Al Fara'a Group conducts blood donation camp in Al AinAME InfoDr JR Gangaramani, President and Executive Chairman, Al Fara'a said, "The fact that our blood donation drive receives such an overwhelming response from our employees every year…
Hundreds pledge to donate organs – Khaleej Times
Hundreds pledge to donate organsKhaleej TimesHundreds of Indian expatriates from Kerala have pledged to donate their organs in the event of their brain death through a government-run organ donation scheme in the state. At least two expatriate associati…
IHT Rendezvous: China Fights to Go Beyond Organs Harvested From Executed Prisoners
China is set to implement a new organ-donation system that officials say will ease the country's dependence on organs taken from executed prisoners. But few Chinese are willing to pledge to donate their organs.
Donated stem cells better for heart attack patients? – Times of India
The NationDonated stem cells better for heart attack patients?Times of IndiaThe study involved 30 patients whose hearts were damaged by an earlier heart attack. Half received heart-muscle injections of their own cells, while the other half received don…
Novartis heart failure drug cuts death by 37 percent: study – Reuters India
Updated NewsNovartis heart failure drug cuts death by 37 percent: studyReuters IndiaLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An experimental Novartis AG drug to treat hospitalized acute heart failure patients reduced deaths by 37 percent compared with a placebo and app…
From K to KK in 60 days – Times of India
From K to KK in 60 daysTimes of IndiaOn his 60-day journey from Kargil to Kanyakumari, ultra-marathoner Arun Bhardwaj completed 2300km when he reached the heart of India – the Zero Milestone – on Tuesday evening at 5.15. The country's first interna…
Ultrafiltration Fails To Show Benefit In Acute Heart Failure – Forbes
Ultrafiltration Fails To Show Benefit In Acute Heart FailureForbesAlthough ultrafiltration (UF) in recent years has become increasingly popular as an alternative to intravenous diuretics for patients with acute decompensated heart failure with acute ca…
Jim Duquette: Dad gives ten-year-old daughter ultimate gift after she needed urgent kidney transplant
After doctors were forced to remove both of Lindsey Duquette's failing kidneys a year and a half ago, her sports broadcaster father, Jim Duquette was able to give her the ultimate gift.
RELAX-AHF Stirs Interest In Novel Drug For Acute Heart Failure – Forbes
RELAX-AHF Stirs Interest In Novel Drug For Acute Heart FailureForbesA new drug modelled on a hormone active in pregnancy may prove beneficial to patients with acute decompensated heart failure. Serelaxin is a recombinant form of human relaxin-2, which …
India's Yuvraj recovering from lung tumour – Business Recorder (blog)
India's Yuvraj recovering from lung tumourBusiness Recorder (blog)Cricket star Yuvraj Singh has been battling a golf-ball sized non-malignant lung tumour which first affected him during India's triumphant World Cup campaign, his family revealed…