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28May/13

New H7N9 bird flu confirmed to be drug-resistant – Raw Story

May 28, 2013Immunosuppressive Drugsadmin

New H7N9 bird flu confirmed to be drug-resistant
Raw Story
They also noted that two of the drug resistant patients had also been treated with corticosteroids, a drug that is also widely used in flu treatment. The team said there should be further studies to determine whether corticosteroids may aid drug …
Tamiflu Resistance Confirmed in H7N9 Flu CasesMedPage Today
Study warns drug resistance develops easily with new H7N9 bird fluRegina Leader-Post
H7N9 Bird Flu Showing Resistance To Only Known TreatmentHeadlines & Global News

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28May/13

South Brunswick High School coach dies from heart failure – WECT-TV6

May 28, 2013Organ Failureadmin

South Brunswick High School coach dies from heart failure
WECT-TV6
Coach Nelson Berry, known to many as “Pops,” passed away this past weekend due to heart failure, SBHS Principal Wayne Price confirmed. Price says students, staff, and the community are walking with a heavy heart Tuesday. Pops worked on campus for …

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28May/13

Findings may help overcome hurdle to successful bone marrow transplantation – Science Codex

May 28, 2013Other Transplantationadmin

Findings may help overcome hurdle to successful bone marrow transplantationScience CodexBlood diseases such as leukemia, multiple myeloma, and myelodysplasia can develop from abnormal bone marrow cells and a dysfunctional bone marrow microenvironment t…

28May/13

Organ donor rule leaves dying 10-year-old waiting for lung transplant behind … – Malaysia Sun

May 28, 2013Organ Donor, Organs, Other Transplantationadmin

Organ donor rule leaves dying 10-year-old waiting for lung transplant behind …Malaysia SunSarah Murnaghan The parents of a 10-year-old girl dying of cystic fibrosis are fighting organ-donation rules that require adult lungs be offered first to adults…

28May/13

Levosimendan improves event free survival by 50 percent in end-stage heart … – RxPG NEWS

May 28, 2013Organ Failureadmin

Levosimendan improves event free survival by 50 percent in end-stage heart …RxPG NEWSIn a second study, the third generation mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) BAY 94-8862 showed improved potassium and kidney tolerance in heart failure patie…

28May/13

Heart-failure admissions and mortality highest in winter and on weekends – TheHeart.Org

May 28, 2013Organ Failureadmin

Heart-failure admissions and mortality highest in winter and on weekendsTheHeart.OrgLisbon, Portugal – Individuals with congestive heart failure are more likely to die when admitted to the hospital in the winter and on the weekend, according to the res…

28May/13

Indian Cows Find Patrons in US – New York Times (blog)

May 28, 2013Liveradmin

New York Times (blog)

Indian Cows Find Patrons in US
New York Times (blog)
Brijinder Sharma, manager of Mataji Gaushala, said the shelter’s objective is to let the animals live a natural life and die from natural causes. Subhash Puri, 69, a civil engineer who retired from the American government in 2011, lives in Laurel …

28May/13

Three Connecticut Students Compete In National Spelling Bee – Hartford Courant

May 28, 2013Lungadmin

Three Connecticut Students Compete In National Spelling BeeHartford CourantThe youngest of the three is 10-year-old Keshav Ramesh of South Windsor, whose favorite word is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word that refers to a lung disea…

28May/13

Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi: I Will Be Fighting Lymphoma for the Rest of My Life – Loudwire

May 28, 2013Monoclonal Anti-CD20 Antibodiesadmin

Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi: I Will Be Fighting Lymphoma for the Rest of My Life
Loudwire
So every six weeks I go in for an infusion of Rituximab, which is one of the four ingredients when they give you the chemo. It takes a few hours, and it makes you feel a bit crap inside and a bit sick. But a couple weeks after, I start perking up again …
Tony Iommi To Receive More Cancer TreatmentsGun Shy Assassin

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28May/13

H7N9 bird flu drug resistance 'confirmed' – AFP

May 28, 2013Immunosuppressive Drugsadmin

AFP

H7N9 bird flu drug resistance ‘confirmed’
AFP
They also noted that two of the drug resistant patients had also been treated with corticosteroids, a drug that is also widely used in flu treatment. The team said there should be further studies to determine whether corticosteroids may aid drug …

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