India, Myanmar & Medicine on bookshelf (Lead, IANS Books this week, Correcting name of 2nd book)
June 30th, 2012 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The book cart this week is substantive, diverse and cerebral. Browse with IANS...1.Book: "Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century"; Written ... Read more...
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India, Myanmar & Medicine on bookshelf (IANS Books this Week)
June 30th, 2012 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The book cart this week is substantive, diverse and cerebral. Browse with IANS...1.Book: "Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century"; Written ... Read more...
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Delhi poor to get funds for treatment
September 6th, 2011 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Delhi government Tuesday said it will set up a fund to provide financial assistance to economically weak suffering from life threatening diseases.The decision was ... Read more...
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Cash for votes: Amar Singh, two others arrested, jailed
September 6th, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) From rubbing shoulders with the high and mighty to a cell in Tihar jail. Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh ... Read more...
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Court summons kidney scam kingpin from Jaipur
July 24th, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Amit Kumar, the suspected kingpin of a scam involving illegal kidney transplants and currently lodged in a Rajasthan jail, has been summoned by a Delhi ... Read more...
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Left workers’ aid for ailing Congress leader
May 28th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 28 (IANS) In a rare gesture, the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Saturday donated money for the ... Read more...
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Study reveals new warning signs that may predict kidney transplant failure
September 3rd, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 03 (ANI): A new study has suggested that kidney transplants that show a combination of fibrosis (scarring) and inflammation after one year are at higher risk of long-term transplant failure.The ... Read more...
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Kalam unveils mobile dialysis facility in Bangalore
July 30th, 2010 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 29 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam late Thursday unveiled a mobile dialysis unit at Manipal Hospital in this tech hub to provide the facility at an ailing patient's doorstep.
As ... Read more...
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Kidney donation does not increase risk of death
March 15th, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 15 (IANS) An analysis of outcomes for live kidney donors in the US over a 15-year period has found they have similar long-term survival rates compared to healthy individuals who ... Read more...
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Kidney racket kingpin’s sealed house burgled 4th time
March 12th, 2010 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, March 12 (IANS) Thieves broke into the sealed house of kidney racket kingpin Amit Kumar here in Haryana for the fourth time and fled with a few abandoned items while one ... Read more...
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Kidney kingpin gets bail in fake passport cases
March 5th, 2010 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) A city court Friday granted bail to kidney racket kingpin Amit Kumar in three cases of obtaining passports on fake identity.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja allowed the ... Read more...
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Night home hemodialysis as good in treating kidney failure as transplant
August 21st, 2009 - 11:53 am ICT by ANI
Washington, August 21 (ANI): A Canadian study has for the first time shown that night home hemodialysis is as good in treating kidney failure as transplants from deceased donors.Published in Nephrology ... Read more...
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Shorter wait spells longer life for kidney transplant patients
February 22nd, 2009 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 22 (IANS) Shorter the waiting time at the hospital, the longer the patients are likely to live after a kidney transplant, according to the latest research.
The University of Florida (UF) ... Read more...
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HIV patients can have long-term kidney transplant survival rates too
January 20th, 2009 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): HIV-positive kidney transplant recipients could have the same one-year survival rates for themselves and their donor organs as those without HIV, if certain risk factors for transplant ... Read more...
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Study raises ethical concerns over kidney donation websites
October 17th, 2008 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 17 (IANS) Thirty-eight percent of all kidney transplants in the US are performed using living donors, but some patients who don't have access to such donors approach websites for ... Read more...
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Jaipur Kidney transplantation racket on canvas
February 29th, 2008 - 9:21 pm ICT by admin
Jaipur, Feb.29 (ANI): A painting artist in Jaipur has presented the agony of victims of the multi-crore Kidney transplant racket on his canvas.
The racket prevalent in New Delhi, and the neighbouring ... Read more...
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Kidney transplantation scam: Dr Upendra sent to judicial custody till Mar. 7
February 25th, 2008 - 8:34 pm ICT by admin
Ambala, Feb 25 (ANI): A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Monday sent Dr. Upendra Aggarwal, one of the key accused arrested in the kidney transplant racket, to judicial custody ... Read more...
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Hindu, Muslim families exchange kidneys in Kolkata
February 12th, 2008 - 9:46 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, Feb 12 (ANI): Two families, one a Hindu and the other Muslim, have set a unique example of communal harmony for all.
Kalpana Bhanja, a Hindu, and Saira, a Muslim, swapped their ... Read more...
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Haryana Government seeks CBI probe into kidney racket
February 1st, 2008 - 6:49 pm ICT by admin
Chandigarh, Feb.1 (ANI): The Government of Haryana has written a letter to the Centre asking for the Central Investigation Bureau (CBI) to probe the kidney racket that originated in Guragon and had ... Read more...
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