Punjabi singer Hakam Sufi crematedTimes of IndiaGIDDERBAHA: Punjabi Sufi singer Hakam Sufi, who died on Tuesday night after a prolonged heart problem, was cremated here on Wednesday. Born on March 3, 1952, Hakam Singh alias Hakam Sufi got a break in si…
You can be both fat and fit: Study – Times of India
BBC NewsYou can be both fat and fit: StudyTimes of IndiaLondon: Nearly half of overweight people per se are physically fit and healthy and at no greater risk of heart disease or cancer, than their slim peers, researchers claim. According to experts, th…
Longer CPR boosts survival chance – Times of India
Longer CPR boosts survival chanceTimes of IndiaBrain death begins four to six minutes after a person suffers sudden cardiac arrest. If no CPR is given, the American Heart Association estimates a person's chances of living decreases 7% to 10% per mi…
'Untreatable' tuberculosis found in India – HeraldNet
'Untreatable' tuberculosis found in IndiaHeraldNetMUMBAI, India — The discovery of an almost untreatable form of tuberculosis in India has set off alarm bells around the world and helped spur a dramatic expansion of government efforts to batt…
Northern Kentuckcy man who had artificial heart gets transplant
LEXINGTON, Ky. – A 21-year-old Northern Kentucky man who had an artificial heart implanted earlier this year in Lexington underwent a transplant to receive a human donor heart, and his doctors say he's doing fine.
Blood donation saves local newborn's life – WNYT
Blood donation saves local newborn's lifeWNYTWhen the Red Cross puts out a call for blood, it's often difficult to know who your donation is helping, but for a family in Saratoga County the answer is simple, donations help to save newborns like…
West Nile cases showing up at blood banks – KENS 5 TV
CBC.caWest Nile cases showing up at blood banksKENS 5 TVBeddard said they are cautious with every blood donation. Lab technicians test donations nightly before giving them the all clear. Any blood testing positive is destroyed. “So the recipients don…
Absurd organ donation rule on kitchen-sharing dropped – Times of India
Absurd organ donation rule on kitchen-sharing droppedTimes of IndiaDELHI/CHENNAI: The Union health ministry has decided to drop the clause from the draft 'Transplantation of Human Organ Rules 2012' that required an unrelated organ donor to prov…
Postmortem can be done after organ retrieval, suggests DGHS – Times of India
Postmortem can be done after organ retrieval, suggests DGHSTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: In what could be a landmark move to improve India's abysmally low organ donation rate, the director general of health services ( DGHS) has proposed that post-mortem…
More focus required on hospice care for heart failure patients – News-Medical.net
More focus required on hospice care for heart failure patientsNews-Medical.netBy Sarah Guy, medwireNews Reporter. End-stage heart failure patients enter hospice care closer to the time of their death, are more often referred from acute care facilities,…