Heart Failure: Symptoms, Causes and RisksEmpowHerBy EmpowHER November 28, 2011 – 9:56am Heart failure (congestive heart failure), is a condition whereby the heart can no longer pump enough blood to the body. Typically a chronic, long-term condition but…
S. Korean woman dies of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease – Yonhap News
S. Korean woman dies of Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseYonhap NewsThe 54-year-old was diagnosed with iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (iCJD) after her death and is believed to have been infected during a subdural transplant surgery some 23 years ago, acc…
'Blood donation too low in Nigeria' – The Nation
'Blood donation too low in Nigeria'The NationA Consultant haematologist, and Acting Executive Secretary, Lagos State Blood Transfusion Committee (LSBTC), Dr Uwen Olusola Oyekan, said it is worrisome that blood donation by Nigerians is poor. It …
Blood donation mission inspires medal proposal – StarNewsOnline.com
Blood donation mission inspires medal proposalStarNewsOnline.comSweetman has also helped organize blood donation drives and encouraged others to donate blood. While Sweetman is honored to be the inspiration for McIntyre's legislation, he said he is…
HbA1c Must Be Just Right in Diabetic Kidney Disease – MedPage Today
MedPage TodayHbA1c Must Be Just Right in Diabetic Kidney DiseaseMedPage TodayAmong patients with diabetes and stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease, glycated hemoglobin levels that are too low are associated with worse clinical outcomes, just as are leve…
Indian Organ Donation Day marked at AIIMS – Times of India
Gulf TimesIndian Organ Donation Day marked at AIIMSTimes of IndiaThough things are not the same, the organ donation has vastly improved her quality of life. "Although I'll have to take medicines all my life, my condition is much better now,&qu…
Invited Commentary – Archives of Internal Medicine
Invited CommentaryArchives of Internal MedicineAvailable treatments for AECOPDs include antibiotics, bronchodilators, noninvasive ventilation, and corticosteroids, 7 but, unfortunately, nearly all studies of ACEOPDs have excluded persons who are at the…
Cadaveric kidney transplant programme – Times of India
Cadaveric kidney transplant programmeTimes of IndiaWe plan to start cadaveric donor transplant programme in the near future, which will further help in treatment and rehabilitation of large number of chronic kidney disease patients in the state," …
Two URMC programs win certification – Rochester Business Journal
University of Rochester NewsroomTwo URMC programs win certificationRochester Business JournalWinning certification from the program are URMC's heart transplant and palliative care programs The medical center established the URMC Program in Heart Fa…
Doctors complete 1st live death-row organ donation – China Post
Doctors complete 1st live death-row organ donationChina PostDoctors removed one kidney from the condemned criminal, Cheng Chin-wen (鄭金文), at around 11 am yesterday morning before transplant surgery on Cheng's elder sister was completed in the…