Work on to evolve dialysis-free kidney treatmentTimes of IndiaCHANDIGARH: If all goes well, patients suffering with any form of chronic kidney disease may not need dialysis for survival. PGI's nephrology department is working on a mechanism to stud…
Heart Failure Linked To Airflow Obstruction And Reduced Lung Function – Eurasia Review
Heart Failure Linked To Airflow Obstruction And Reduced Lung FunctionEurasia ReviewA large population-based study has found that lung function and obstructive airway diseases are strongly and independently associated with increased risk of heart failur…
Hair transplants get a leg up – Hindustan Times
Hair transplants get a leg upHindustan TimesTransplant surgery involves removing hair from the back of a man's head to the thinning site. I say men because 25% of men in their 20s and 60% in their 40s suffer from hair loss because of a condition ca…
Renal Dysfunction After Radical Nephrectomy Raises Cardiovascular Risks – Renal and Urology News
Renal Dysfunction After Radical Nephrectomy Raises Cardiovascular RisksRenal and Urology NewsInvestigators at Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School and Saitama Red Cross Hospital in Saitama reviewed data from 173 patients who underwent RN…
Airflow obstruction and reduced lung function increase the risk of heart failure – Science Codex
Airflow obstruction and reduced lung function increase the risk of heart failureScience CodexSophia Antipolis, 25 February 2012: A large population-based study has found that lung function and obstructive airway diseases are strongly and independently …
ISSC highlights sensors and semiconductor technology in medicine – Embedded.com
ISSC highlights sensors and semiconductor technology in medicineEmbedded.comEEGs 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…
Dieting Can Prove Dangerous for Kidney Disease Patients – iVillage Entertainment
RTT NewsDieting Can Prove Dangerous for Kidney Disease PatientsiVillage Entertainment24 (HealthDay News) — Overweight or obese people with chronic kidney disease may suffer further kidney damage if they use certain weight-loss methods, a new study war…
Jayas birthday fte off to a colourful start – IBNLive.com
Jayas birthday fte off to a colourful startIBNLive.comCHENNAI: Blood donation camps, rallies and photo exhibits showcasing the various schemes of the State government marked the 64th birthday celebrations of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa her…
Recipient, donor stable: SZH makes its mark in liver transplant – DAWN.com
Recipient, donor stable: SZH makes its mark in liver transplantDAWN.comThis time a four-member team of Shaikh Zayed Hospital surgeons performed the 15-hour long successful living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) independently and without the help of …
Sharon Runner undergoes lung transplant surgery – Signal
Sharon Runner undergoes lung transplant surgerySignalBy Tammy Marashlian Signal Senior Education Writer Sen. Sharon Runner is undergoing a lung transplant today as part of treatment for limited scleroderma, or CREST syndrome, her husband, George Runner…