Youth campaign for blood donation in 60 collegesDeccan ChronicleThe Kerala State Aids Control Society (KSACS) plans to hold a campaign to promote blood donation among students in 60 colleges of Thiruvanantha- puram and Kozhikode, starting this month.
Aspirin vs warfarin: which is better?Queensferry GazetteThe news is based on a well-designed trial looking at aspirin and warfarin that compared their safety and effectiveness when treating patients who had heart failure but a normal heartbeat. Heart f…
Blood cell disease is complicated and rare The underlying medical condition that contributed to the death of writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron and is forcing ABC news anchor Robin Roberts to get a bone marrow transplant is a rare and complicated disease…
Novel device to treat heart patients in timeThe Asian AgeNow, there is a ray of hope for more than 3.5 million heart attack patients every year in India. A group of cardiologists on Friday announced the launch of a pioneering technology-powered hand-he…
Antibodies from rabbits improve survival and relapse outcomes of leukemia and …Medical Xpress… retrospectively compared the outcomes of 50 patients who received rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) before receiving a transplant of stem cells from a…
The Hindu'Mr Commissioner, BDA needs major surgery'Times of IndiaIn a scathing attack on the Bangalore Development Authority, the Karnataka high court on Friday said the civic body was suffering from multiple organ failure and needed immediate …
( Virginia Commonwealth University ) Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Cancer Center's Bone Marrow Transplant Program have demonstrated that the use of antibodies derived from rabbits can improve the survival and relapse …
Antibodies from rabbits reduce risks associated withEurekAlert (press release)Recently published in the journal Bone Marrow Transplantation, a study led by Amir Toor, M.D., hematologist-oncologist in the Bone Marrow Transplant Program and member of the…
Helping people deal with dialysisOak RidgerJan Estelle, a dietitian who works at Fresenius Medical Care in Oak Ridge, has stage 3 chronic kidney disease, but she doesn't let it interfere with her life.
Immunology: Vaccine Hope for Virile VirusScience Daily (press release)Natural killer cell · Transplant rejection · West Nile virus · Infectious mononucleosis. Chikungunya fever is a viral disease that has re-emerged to cause epidem…