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Live free webinar: The UK opt-out experience

Mauritius had an active live donor kidney transplantation programme that unfortunately stopped in 2017. Of course, there are not only plans to restart live donor but also deceased donor transplantation. There has been a debate whether the Mauritians should be given the choice of opting in to be an organ donor when they die or…

by Admin@TheKidneyClub 25th Feb 202125th Feb 2021

Live Webinar

COVID-19: 1 year on

Free webinar 18 February 2021 at 22.30 MRU Time Register here. In February 2020, the Royal College of Physicians hosted a COVID-19 webinar, which looked at the origin and biology of the virus; recognition, diagnosis and management of cases; and UK preparedness and guidance.On 18 February 2021, we will be giving an update to explore how…

by Admin@TheKidneyClub 18th Feb 2021

Live Webinar

Last Renal Webinars before Xmas 2020

ISN Webinar: New perspectives in the management of CKD in T2D: the emerging role of MRAs Wed, Dec 16, 2020 21:00 – 23:00 MUT (17:00-18:00 UTC) Register link. Despite the recent advances in the management CKD in T2D, there are residual risk that needs to be tackled by new therapies. In this webinar, we will…

by Admin@TheKidneyClub 16th Dec 202019th Dec 2020

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Digital CME : Indian Society of Pediatric Nephrology – 12th & 13th December 2020

There is not a single paediatric nephrologist in Mauritius and so it will be good that paediatricians and nephrologists follow this free conference on paediatric nephrology. 12th Dec 13.30-19.00 MUT 13th Dec 11.30- 15.30 MUT Indian Society of Paediatric Nephrology is pleased to host a digital CME that brings well-known international and national speakers on…

by Admin@TheKidneyClub 10th Dec 2020

Events Diary

Mauritius in Scientific Publications

• Does political conflict tilt finance-renewable energy dynamics in Africa? Accounting for the multi-dimensional approach to financial development and threshold effect of political conflict
• An assessment of the performance of the national health research system in Mauritius
• Outdoor clinical testing with reference sunscreens to determine differences in skin response between populations of different ethnicity: A combined data analysis from 128 subjects
• Associations between early childhood poverty and cognitive functioning throughout childhood and adolescence: A 14-year prospective longitudinal analysis of the Mauritius Child Health Project
• Novel plant-frugivore network on Mauritius is unlikely to compensate for the extinction of seed dispersers

Global Medical News

Medscape

• Sports-Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest 'Extremely' Rare in Women
• Longer Telomeres Tied to Better Brain Health
• FDA Expands Evinacumab Approval to Younger Kids With HoFH
• FDA Approves New Merkel Cell Carcinoma Drug Zynyz
• Watch for Buprenorphine 'Spiking' in Urine Drug Tests

Tweets by Medscape

Newswise

• Memory B cell marker predicts long-lived antibody response to flu vaccine
• Survey finds patients value immediate access to test results
• Study: Spice May Improve Ovarian Cancer Treatment
• Integrated structural biology provides new clues for cystic fibrosis treatment
• Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, PhD (hc), Elected as American Association for Cancer Research President-Elect for 2023-2024

Harvard Health Blog

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