ROCHESTER — Alyssa Sandeen, the Mankato woman who captured Mankato's attention with her successful heart transplant story in 1998, is back in a Rochester hospital and clinging to life, her father said.
ABC NewsTeen Survives Last-Minute TransplantABC NewsAfter he was diagnosed with sudden, life-threatening liver failure that had no apparent cause, underwent a last-minute organ transplant and had emergency brain surgery to remove a blood clot, 14-year-…
Acetaminophen-Linked Liver Failure Risk Heightened in Bariatric Surgery PatientsClinical Endocrinology News Digital NetworkBOSTON – Prior bariatric surgery appears to be an independent risk factor for acetaminophen-related acute liver failure or inju…
Doctor blames autopsy mix-up on miscommunicationTimes of IndiaWhile the hospital doctors were outraged by the doctor's "audacity", the latter blamed it on miscommunication. On Monday heart and lung transplant expert Dr Jnanesh Thacker wen…
Epidural Steroids Ineffective for SciaticaMedPage TodayPooled results of 23 clinical trials showed a small but statistically significant short-term improvement in leg pain with epidural injection of corticosteroids versus placebo, according to Rafael Z…
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA- (November 13, 2012) – Pacific Therapeutics Ltd. (the "Issuer") is a development stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the identification and development …
New US stats on Chagas heart failure show outlook is grimTheHeart.OrgLos Angeles, CA – New data on heart failure caused by Chagas disease paints a grim picture, with doctors at the only US center for excellence for this disease showing that sufferers h…
Renal Dialysis Equipment – Global Pipeline Analysis, Competitive Landscape …MarketWatch (press release)Key geographies covered include the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, China, India, Australia, and Brazil.- Key segments co…
Hartlepool MailOrgan donation: don't keep it to yourself!ButemanRecent statistics show Scotland continues to lead the way in terms of the number of people signed up to the NHS Organ Donor Register, but more needs to be done to ensure that those wai…
Doctors will test the first artificial pancreas that will be implanted in a 34-year-old woman that had diabetes and was dependent on insulin for the last ten years, Professor Irinel Popescu, director of the Fundeni General Surgery and Hepatic Transplan…