Medical Research

This time around, surgeons in Alabama transplanted a pig's kidneys into a brain-dead man—a step-by-step rehearsal for an operation they hope to try in living patients possibly later this year.

The guidance against the use of convalescent plasma, a component of blood that is rich in antibodies, was published in the British Medical Journal.

It is unclear where or when the variant first emerged, and the Dutch announcement further muddies the timeline.

Two weeks before its annual general meeting, the Canadian Psychiatric Association released an update to its position statement on medical assistance in dying. But former president of the CPA, Dr. Karandeep Sonu Gaind isn't impressed.

'For any (naturopathic doctor) to inject IV solution into a mentally ill person who is an involuntary patient in a psych ward is reprehensible,' the deceased patient's mother wrote to the College of Naturopathic Physicians of B.C., who investigated and dismissed her complaint.

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