PBS documentary explores stories and science behind organ donation and …News-Medical.netTransplant: A Gift for Life — a one-hour, Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary that includes Mayo Clinic transplant patients, their families, and doctors — will b…
Blood donation: the neverending cycle of demandABC Online"If you don't get the (blood) transfusion, you basically stop. It's like a car running out of petrol." Roger Bond suffers from non-Hodgkins lymphoma and chronic leukemia. Since …
Robots manufacture cars every single day and roam the surfaces of distant planets, but it’s not as common for mechanical devices to perform complex surgeries.
The cellular pathway that causes lung-damaging inflammation in cystic fibrosis (CF) has not only been identified, but scientists have also discovered that decreasing the pathway's activity can cause the inflammation to reduce. A previous report ind…
Simple biomarker model to predict heart failure riskNews-Medical.netBut today Vijay Nambi, M.D., Ph.D., and Christie Ballantyne, M.D., of The Methodist Hospital Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and the Baylor College of Medicine presented n…
The HinduVital organs of brain-dead woman donatedThe HinduIt is vital to retrieve organs within 24 hours after brain death,” said Dr.Manivaanan. “They ought to be appreciated for taking the decision in a moment of emotional trauma as death in this …
IF GOD IS in prayer-answering mode, 6-year-old Weston Keeton will soon be sleeping in something other than a hospital bed.
India's Cipla cuts prices of 3 cancer drugs by up to 64 pctReutersNov 8 (Reuters) – Indian drugmaker Cipla cut prices of three cancer drugs between 50 percent and 64 percent with immediate effect, after it announced similar price cuts for three dru…
Disgraced ex-council boss Steven Purcell collapses with liver failureScottish Daily RecordSHAMED ex-council chief Steven Purcell was taken to hospital with suspected liver failure after he collapsed at his luxury flat. The former Labour politician – …
Friends and family are planning a benefit for Robin Jastorff of Council Bluffs, who underwent lung transplant surgery Monday evening.