At age 6, Austin Rath has already beaten the odds. He was born with short gut syndrome and only has 10 percent of his intestine, so he can't absorb most food or drink water, and he gets fed through an IV in a backpack 17 to 18 hours a day.
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Steroids can kill: Dark side of body buildingNorthern Voices OnlineTickoo said that anabolic steroids are not meant for body building because their prolonged use without supervision can affect the liver and kidneys and can cause other serious harms. Ag…
Smoking Results In Lower Immune System Responses After Transplants – Medical News Today
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Indian village bans 'love marriages' – Telegraph.co.uk
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Transplant Patients' Hearts Need Protecting – Medical News Today
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WVU's City Hospital recognized for attaining heart care goals – State Journal
WVU's City Hospital recognized for attaining heart care goalsState JournalWest Virginia University Hospitals-East City Hospital recently received the Get With The Guidelines–Heart Failure Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American He…
West Nile Virus May Cause Chronic Kidney Disease – RedOrbit
RedOrbitWest Nile Virus May Cause Chronic Kidney DiseaseRedOrbitPatients who have a history of infection with West Nile virus (WNV) should be screened for chronic kidney disease (CKD), after US researchers have found varying degrees of the life-threate…
Vitamin D deficiency associated with poor lung function in child asthmatics – Drug Store News
Vitamin D deficiency associated with poor lung function in child asthmaticsDrug Store NewsNEW YORK — Vitamin D deficiency is associated with poor lung function in asthmatic children treated with inhaled corticosteroids, according to a new study from …
$2 million to study role-switching cells in heart failure – Washington University in St. Louis News
Washington University in St. Louis News$2 million to study role-switching cells in heart failureWashington University in St. Louis NewsScientists at Washington University in St. Louis have just won an NIH grant to study heart failure. Repeated injury t…
NB organ donation program suspension lifted – CBC.ca
CBC.caNB organ donation program suspension liftedCBC.caNew Brunswick's organ donation program is returning to regular operations, just one week after a Health Canada inspection raised some quality assurance concerns, Health Minister Madeleine Dubé…