Archive: 21/01/2016
Sri Lanka bans foreigner kidney transplants after organ racket tip
Sri Lanka banned kidney transplants for foreign nationals on Thursday following reports of an organised organ harvesting racket involving patients and donors from neighbouring India.
Jan 21, 2016
Low reflective ability is risk for professionalism lapses during medical school and beyond
Might it be possible to identify and then reach out to help medical students whose actions may put them at risk of lapses in professionalism in medical school and beyond? Professionalism lapses are the most common cause for ...
Jan 21, 2016
Mixed emotions a sign of emotional depth, not indecision, say researchers
Experiencing mixed emotions shows emotional complexity, not indecision, and people living in different parts of the world vary in their ability to distinguish between multiple feelings they're having at once, according to ...
Jan 21, 2016
Morbidly obese patients may benefit from bariatric surgery prior to knee replacement
Previous research studies have linked obesity to adverse outcomes and increased costs following total knee replacement surgery (TKR). A new, computer model-based evaluation appearing in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, ...
Jan 21, 2016
MD Anderson, AbbVie connect to advance cancer immunotherapy
The immunotherapy platform at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the global biopharmaceutical company AbbVie will join forces to find new ways to unleash the immune system's potential to fight cancer.
Jan 21, 2016