If I need a kidney, now is the time to plant the seed I hope I don’t need one, but I am down to one kidney. It is healthy and medical news says that it may be possible to take DNA from a kidney, plant it into a...
Since I have had CT-scans of my kidney a couple of times, this report is especially alarming. They always tell you to drink lots of water immediately following and it is to flush the radioactive materials as well...
I have heard a story surprising to me. Rich individuals with failure of kidneys in underdeveloped poor countries buy poor individuals for their kidney and take them to India for detaching one of the kidneys from the poor for implantation to them. For the sake of money, the...
Rita Van Loenen, a central Arizona woman, had no idea that a ride in Thomas Chappell's cab would save her life, as the driver offered her a matching kidney. Before this blessed encounter, Van Loenen had already undergone a kidney transplant from her cousin, but was...
" More than 40 people, including politicians, officials and several rabbis have been arrested in a major FBI operation the US. Three mayors from the state of New Jersey and two members of the state legislature were...
opinion by Babel-Fish | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 135 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
The Parkinson's Disease Society has set up a donor registry for people to donate their brains after death to help find a cure for Parkinson's disease. " People are being urged to donate their brains after death to...
created by Suranee | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 306 views | 44 recommendations | 12 comments
"Sunday, 22 March 2009 09:59 Ireland's rugby squad will return home to a heroes' welcome today after their historic Six Nations win in which they clinched their first Grand Slam in 61 years. Declan Kidney's men...
"In what is being heralded as a "first-ever procedure," surgeons removed a healthy kidney through a donor's vagina, the Johns Hopkins Medical Center has announced." It is true that this procedure has been...
created by harringtola | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 458 views | 50 recommendations | 7 comments
A New York heart surgeon is taking his soon-to-be-ex wife to court in an attempt to reclaim his donated kidney.An exceptionally bitter divorce case has hit the headlines this week after a doctor summoned his estranged wife to court in an attempt to demanded his donated kidney...
Gordon Brown has shelved plans to introduce an opt-out system of organ donation in the UK despite announcing earlier that he was in favour of trying out the scheme. He has however kept the door open to revisit the...
created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 116 views | 25 recommendations | 0 comments
Pig organs have for a long time been seen as a possibly beeing able to be used as in humans but rejection has been a problem. Now scientists have announced that using genetically modified pigs bred specifically...
created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 363 views | 30 recommendations | 8 comments
After baby milk food scandal China's products have been under intense scrutiny all over the world. High levels of industrial toxins were found last year in exports ranging from toothpaste to toys. The milk scandal has resulted in recalls and the blocking of Chinese...
In the midst of the still unfolding milk scandal, we have a report of an ironic coincidence. EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson spoke in Tianjin, China in support of the now disgraced milk industry. A few days later he was diagnosed with a small kidney...
opinion by Barbara McPherson | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 169 views | 22 recommendations | 3 comments
" HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- An industrial chemical blamed for sickening thousands of infants in China was found in candy in four Connecticut stores this week, a state official said Wednesday. Days after...
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