Black Breast Cancer Survivors Face Higher Heart Failure Risk: StudyHealth.comOf these women, 16 percent later developed heart failure. The rate of heart failure was 21 percent among black women, 16 percent among whites, 13 percent among Hispanics, 12 p…
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Electronic discharge tool reduces hospital readmissions in heart failure patients
Science Codex SAN FRANCISCO (March 7, 2013) —The use of electronic discharge orders aimed at providing evidence-based decision support and clear instructions to heart failure patients helped increase compliance with quality care measures and lowered hospital … |
Diane R. (Ewers) SmithCoos Bay WorldShe was treated with intensive chemo and had a bone marrow and stem cell transplant Oct. 2, 2012 at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Ariz. She lived in the transplant house at the Mayo campus until her release Jan. 6, 2013. S…
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Family fights insurance company on Twitter after it denied their daughter, 18 …
Daily Mail While they are overjoyed that Lorelei can now begin the stem cell transplant treatment in Houston, Texas, they’re calling for change against insurance companies making life or death decisions. ‘It’s not OK for me to wonder “Can I fight? Do I have hope? Oklahoma teen cancer patient fights insurance company onlineKOCO Oklahoma City An Oklahoma City family’s fight over insurance heads to TwitterNewsOK.com Woman Takes Her Daughter’s Fight With Cancer To TwitterKOKH FOX25 KOSU all 33 news articles » |
Otago Daily TimesTown backs liver-failure girlOtago Daily TimesOn January 22, the Wards were told the news that Paige was in acute liver failure and had been placed on the organ transplant list. The family received a second blow when they discovered Ni…
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Data from First Clinical Trial of GGF2 in Heart Failure Presented at the …
MarketWatch (press release) “We have completed the first in human trial with GGF2 in patients with heart failure, and especially want to thank our patients who volunteered for this important study. We are very encouraged by the results,” said Daniel Lenihan, M.D., Professor of … |
African-American breast cancer survivors face higher risk of heart failureEurekAlert (press release)All told, these women have a 1.4-fold greater risk for heart failure compared to their white counterparts, though the likelihood of dying after developi…
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Weight Loss May Be a Warning Sign for Heart-Failure Patients
Bloomberg Their study of 994 patients who have devices that synchronize the heart’s contractions found those who lost even a little weight had a significantly greater risk of worsening heart failure or death. The findings, slated for presentation at the American … |
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Cartwright speaks out about multiple myeloma
Chatham Star Tribune The plan from day one was a stem-cell transplant. She took two pills and a shot for chemotherapy between February and June of 2011. “With the chemo the doctors gave me, I was able to use my own stem cells,” Cartwright said. In June, she went to VCU to … |
The HinduNational Workshop of transplant coordinators provides guidelinesThe HinduA high level workshop that included international and Indian stakeholders from the field of organ transplantation met in Delhi from February 28 to March 2, 2013, to discu…