Peter Lougheed Centre

Name :

Peter Lougheed Centre

Address  :

3500 26 Avenue NE

Town  :

Calgary

State  :

Alberta

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

T1Y 6J4

Phone  :

403 943 4555

Fax  :

403 943 4878

Web URL  :

Peter Lougheed Centre

Description

The Peter Lougheed Centre has acute care beds The facility offers a fullrange of adultfocused inpatient and outpatient services
Transplanting lungs from smokers worthwhile

Lung transplant patients who receive the organs from smokers have better chances of survival than those who stay on waiting lists a British study suggests Nearly 40 per cent of the lungs that are available for transplant including those in Canada are from smokers Rejection of this donororgan resource would increase waitinglist mortality and i... Read More

Concerns in UK over feeding tube diet

Dieticians have warned of the dangers of losing weight with a starvation diet available in Britain for the first time The British Dietetic Association BDA says there are huge risks to the diet in which people are given just 130 calories a day through a feeding tube that goes up their nose and down to their stomach The 10day regime forces the ... Read More