Other than that, however, those with situs inversus totalis – that is, a mirror-image transposition of all organs – have ...

A study by former Junior Associate Professor Kazuo Takayama, currently a professor of the Institute of Science Tokyo, ...

The flu is a contagious viral infection of the respiratory system that affects the nose ... by sepsis can lead to tissue damage and fatal organ failure. Bird flu, or avian influenza, is caused ...

A brain-dead autorickshaw driver's vital organs gave new life to four patients, including three in Pune. His family consented to donate his organs after counselling. The organs, which included two ...

The United States has the most sophisticated and advanced organ donation and transplant system in the world. No other country comes close to performing as many transplants as the U.S., which had ...

organized in collaboration with the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the Indian Chest Society (ICS). Dr. Dhar: Air pollution affects nearly every organ system in the body, but its most severe ...

If acidosis puts too much pressure on these organs, it can cause serious complications ... than 22 millimoles per liter (mmol/l) of blood). Respiratory acidosis happens when the body is unable ...

Organ said no one would be required to hook up to the sewer system and taxes would not go up as a result of the project. Experts at the meeting said the new sewer system would produce treated ...

In 2014, the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network began reappraisal of the United States heart transplant allocation policy. Driven by ongoing discordance between organ supply and demand, high ...

It emphasizes that these organs are interconnected and that infections can easily spread between them. The film advises against self-treatment and stresses the importance of consulting a physician ...

How does the urinary system work? The urinary system's function is to filter blood and create urine as a waste by-product. The organs of the urinary system include the kidneys, renal pelvis, ureters, ...

Alterations in the alveolar surface area and alveolar cavity volume constitute the pathophysiological basis of chronic respiratory diseases such as ... of alveolar structural properties throughout the ...