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Tacrolimus a Prospect for Connective Tissue Lung Disease
Medscape Tacrolimus is a calcineurin inhibitor with multiple immunomodulatory mechanisms. Its use in patients with connective tissue–related lung disease has not yet been investigated. However, controlled trials have shown that it is an effective treatment for … |
Special coordinator to boost KEM's cadaver donation – Times of India
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Special coordinator to boost KEM’s cadaver donation
Times of India “There are several steps involved in declaring a patient brain dead, harvesting organs and carrying out the transplants,” she said. Dr Sujata Patwardhan, Zonal Transplant Coordination Committee chairperson, said KEM doctors have been working on ways to … |
B.C. man finds Edmonton kidney donor on Facebook – MetroNews Canada
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B.C. man finds Edmonton kidney donor on Facebook
MetroNews Canada Grunberg flew out to Vancouver for the transplant surgery on Nov. 4. “How do you thank someone for that?” Campbell asked. “It’s heroic.” The successful transplant makes Campbell only the second person in B.C. to find an organ donor via social media. |
KFSHRC successfully performs liver transplantation surgeries – Saudi Gazette
Saudi GazetteKFSHRC successfully performs liver transplantation surgeriesSaudi GazetteResearch and advances in surgical procedures have revolutionized liver transplantation and have cut in half the waiting period that patients may have to endure until …
11 Diet Foods for CKD – Chronic Kidney Disease Diet Management – SBWire (press release)
11 Diet Foods for CKD – Chronic Kidney Disease Diet ManagementSBWire (press release)There are several benefits people with kidney disease should aim for when planning a natural diet and foods for ckd, which is known as chronic kidney disease. Such a di…
TOPCAT: Spironolactone cuts hospitalizations for diastolic heart failure – Family Practice News Digital Network
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TOPCAT: Spironolactone cuts hospitalizations for diastolic heart failure
Family Practice News Digital Network DALLAS – Spironolactone did not hit a home run in the large international “treatment of preserved cardiac function heart failure with an aldosterone antagonist” (TOPCAT) trial, but it did knock out a solid single in the form of significantly reduced … |
Remission reinduction with rituximab a possibility for ANCA-associated vasculitis – Skin and Allergy News Digital Network
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Remission reinduction with rituximab a possibility for ANCA-associated vasculitis
Skin and Allergy News Digital Network SAN DIEGO – Retreatment of granulomatosis with polyangiitis or microscopic polyangiitis with rituximab may be safe and effective in reinducing remission, a prospective trial has shown. “The vast majority of patients with ANCA [antineutrophil … |
Heart failure patients receiving LVAD may benefit from injection of powerful … – News-Medical.net
Heart failure patients receiving LVAD may benefit from injection of powerful …News-Medical.netA multicenter team of researchers within the NIH-funded Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN), led by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, have …
New lungs, new life for Marystown man – CBC.ca
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New lungs, new life for Marystown man
CBC.ca Frank Byrne of Marystown says he has a new lease on life and a message to share following double lung transplant surgery in Toronto. “When you go up there and you see so many people waiting for liver transplants and heart transplants and kidneys and … |
Long-Lasting Gene Therapy Benefits Advanced Heart Failure Patients – Science Daily (press release)
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Long-Lasting Gene Therapy Benefits Advanced Heart Failure Patients
Science Daily (press release) 19, 2013 — Researchers from the Cardiovascular Research Center at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai reported the long-term benefits of a single dose of their gene therapy AAV1/SERCA2a in advanced heart failure patients on Nov. 19 at the … |