Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant.
Heart failure blamed for Winchester 33-year-old's sudden death – Hampshire Chronicle
Heart failure blamed for Winchester 33-year-old's sudden deathHampshire ChronicleA MARRIED man from Winchester died in his sleep aged 33 due to a heart defect diagnosed at birth. Nigel Cox had Wolff Parkinson White syndrome, which causes the heart …
Docs save baby's life, implant world's smallest artificial heart
Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant.
COPD can put a damper on sex life – Staunton News Leader
COPD can put a damper on sex lifeStaunton News LeaderThis breathlessness, also known as dyspnea, can inhibit healthy sex lives and is more common among COPD patients than even heart failure patients. COPD is a term used to describe certain lung conditi…
People in Business – Houston Chronicle
People in BusinessHouston ChroniclePhoto: NA / HC Dr. Scott Scheinin has been named Surgical Director of Lung Transplantation at The Methodist Hospital. Scheinin specializes in heart and lung transplantation as well as high risk coronary artery bypass …
Benefit for man on heart transplant waiting list
SABIN, Minn. – A benefit for a 46-year-old man who was recently added to the heart transplant list will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. June 10 at Trinity Lutheran Church.
Blood donation camp held at IIU – The News International
Blood donation camp held at IIUThe News InternationalThe Pakistan Thalassaemia Welfare Society held a blood donation camp for thalassaemia patients at the women's campus of the International Islamic University (IIU) The camp was organised in collab…
Kidney, the amazing organ – The Hindu
The HinduKidney, the amazing organThe HinduWith frequent rackets and malpractices involving kidney donation which have become common, in spite of the strict enforcement of rules, the motivation of brain-death patients for organ donation is the only alt…
Organ donation: is tokenism costing lives? – The Hindu
CTV.caOrgan donation: is tokenism costing lives?The HinduSurely, an Organ Donor Database will help make available more organs for donation. Right? In this case, wrong. Organ donation has become a good cause that organisations and individual celebrities…
Kidney disease strikes at young age – Deccan Chronicle
Kidney disease strikes at young ageDeccan ChronicleChronic kidney disease strikes Indians at a younger age. The mean age for chronic kidney disease or CKD in India is 50 years, even though the disease can strike at 35. In India, CKD strikes at a younge…