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Study to measure optimum frequency of blood donation
A study commencing in the same week as World Blood Donor Day will determine whether blood can be safely collected more frequently than present practice.
Jun 15, 2012
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Cardiology
21st century bloodletting reduces cardiovascular risk
It seems that while the practice of bloodletting throughout history had little or no effect on most diseases, and the practice was abandoned in the 19th century, new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal ...
May 29, 2012
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U.S. liver transplants declining
(HealthDay) -- The number of liver transplants in the United States has decreased since 2006, a new study finds.
May 22, 2012
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Cardiology
World's smallest artificial heart implanted in Italian baby
Italian doctors in March implanted the smallest ever artificial heart into a 16-month-old baby before the infant received a permanent organ donation, said the hospital that performed the operation.
May 21, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C
(AP) -- For the first time, health officials are proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C.
May 18, 2012
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Researchers discover that obesity hinders kidney donation
Researchers at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research conducted a retrospective analysis which found that morbid obesity impedes kidney donation. In fact, in the analysis ...
May 10, 2012
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Children today face reduced racial disparities in kidney transplantation
A policy instituted in 2005 has reduced racial disparities in kidney transplantation among children, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). Children are ...
Apr 26, 2012
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Fertility treatment bans in Europe draw criticism
(AP) -- More than three decades after Britain produced the world's first test-tube baby, Europe is a patchwork of restrictions for people who need help having a child.
Apr 13, 2012
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China to phase out prisoner organ donation
(AP) -- China will abolish the transplanting of organs from executed prisoners within five years and try to spur more citizens to donate, a top health official says.
Mar 23, 2012
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Cardiology
Living kidney donors at no increased risk of heart disease
Living kidney donors are at no greater risk of heart disease than the healthy general population, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Mar 2, 2012
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