Milligan Issues Organ Donation ChallengeNorthumberlandView.ca“As Organ Donation Awareness Week comes to an end, I'd want to do something that will keep building on the various speeches and special events that have been held this week”, said MPP…
FRIDAY, April 27 (HealthDay News) — Vitamin D is important for the health of lung transplant patients, a new study suggests.
Bone marrow drive aims to save 4 brothers' livesKMOV.comHuman leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing is a DNA based tissue test used to match patients and donors for bone marrow transplants. HLA are proteins – or markers – found on most cells in your body….
Brain Death Defined for Organ Donorsfox4kc.comThey want you to know that brain death is not a condition from which a person can recover. Dr. Mark Reintjes of the Midwest Transplant Network says in those cases, the person has some brain function, but no…
US FDA approves Novartis' Afinitor to treat adult patients with kidney tumourspharmabiz.comThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Novartis' drug Afinitor (everolimus) tablets for the treatment of adult patients with kidney tumou…
Organ donation walk SaturdayThe Sudbury StarRaising awareness about organ donation and supporting the Trillium Gift of Life Network is the goal for Sudbury Catholic Secondary School students who will be participating in the Walk for a Second Chance on …
Brain dead American woman gives birth to twinsBioEdgeGestation after brain death has happened before, a fact which has led some experts to question whether “brain dead” people are truly dead. In 2007, 34-year-old Stacy Rojas of Texas gave birth to …
BBC News'Heart shrinking' trial to combat heart failure to beginBBC NewsBy James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News A trial using electricity to shrink the hearts of patients with heart failure is about to start in Liverpool. It wi…
Mom Testifies in Contact Lens LawsuitKRIS Corpus Christi NewsA few months later she lost vision in her right eye and will either need to wear specialized contacts, or undergo cornea transplant surgery in order to be able to see out of that eye. Her mot…
Newsday (subscription)Vitamin D May Affect Lung Transplant SuccessNewsday (subscription)Researchers from Loyola University Health System in Chicago found that vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increase in lung transplant rejection and infectio…