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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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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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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(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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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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(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 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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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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(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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(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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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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