Monthly Archives: January 2012

LAURA BATTLES ON – Gulf Weekly


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LAURA BATTLES ON
Gulf Weekly
The 10-year-old from Saar has recently received a revolutionary umbilical cord stem cell transplant after being struck down by an aggressive form of leukaemia after the disease flared up again following what appeared to be successful treatment.

Commit to organ donation with Facebook app – MetroNews Canada


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Commit to organ donation with Facebook app
MetroNews Canada
A Sudbury-based company launched a new Facebook application Monday to help raise awareness about organ donation after high-profile figures, such as Justin Bieber and Tom Brady, recently highlighted the issue through social media.
The final status update: Facebook app makes organ donor wishes knownITBusiness.ca

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Suing the state? – Greenwich Time


Suing the state?
Greenwich Time
11, 2011 showing Nash after face transplant surgery, right. Nash was mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009 and received the transplant in May 2011 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts. Nash, 57, said in a statement she's looking forward to doing ...

Heart Failure Linked to Mental Decline; Exercise Improves Health, Quality of … – Insidermedicine


Heart Failure Linked to Mental Decline; Exercise Improves Health, Quality of ...
Insidermedicine
From Australia - A new report published in the European Heart Journal finds that heart failure may cause mental decline. Researchers used MRI scans to study the brains of 35 heart failure patients, 56 heart disease patients and 64 healthy controls.

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Mother Pleads for Justice in Son’s Death As She Plans to Help Others – NBC New York


Mother Pleads for Justice in Son's Death As She Plans to Help Others
NBC New York
According to Yolany Veliz, she and her son had discussed organ donation before his death. Now, she has created a foundation to promote organ donation in the Hispanic community. Her family lawyer, Mitchel Weiss, is aiding in the effort.

Heart failure is associated with loss of brain cells and a decline in mental … – PhysOrg.com


Heart failure is associated with loss of brain cells and a decline in mental ...
PhysOrg.com
Australian researchers have found evidence that heart failure is associated with a decline in people's mental processes and a loss of grey matter in the brain. These changes can make it more difficult for heart failure (HF) patients to remember and ...

Don’t Fret About Taking Advair – dailyRx


Don't Fret About Taking Advair
dailyRx
In a new study, a combined treatment of Long-acting β-agonists (LABAs) and inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) were shown to be as safe as inhaled corticosteroids. The combined LABAs/ICS therapy was proven to be as effective or more effective in treating ...

Milwaukee Breaks Ground In Kidney Transplants – WISN Milwaukee


Milwaukee Breaks Ground In Kidney Transplants
WISN Milwaukee
Doctors measured Lancour's level of antibodies that had the ability to destroy the new organ. They then cleaned her blood of those antibodies using apheresis. "It washes the blood and removes the harmful antibodies from the patient's blood," said Dr.

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Lung transplant system often skips over those most in need – Medical Xpress


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Lung transplant system often skips over those most in need
Medical Xpress
The current system for allocating donated lungs based on proximity and not on need appears to decrease the potential benefits of lung transplantation and increase the number of patients who die waiting, researchers said at an annual meeting of thoracic ...
Local and Regional Lung Allocation Systems ConflictFamily Practice News Digital Network

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Kidney Transplantation: NJ Parents See Hope After Operation Denial Outcry – ThirdAge


Kidney Transplantation: NJ Parents See Hope After Operation Denial Outcry
ThirdAge
A 3-year-old girl whose parents claimed she was denied a kidney transplantation at one of the nation's top children's hospitals because of her mental disability is now being considered for the procedure, her father said Tuesday.

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