India's GenNext isn't young at heartDaily News & AnalysisWhen Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray, who underwent an angiography at a Mumbai hospital on Tuesday after experiencing chest pain, it turned the spotlight on a question that…
The HinduProbe ordered into death of 3 patients at Cooperative Medical CollegeThe HinduThe representative of the CAPE Registered Nurses Association told The Hindu that the Association had complained to the medical superintendent in writing regarding th…
Transplant recipients Frank Bianchi, of Brunswick, and Holly Mulkerin, of Medina Township, run a volunteer program to reach out to people on the Cleveland Clinic's heart transplant list. (JENNIFER PIGNOLET / GAZETTE) Holly Mulkerin waited more than…
Novartis receives FDA approval for Afinitor to treat HER2-negative breast cancerNews-Medical.netThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Afinitor (everolimus) for use in combination with Aromasin (exemestane) to treat certain postmenopausal…
Dr. Patrick Fumio Hagihara of Lexington, a pioneer in transplant surgery, died Wednesday. He was 79.
BloombergFDA Approves mTOR Inhibitor Everolimus for Breast CancerOb.Gyn. News Digital NetworkThe approval of everolimus has been expanded to include a group of postmenopausal women with advanced hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer,…
Drs. Bruce Rosengard and Sanuj Ravindran Join The Medicines Company New …Healthcare Global (press release)Dr. Rosengard started his career at The University of Pennsylvania, where he performed the first combined heart-lung transplant at that institut…
GERMAN MEDICAL authorities are investigating a consultant for allegedly altering medical records to push patients to the top of organ transplant lists.
"Heart to Heart" projectE-Pao.netAccording to a press statement released by Rotarian Dr Radheshyam Oinam (Ph D), Coordinator, Gift of Life (India) & Heart to Heart Project, the surgery would be carried out free of cost under the Rotary…
ATLANTA — Jeff Wierenga was 25 years old in 1982 when he got the news few people that age ever hear: He needed a heart transplant.