Transplant Groupies gather in Plainfield
PLAINFIELD — Transplant recipients from all over the state, and a few from even further away, traveled to Plainfield over the weekend to participate in the first Transplant Groupie Picnic.
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JCI early table of contents for Sept. 17, 2012
This release contains summaries, links to PDFs, and contact information for the following newsworthy papers to be published on Sept.17, 2012, in the JCI: A non-invasive method to track Huntington's disease progression; Improving pancreatic islet tr…
Thermo Fisher's QMS Tacrolimus immunoassay wins CE mark for sale in EU – Equities.com
Thermo Fisher's QMS Tacrolimus immunoassay wins CE mark for sale in EUEquities.comSep 17, 2012 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, a provider of analytical technologies, specialty diagnostics and laboratory products and servic…
FORUM: Medicare guidelines hurt hospitals, patients – New Haven Register
FORUM: Medicare guidelines hurt hospitals, patientsNew Haven RegisterThe Register reported that 23 of Connecticut's 31 hospitals face a reduction in Medicare payments of up to 1 percent next year because they failed to meet standards on readmission…
Memorial recognized for organ-donation efforts – Colorado Springs Business Journal
Memorial recognized for organ-donation effortsColorado Springs Business JournalMemorial facilitated the most tissue donations of any state hospital last year, earning recognition from the Colorado Hospital Association and Donor Alliance. Donor Alliance…
Emotional moment mother who lost teenage son listens to his beating heart in … – Daily Mail
Austin American-StatesmanEmotional moment mother who lost teenage son listens to his beating heart in …Daily MailHeart to heart: Becky Eiland weeps as she listens to her son's heart beating in Denise Miles, the recipient of his organ donation aft…
Roche cytomegalovirus viral load test now available in US
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the commercial availability of a new test to assess a patient's viral load of cytomegalovirus (CMV). Physicians …
Associate Professor Andrey Andreev: Blood donation is absolutely harmless – Focus News
Associate Professor Andrey Andreev: Blood donation is absolutely harmlessFocus NewsHost: Due to a shortage of blood and blood products from blood types A and 0, the Bulgarian Ministry of Healthcare and National Center of Hematology and Transfusiology c…
India Appeals Body Rejects Bayer's Plea to Suspend Sales of Generic Nexavar – Fox Business
India Appeals Body Rejects Bayer's Plea to Suspend Sales of Generic NexavarFox BusinessCiting the high cost of the kidney- and liver-cancer medicine, India's patent authority in March forced Bayer to grant a compulsory license on the Nexavar to…
As kidney disease kills thousands across continents, scientists scramble for … – Huffington Post (blog)
As kidney disease kills thousands across continents, scientists scramble for …Huffington Post (blog)A mysterious form of chronic kidney disease — CKD — is afflicting thousands of people in rural, agricultural communities in Sri Lanka, India and Cen…