Morris, 15 months, has been on the transplant waiting list since March. His desperate father has urged other parents to consider organ donation.
Fibroscan – Non-Invasive Technique to Diagnose Liver Disorders – Healthcare Global (press release)
Fibroscan – Non-Invasive Technique to Diagnose Liver DisordersHealthcare Global (press release)NEW DELHI, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Device Assesses Liver Fibrosis Non-Invasively – Unlike Invasive, Painful Liver Biopsies In the run-up to World Hep…
Drug Cut Skin Cancers After Transplant – MedPage Today
Drug Cut Skin Cancers After TransplantMedPage TodayNote that in this study, switching from calcineurin inhibitors to sirolimus had an anti-tumoral effect over a 2-year period among kidney-transplant recipients with previous squamous-cell carcinoma. ……
Immunosuppressant Switch Cuts Skin Cancer Post-Transplant – Renal and Urology News
Immunosuppressant Switch Cuts Skin Cancer Post-TransplantRenal and Urology NewsIn kidney-transplant patients with at least one cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma, switching immunosuppressants (from calcineurin inhibitors to sirolimus) is associated with…
Larger Kidneys Increase RCC Death Risk – Renal and Urology News
Larger Kidneys Increase RCC Death RiskRenal and Urology NewsIn a study of 191 patients with pT1 RCC who underwent radical nephrectomy, investigators at Mayo Clinic reported that each 1-cm increment in kidney size (i.e., largest measured dimension) was …
Why people don't perform under stress – Times of India
PsychCentral.comWhy people don't perform under stressTimes of IndiaIn order to test the different stress hormones, the cognition psychologists used three substances – a placebo, the stress hormone hydrocortisone and yohimbine, which ensures that th…
Pregnant women more vulnerable to Hepatitis E – Times of India
The GuardianPregnant women more vulnerable to Hepatitis ETimes of IndiaIn one of the widest single-centre studies conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, it was found that water-borne Hepatitis E was the basic cause of ac…
Why people don't perform well when stressed – Newstrack India
PsychCentral.comWhy people don't perform well when stressedNewstrack IndiaIn order to test the different stress hormones, the cognition psychologists used three substances – a placebo, the stress hormone hydrocortisone and yohimbine, which ensures …
Transplant patients from Texas Children's Hospital to compete at Transplant Games of America
HOUSTON, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — While athletes from all over the world will be gathering in London for the 2012 Summer Olympics, hundreds of other athletes whose lives were saved by organ transplantation will gather to compete for th…