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National charity dedicated to promoting organ donation and organ donor awareness.
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Coalition on Donation : A not-for-profit alliance of national organizations and local coalitions across the United States dedicated to educating the public about organ and tissue donation.
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Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients : Providing reports and data on solid organ transplantation, as well as a transplantation primer, glossary, and research resources.
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Realistic Physical Goals Can Make You a Winner (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SATURDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- For those feeling inspired
by the performance of athletes at the Winter Olympics, the National
Athletic Trainers' Association has some tips about how to get started on
your own race to better fitness and endurance. |
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Approval Expanded for Breast Cancer Drug Tykerb (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration has expanded approval for Tykerb (lapatinib) to include
postmenopausal women with hormone- and HER2-positive advanced breast
cancer who require hormone therapy. |
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Health Tip: Finding Magnesium in Food (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Your body needs the mineral magnesium to
properly contract and relax muscles, to produce proteins and to help
enzymes function, the U.S. National Library of Medicine says. |
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Health Tip: Signs of Lactose Intolerance (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Lactose intolerance is an inability to
digest a type of sugar in milk called lactose. It's a common condition,
affecting some 30 million adults in the United States by age 20, the
National Library of Medicine says. |
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Health Tip: Fight Fatigue (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- You can combat fatigue -- that feeling of
tiredness and lack of energy -- without drinking caffeinated coffee or
taking stimulants, the U.S. National Library of Medicine says. |
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