AUA 2012 – Regionalization of renal surgery: Impact of hospital volume on …UroTodayATLANTA, GA USA (UroToday) – Presented by Marc C. Smaldone, 1 Jay Simhan, 1 Daniel Canter, 2 Russell Starkey, 3 Fang Zhu, 1 Karyn Stitzenberg, 4 Alexander Kutikov,* ,1…
Johns Hopkins researchers say a program they developed that uses personal advocates and community networks to find organ donors for friends and loved ones who need kidney transplants resulted in success for nearly half of the participants in its trial …
The director of the organ transplant society announced recently that about 18,000 patients are waiting for organ transplant in the country.
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Research being presented at Digestive Disease Week® offers insights into the progression of diseases leading to liver damage, which affect diverse populations, including young people. Studies show that the increasing rates of obesity are putting teens…
DIG revisited: Digoxin scrutinized anew for chronic heart failureTheHeart.OrgBelgrade, Serbia – Subgroup data from a 15-year-old trial, publicly released for the first time, suggests an old drug has potential for broader use in chronic heart failure ev…
Boehringer Ingelheim Presents First Data for Tiotropium in Adolescents with …MarketWatch (press release)This dose-ranging study evaluated 105 patients 12 to 17 years of age with moderate, persistent asthma on medium dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS)…
Organ Failure in Sepsis Not Cut with Two DrugsMedPage TodayIn this study, empirical treatment of severe sepsis with two antibiotics instead of one did not reduce organ failure. Note that the combination also had no significant effect on mortality. SAN …
Danger in standard lung disease treatmentCBS42The standard care to treat IPF consists of a combination of three drugs: Prednisone, Azathioprine, and N-Acetylcysteine. The study was conducted by the IPF Clinical Research Network and funded by the Nation…
New European guidelines set to benefit heart failure patients in the UKPharmiWeb.com (press release)[Walton Oaks], 21st May, 2012 ‚Äì The European Society for Cardiology (ESC) has announced an update to their guidelines for the management of chroni…