ISSC highlights sensors and semiconductor technology in medicineEE TimesEEGs are also the first line of diagnostic tools for coma, encephalopathies (disorder or disease of the brain) and brain death. One of the advantages of EEGs is the millisecond-ran…
Cigarette smoke exposure results in allograft rejection – News-Medical.net
Cigarette smoke exposure results in allograft rejectionNews-Medical.netThese findings for the first time revealed an immunological mechanism underlying allograft rejection precipitated by the exposure to cigarette smoke. "Many people are not aware…
Trade firms organise blood donation camp to protest power crisis – Times of India
Trade firms organise blood donation camp to protest power crisisTimes of IndiaMADURAI: Demanding the state government to commission the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant and bring an end to the power crisis, various trade and industrial associations organ…
Nursing home fined $80K after patient death – The Downey Patriot
Nursing home fined $80K after patient deathThe Downey PatriotDoctors said the woman was "deeply comatose clinically consistent with brain death." Family members decided to remove her breathing tube and she was pronounced dead. The cause of de…
More Blood, Worse Outcomes for Kids' Heart Transplants – MedPage Today
More Blood, Worse Outcomes for Kids' Heart TransplantsMedPage TodayORLANDO — In pediatric heart transplantation, increasing amounts of blood transfused appears to be associated with worsening outcomes, researchers found. After adjustment for other…
Drug May Protect Kids After Stem Cell Transplant – MedPage Today
Drug May Protect Kids After Stem Cell TransplantMedPage TodayDefibrotide prophylaxis lowered the incidence of hepatic veno-occlusive disease in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Note that patients in the control group who develop…
Around Town; Blood donation camp at Express office today – Indian Express
Around Town; Blood donation camp at Express office todayIndian ExpressCHANDIGARH: The Indian Express Blood Donor's Club will be organising its 24th blood donation camp at the office premises in Sector 6, Panchkula on February 24. A team of doctors …
Plans to start comprehensive registry for corneal transplant – The Hindu
The HinduPlans to start comprehensive registry for corneal transplantThe HinduWith more private hospitals taking up corneal transplantation, it has become necessary for the Cadaver Transplant Programme of Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital to com…
West Chester Hospital hosting event to benefit congestive heart failure – FOX19
West Chester Hospital hosting event to benefit congestive heart failureFOX19Ninety percent of hospitalizations for congestive heart failure are a result of a patient experiencing a shortness of breath caused by the fluid overload. Aquapheresis is a new…
Torch of Life sets out on new journey to promote organ donation – Tandem
TandemTorch of Life sets out on new journey to promote organ donationTandemBy Concita Minutola Step by Step's Torch of Life embarks on another voyage for promoting organ donation. On Family Day, at Columbus Centre in Toronto, founder George Marcell…