India's first artificial heart pump implant successfulDeccan HeraldFor the first time in India, an artificial heart pump was successfully implanted on a 58-year-old heart patient at a hospital in Chennai, breaking new grounds in the advance cardiac…
Aging hepatitis C population escalates demand for liver transplantationMedical XpressNew research reveals that the greatest demand for liver transplantation due to hepatitis C (HCV)-related liver disease occurs among Americans born between 1941 and 196…
HORSHOLM, Denmark, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Veloxis Pharmaceuticals A/S (OMX: VELO) today announced results of a preliminary analysis from the first 16 patients in its Switching STudy of Kidney TRansplant …
The Dr. Georges-L Dumont University Hospital will open New Brunswick's first cornea transplant program as a part of a provincial plan announced last week to address gaps in the distribution of health services, specifically in the francophone areas.
India needs awareness on organ donation: ExpertsIndia.Com HealthThe number of organ donations is much lower in the country compared to other nations, said experts speaking at a function of Deceased Organ Donation Network and Transplant Education at Sir…
Living-donor liver transplant a successDaily Inter LakeIt was a sisterly gift of life; the two women underwent their rare and risky living donor liver transplant surgery at the Mayo Clinic in mid-September. Today they are recovered, their livers regene…
Antibiotics joined our growing arsenal of weapons in the fight against disease over seventy years ago. Their target – the bacterial infections that putrefied our wounds, filled our lungs with pneumonia, and made our genitals less than appealing to our lovers. Bacteria were worthy opponents, and with antibiotics, the war against infection seemed ours to win. Byline: Dyani Lewis Abstract: As …
instead of months or years — for people with a select group of diseases or conditions. The agency is adding 35 conditions to the program on Thursday, bringing the total to 200.
This is PlymouthFinding faith in organ donationWashington Post (blog)It's during this time of year that people often reflect on their spirituality, faith and the extent to which they give back to others. For me, it brings me to thoughts of one of t…
NBCNews.comPhotos/video: Jazz great Dave Brubeck dies of heart failure at 9189.3 KPCC (blog)Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as "Take Five" caught listeners' ears with exotic, challenging rhyth…