Senate Passes Legislation To Encourage Organ DonationNewsLI“This bill will make the process of registering for organ donation online more convenient by allowing donors to receive electronic confirmation of their registration and amend or revoke regis…
Former Orioles executive, daughter come through transplant surgeryBaltimore Sun (blog)By Meredith Cohn Lindsey Duquette and her father, former Orioles executive Jim Duquette, have come through their transplant surgeries and are recovering at Johns Hopk…
Algorithm predicts patient's risk of death from heart failureToronto StarBy Megan Ogilvie Health Reporter Heart failure is one of the most common reasons people are admitted to hospital. But it's not always easy for physicians to tell which pat…
Embargoed news from Annals of Internal MedicineEurekAlert (press release)Algorithm May Predict Who is Likely to Die from Heart Failure in the Emergency Room Each year, more than one million people visit the emergency room due to heart failure. Physicia…
Mindful Cafe: Make wishes known about organ donationAurora Beacon NewsData indicates there are about 114,00 people waiting in the US for some form of organ donation, and 18 people die every day waiting for a transplant. It takes a lot of kindness and g…
Prediction of Heart Failure Mortality in Emergent CareAnnals of Internal MedicineBackground: Heart failure contributes to millions of emergency department (ED) visits, but hospitalization-versus-discharge decisions are often not accompanied by prognost…
Angelle Blanchard Kidney Transplant Committee will be hosting a benefit at Cowboy's on Ambassador Caffery! The music starts at 10am and last until 6pm, on Sunday, June 10, 2012. This fundraiser is to help Angelle, who is waiting to undergo a kidney…
Search in our Online StorePipelineReview.com (press release)… factor (HIF) prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor (PHI) therapy for anemia, reduced blood pressure in hypertensive patients, reduced cholesterol levels, and improved the ratio of HDL to LDL in lip…
Mesenchymal stem cells are considered for transplantation because they are readily available, highly proliferative and display multi-lineage potential.When autologous, lung-derived mesenchymal stem cells were transplanted endoscopically into 13 adult f…
Bristol-Myers Presents 4-Year Data From Clinical Trials Of NULOJIXNASDAQThe company said that the results showed that the safety profile of NULOJIX through year 4 was consistent compared with results at year 3 with no new safety signals being identifie…