Service Ontario – Organ donation bill moves forwardNorthumberland TodayVALERIE MACDONALD Northumberland Today Jessica Martell of Cold Springs just renewed her driver's licence at Service Ontario in the Fleming Building in Cobourg and was not asked …
( University of Maryland Medical Center ) Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have conducted the first direct comparison of the regenerative abilities of neonatal and adult-derived human cardiac stem cells. Among their findings…
Studies of Motor Proteins, Liver Transplants Win Researchers 2012 Lasker AwardsScience NowRoy Calne and Thomas Starzl (top row) won Lasker awards for research on liver transplantation; Michael Sheets, James Spudich, and Ronald Vale received theirs for …
Rotterdam Study: Coronary calcium linked to heart failureTheHeart.OrgReed Miller joined theheart.org in 2009 after nearly a decade covering the medical technology industry, most recently as a senior editor for Elsevier's The Gray Sheet. He has been…
Heart Failure Society of America Annual Meeting to Feature Late Breaking NewsManufacturing Digital (press release)SEATTLE, Sept.10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) 16th Annual Scientific Meeting will include a Late Brea…
The West AustralianGM crop could cause liver failure: scientistThe West AustralianHumans eating the wheat could find the technology suppresses glycogen production in their bodies, leading to liver failure. His report was backed by Flinders University b…
Mass High TechZalicus slumps after ending Synavive developmentBusinessweekTHE BIG PICTURE: The main ingredients of Synavive are prednisolone, a synthetic steroid that is used to fight inflammation and other conditions, and dipyramidamole, which reduces…
Heart Societies Refine CRT GuidanceMedPage TodayA focused update on cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has clarified which patients gain the most benefit from the device, and also includes lowering the threshold for those with milder heart failure…
After being sadly sidetracked by the unfortunate passing of her mother, Robin Roberts checked herself into the hospital on Monday to prepare for her bone marrow transplant. But before…
Long-Term Survival High With Living Donor Liver TransplantsDoctors LoungePatients with acute liver failure who receive a living donor liver transplantation in Japan have excellent short- and long-term survival rates, according to a study published in t…