Delaware teen baseball player survives hit to his chest thanks to AEDThe News JournalThe time lost trying to find someone trained in CPR or locate the nearest AED is critical, considering brain death starts just four to six minutes after cardiac arrest…
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Remote monitoring cost-effective for heart failure patients with implantable …
FierceMobileHealthcare (press release) Remote management of heart failure patients with implantable defibrillators appears to be cost-effective compared to the conventional method of in-person evaluations, finds an article in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. “Heart failure patients … |
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Under One Roof: Roche Talks Up In-House Advantages In Cancer
The IN VIVO Blog (blog) That’s what Roche is looking to do in hematology, moving from the rituximab base to new drugs like GA101. “We have a number of scenarios that can help us both extend the franchise and potentially replace and extend the franchise,” Roche Pharma COO … |
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ImmunGene and Collaborators Report Positive Results in Pre-clinical Studies of …
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com “We are encouraged by the evidence of antitumor activity of IGN002 observed in pre-clinical studies in rituximab-resistant tumor models and are preparing for an IND filing for IGN002 in the second half of 2014.” About IGN002. IGN002, a fusion molecule … |
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Next epidemic? Outbreak of drug-resistant bugs
Times of India For example, some doctors, in extreme cases, are again using Colistin, an older antibiotic that was largely abandoned years ago because of the damage it can cause the liver. “A drug like Colistin would not be developed today because it is too toxic … |
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Cancer Sidelines US Rep. McCarthy
Wall Street Journal Carolyn McCarthy has a treatable form of lung cancer, she said in a news release Monday afternoon. Enlarge Image … Lung cancer is far deadlier than other major types of cancer, but survival rates are relatively high if tumors are caught early. “Her … |
Heart surgeons face risk of heart attackTimes of IndiaCHENNAI: Doctors who mend hearts are often at the risk of becoming victims of heart attack, say eminent surgeons across the country. Stress, they say, is getting the better of surgeons who work long…
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College IDs to have organ donor tag in Maharashtra
Times of India Dr Umesh Oza, secretary, Indian Society for Organ Transplant, cautioned that merely the taking of a pledge by a person did not give anyone a right to remove his body parts after death. “After the death of any person, it is his or her nearest kin who … |
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Parties told to open books
Calcutta Telegraph Refusing to reveal a complete list of donations and donors sought by RTI activists, the parties had told the bench they were not government organisations. Rejecting this line, the commission said: “It would be odd to argue that transparency is good for … |
Organ donation is focus of weekend rideBurlington Times NewsMore information about Duffy Collins, as well as information about how to register as an organ donor, can be found at the Duffy Collins Organ Transplant Foundation website at: www.duffycollins…