Holding out hope that her lungs will healLodi News-Sentinel… a patient's airways with a special tube, revealed that Plines' illness — which had turned into pneumonia — had caused an acute rejection of her new lungs.
A heart lung unit needed – The Hindu
The HinduA heart lung unit neededThe HinduSince open heart surgery cannot be done without heart lung machine, GRH authorities have approached for funds to buy it urgently, either an imported one which costs Rs.60 lakh or Indian made which costs Rs.20 l…
World Spirometry Day 2012: Indians clueless about lung diseases – India.Com Health
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Queen's closer to starting more organ transplant operations
Right now there are 400 people in Hawaii waiting for an organ transplant, but none of them are for a heart simply because there isn't approval yet…
`Indians increasingly unaware of lung diseases` – Zee News
Zee News`Indians increasingly unaware of lung diseases`Zee NewsIndians exhibit a "worrying lack of understanding" and concern about lung diseases – that kill nearly four million people globally every year, said a study Tuesday.
Regular moderate coffee drinking may reduce heart failure risk – Health Newstrack
Health NewstrackRegular moderate coffee drinking may reduce heart failure riskHealth NewstrackResearchers, analyzing previous studies on the link between coffee consumption and heart failure, found that moderate coffee drinking as part of a daily routi…
Widnes man Mark Allen to compete in European Transplant Games despite knee surgery
A TRANSPLANT recipient has defied the odds to fly out for a major sporting event, only days after being struck down with a crippling injury.
Nora Ephron Leukemia: Explaining The Iconic Writer's Illness – Huffington Post
Nora Ephron Leukemia: Explaining The Iconic Writer's IllnessHuffington PostThe disease is treated with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, stem cell transplants to replace disease bone marrow with healthy bone marrow, biological therapy to boost the i…
Child-donor transplants still testing the water – The Japan Times
The Japan TimesChild-donor transplants still testing the waterThe Japan TimesOn June 14, statutory brain death was declared on a boy under age 6 at Toyama University Hospital to pave the way for transplanting his organs. A stricter set of brain death c…
Presidency couple improve anti-cancer drug – Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphPresidency couple improve anti-cancer drugCalcutta TelegraphNew Delhi, June 26: Two young Indian scientists who were classmates at Calcutta's Presidency College and pursued similar career tracks have tweaked an anti-cancer drug, m…