CBS NewsHeart-Failure Patients' Cells May Be Used for RepairBusinessWeekBy Kristen Hallam on May 22, 2012 Israeli scientists for the first time succeeded in transforming the skin cells of heart-failure patients into healthy heart-muscle cells, sugg…
"We are all survivors," said Candice Ryan of Maine, after a history-making kidney transplant chain that saved 30 lives, including Ryan's.
An artificial heart pump driven by cutting edge technology is proving handy in saving the lives of patients in near-death situations following a massive heart attack.The Extra Corporeal Memb…
TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Hundreds of thousands of Americans infected with chronic hepatitis C virus could develop potentially life-threatening liver complications over the next few years, according to a new study.
( University of Kentucky ) The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has received more than $6 million to study a deadly blood and bone marrow disease often caused by chemotherapy or radiation treatments. A $5 million grant from the Edward P. Eva…
Late-breaking clinical trialsScience CodexResearchers Ganesh Raghu, MD, and colleagues found an increased risk of mortality and hospitalizations in patients treated with a combination of prednisone, azathioprine and NAC, compared with controls treated …
Boehringer Ingelheim Presents First Data for Tiotropium in Adolescents with …Sacramento BeeThis dose-ranging study evaluated 105 patients 12 to 17 years of age with moderate, persistent asthma on medium dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) with or with…
Can Oxygen Help Chronic Heart Failure Patients?Medical News TodayAround 669000 people in the UK over the age of 45 years suffer from chronic heart failure (CHF), a condition in which the heart is too weak to efficiently pump the blood around the body. …
Edward Hospital earns national recognition for heart failure programPositively NapervilleEdward Hospital has received the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association (AHA) for its excell…
New Guide on Stroke Prevention in HFMedPage TodayNote that this consensus document provides guidelines for the use of antithrombotic therapy in patients with heart failure who are in sinus rhythm. Note that the document indicates that there is no evide…