Tag: years-off-their
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Betting on hepatitis C-infected kidneys to speed transplants
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bold experiment is giving some patients a chance at cutting years off their wait for a kidney transplant if they agree to a drastic-sounding option — getting an organ almost sure to infect them with hepatitis C.
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Cranberries squashed as folk remedy for urinary infections
CHICAGO (AP) — Another folk medicine remedy bites the dust. Cranberry capsules didn’t prevent or cure urinary infections in nursing home residents in a study challenging persistent unproven claims to the contrary.
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India drug industry lobby hits back at antibiotic pollution claims
By Zeba Siddiqui MUMBAI (Reuters) – The head of an Indian drugs industry lobby group on Thursday said media reports linking pollution in some lakes and rivers to factories making antibiotics were not accurate and that drug factories were in compliance with local environmental rules. India’s $17 billion drugs industry is one of the world’s…