New drug approved which could drastically reduce effects of a heart attackScotsmanPATIENTS with chronic heart failure are to be offered a new drug which reduces their risk of being hospitalised by almost 40 per cent.Inspra (eplerenone) accepted for use…
Kyle Glover Brain Dead: Usher's Son's Medical Condition Explained – Christian Post
PerezHilton.comKyle Glover Brain Dead: Usher's Son's Medical Condition ExplainedChristian PostGlover's reported condition, "Brain Death," is the term used when firstly all brain activity stops permanently, secondly the patient is …
Mom Seeks Kidney, Lifesaving Hero Through Facebook
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Transplant patient still waiting for lungs
ASHEBORO ā Patti Benedict, who is awaiting a double lung transplant, recently got some good news and some bad news.
Study Finds More Precise Way to Estimate Kidney Function – Bioscience Technology
Study Finds More Precise Way to Estimate Kidney FunctionBioscience TechnologyMeasuring creatinine and cystatin C ā two markers for chronic kidney disease (CKD) ā more precisely estimates kidney function than either marker alone.and more »
The Therapeutic Landscape of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in 2012 – OncLive
OncLiveThe Therapeutic Landscape of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in 2012OncLiveThe mTOR inhibitors temsirolimus and everolimus are sirolimus analogues, which inhibit mTOR by binding to FkBP-12. While assumed to have similar mechanistic actions, the …
Kyle Glover Brain Dead: Usher's Stepson's Condition, Explained – Huffington Post
Christian PostKyle Glover Brain Dead: Usher's Stepson's Condition, ExplainedHuffington PostBrain death occurs when all brain activity has stopped permanently, the person is in a coma, and the person is no longer breathing, USA Today reported. H…
The Gift of Life: Quincy woman donates kidney to California sister – Quincy Herald Whig
The Gift of Life: Quincy woman donates kidney to California sisterQuincy Herald WhigFallmer's kidney transplant proved to be successful for 18 years when, in the summer of 2011, a virus triggered an auto-immune response that caused an acute rejecti…
Transplant recipients celebrate a new lease on life
About 400 people gathered in Saturday's cooler temperatures for a Mayo Clinic picnic to celebrate organ donation. Each person at the Celebration of Life picnic had a slightly different perspective.
Chimerix Announces BK Virus Data In Late-Breaking Poster Session At The 24th International Congress Of The …
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Chimerix, Inc., a biotechnology company developing orally-available antiviral therapeutics, today announced a late-breaking poster presentation …