Doctor warns heart patients of frequent aspirin useBusiness StandardPress Trust of India / New Delhi August 05, 2012, 11:35. While there is a raging debate on the role of aspirin in preventing heart attacks, a leading cardiologist has cautioned against…
Iced tea may cause painful kidney stones – TruthDive
Iced tea may cause painful kidney stonesTruthDive“For people who have a tendency to form the most common type of kidney stones, iced tea is one of the worst things to drink,” said Dr. John Milner, assistant professor, Department of Urology, Loyola …
China busts organ trafficking ring – Big News Network.com
China busts organ trafficking ringBig News Network.comBeijing has been trying to expand its organ donation system while at the same time increasing the criminal penalties for underground organ harvesting. Xinhua said a recent poll indicated the Chinese…
Heart transplant chronicle comes to an end
Dave Bakke column: We were hoping for a different ending. John Wood of Petersburg, 63, who had been waiting for a heart transplant, died Wednesday afternoon. Beginning in February, I wrote a series of columns about the ups and downs of John being on t…
Readers contribute RO15,172 for expat girl's liver surgery – Times of Oman
Times of OmanReaders contribute RO15,172 for expat girl's liver surgeryTimes of OmanMuscat: Thanks to the response from Times of Oman readers, three-year-old Navami, daughter of an Indian couple in Oman, can undergo liver transplantation. "We …
London Olympics recap: Saina's bronze and Poonia's heart – Firstpost
Telegraph.co.ukLondon Olympics recap: Saina's bronze and Poonia's heartFirstpostSuper stuff. He just kept hitting the Mongolian with clean rights and lefts, and won the third round 8-6. Overall score 16-11. He is into the quarterfinals. Wow. Th…
Organ transplant recipient thanks mom for ability to compete in athletics
Ashton Arndt, a student at Alta High School, likes to run, especially long distances and cross-country.
Capitola's Satellite Dialysis fills need for vital service – San Jose Mercury News
Capitola's Satellite Dialysis fills need for vital serviceSan Jose Mercury NewsFIGHTING REJECTION. Another advance involves drugs such as cyclosporin that can reduce the likelihood of a kidney transplant rejection. Lee Walters, 54, owner of the Sto…
Sacred Heart Football Coach Making Slow Recovery From Double Lung Transplant
So much about Sacred Heart football coach Paul Gorham is different these days. He has two new lungs and is without the lower portions of his legs, fitted with prosthetics on which he has yet to learn to walk. He relies on a wheelchair. He's lost mo…
Idea of organ donation needs more acceptance – Times of India
Idea of organ donation needs more acceptanceTimes of IndiaSimilarly, the process of kidney donation and transplant can help millions of people suffering from kidney failure, with 71000 of them being in India itself. And, almost all of them have a very …