Fifth US Patient Receives Artificial Heart
A fifth man has received a self-contained artificial heart, but he is having problems with his lungs, surgeons at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, said. The medical team said details about the patient would be released later. Surgeons have said previously that patients considered for the implant must be critically ill with fewer than 30 days to live. // "Th...Fifth case of bird flu in China confirmed
A 31-year-old Chinese woman farmer has been diagnosed with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the ministry of health said Thursday night//. This case, from the north-eastern Liaoning province, is China’s fifth confirmed case of bird flu in the last two months. She tested negative for laboratory tests before December 5 but on that day, experts from the Chinese Centre for Diseas...Czech Republic struck by fifth bird flu incident
Another bird flu case has been detected in Czech republic by way of the dead swan found in the Bavorovice near Ceske Budejovice, south Bohemia, Josef Duben. This was brought to light by a spokesman for the State Veterinary //Administration. This is the fifth case of bird flu. To make a confirmation and further examination a sample would also be sent to EU Reference Laboratory in Weybri...Diabetes Labeled As World's Fifth Killer Disease
High blood sugar is a definitive indication of diabetes. Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health have conducted a study, which has shown //that diabetes can kill people much before they are even diagnosed with the disease. Danaei and colleagues analyzed data from 52 nations. Their findings have shown that high blood sugar is the cause of an astounding 3,160,000 deaths each ye...One- Fifths of Lung Cancer Patients are Non-smoking Women: Study
The American Cancer Society put figures of non-smokers who develop lung cancer as 10 to 15 percent//. Researchers announced results of a study that offer support to these estimates, in the form of similar figures. Publishing their findings in the Journal of Oncology, Dr. Heather Wakelee of Stanford University in California and epidemiologist Ellen Chang said that around 20...Manual of Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, Fifth Edition
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