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Kidney Transplantation Milestone - December 23, 1954

Kidney Transplantation Milestone - December 23, 1954

December 23, 1954 will always be remembered in medical history as a day when Doctors in Boston transplanted a kidney to a critically ill 23-year-old man. It was a milestone in the history of...

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Moderate Drinking Promotes Weight Loss?

Moderate Drinking Promotes Weight Loss?

Here’s some good news for those who are watching their weight and are conscious of their waistline! Previous research has always linked heavy drinking with weight gain. However, a recent...

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Madrid Resolution on Organ Donation and Transplantation

Madrid Resolution on Organ Donation and Transplantation

The Third Global Consultation on Organ Donation and Transplantation organized by the WHO and supported by the European Commission was held in Madrid on March 23 to 25, 2010. The ...

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Kidney Preserving Surgery for Kidney Cancer Prevents Osteoporosis

Kidney Preserving Surgery for Kidney Cancer Prevents Osteoporosis

Research carried out by scientists at the San Diego School of Medicine emphasizes the importance of kidney-sparing surgery to reduce the risk of later-life osteoporosis. New res...

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Orlistat Diet Drug Linked To Kidney Damage - A Blow to Fight Against Fat

Orlistat Diet Drug Linked To Kidney Damage - A Blow to Fight Against Fat

A team of Canadian researchers, led by Dr. Matthew Weir of the University of Western Ontario, noticed an increase in kidney damage among people consuming the weight loss drug Orlistat, so...

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Mental Disorders and Obesity

Mental Disorders and Obesity

Studies have shown a strong correlation between common mental disorder and obesity. It is suggested that people with repeated episodes of common mental disorder are particularly at risk of s...

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Blood Pressure-Reducing Medication May Protect Kidney in Diabetes

Blood Pressure-Reducing Medication May Protect Kidney in Diabetes

Blood pressure-reducing medication olmesartan may help protect the kidneys of people with type 2 diabetes, suggests study. Kidney is one of the worst affected organs in long standing diabet...

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World Kidney Day

World Kidney Day

(March 13-2008) Scandals, scandals everywhere, But there is hardly enough care!! World Kidney Day is religiously celebrated on the second Thursday in the month of march e...

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'Four-In-One' Teenager from UK Wants To Be Kidney Donor

'Four-In-One' Teenager from UK Wants To Be Kidney Donor

Laura Moon, 18, from Whinmoor in Leeds, has four kidneys. All of them are functional and growing naturally. She is willing to donate the surplus to patients who are in need of a transplant....

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mInfamous Kidney Kingpin Arrested

mInfamous Kidney Kingpin Arrested

Gurgaon based Kidney racketeer, Dr. Amit Kumar was reportedly arrested by Nepali Police today (Feb 07 2008). The Doctor, who has been responsible for conducting over 500 illegal kidney tran...

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‘Organ’izing Kidney Sale

‘Organ’izing Kidney Sale

…Don’t call it my ‘deathbed’, Call it my ‘bed of life’- Let my body be used by others, To lead fuller lives'… -Robert N.West For almost a week now, India is agog with the new...

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Novartis Verdict in Madras High Court Crucial for the Future of Cancer Patients

Novartis Verdict in Madras High Court Crucial for the Future of Cancer Patients

Y K Sapru is a happy man. The Madras High Court in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu a few days ago delivered a historic judgement by rejecting Novarti's patent plea. Perhaps, th...

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China to Curtail Organ Sale

China to Curtail Organ Sale

Chinese authorities have drafted new rules to dissuade erring doctors and hospitals involved in human organ trade . This move comes amidst widespread criticisms of the organs being sourced ...

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Life After Death: Organ Donation

Life After Death: Organ Donation

"Don't take your organs to heaven with you. Heaven knows we need them here"        - Author unknown A function to honor Organ donor families was held at the Durbar Hall of ...

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Kidney Trade: Curbing the Sale

Kidney Trade: Curbing the Sale

The illegal barter of kidneys was first exposed when thirty poor women of the fishing community, living on Chennai’s outskirts, were discovered to have traded their kidneys. The 1994 Trans...

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