Health watchdog calls for better care for elderlyOttawa CitizenOntario hospitals, family doctors and home-care providers need to improve how they look after elderly patients with chronic illnesses such as heart failure and lung ailments, which remain t…
Hospitals' reorganization delays critical transplant surgery – Greenfield Daily Reporter
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70 percent of Utahns registered as organ donors – Fox 13 Now – Salt Lake City
Deseret News70 percent of Utahns registered as organ donorsFox 13 Now – Salt Lake City… touched by an organ donor. "I couldn't, at one time, even climb stairs – do anything. And it's because somebody signed that card and became a donor,&…
First robotic liver transplant surgery a success – Deccan Herald
First robotic liver transplant surgery a successDeccan HeraldIn what may be India's first robotic liver transplant, doctors in the national capital have successfully used a sophisticated four-armed robot to extract a portion of a man's liver, w…
"Grey's Anatomy" SnapCap (8.05): "Loss, Love and Legacy" – AfterEllen.com
E! Online"Grey's Anatomy" SnapCap (8.05): "Loss, Love and Legacy"AfterEllen.comAt the end of the successful penile transplant surgery, Mark announces, “Well I don't know about you, but I say that's just about the pinke…
San Jose Earthquakes rookie helping girlfriend battle cancer relapse – San Jose Mercury News
Major League SoccerSan Jose Earthquakes rookie helping girlfriend battle cancer relapseSan Jose Mercury NewsEverett, the girlfriend of Quakes rookie Matt Luzunaris, began a new round of chemotherapy this week in preparation for another stem cell transp…
Audrey Connolly, 0 – Kitsap Sun
Audrey Connolly, 0Kitsap SunBy Reader Submitted Audrey Connolly has peacefully passed to a better existence on October 12th 2011 after a lengthy battle with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and the complications of the stem cell transplant she had undertaken…
Organ Donor Night up for Promotion of the Year – Memphis Redbirds
Memphis RedbirdsOrgan Donor Night up for Promotion of the YearMemphis RedbirdsOrgan Donor Night was a tremendously popular theme night for the 2011 season, with a nationally talked about organ-themed jerseys that gave fans an 'inside look' on t…
Puchmayr gets back into the race again – New Westminster Newsleader
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Anelechi Anyanwu, Nigerian Expert Who Performs Open Heart Surgery On Awake … – Nigerian Tribune
Anelechi Anyanwu, Nigerian Expert Who Performs Open Heart Surgery On Awake …Nigerian TribunePart of his credit is that he is one of few surgeons world-wide who are trained in all aspects of thoracic transplantation including heart transplantation, he…