KMVTOrgan donor month, save a lifeWWLP 22NewsBOSTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray read a proclamation Friday, declaring April “Donate Life Month”. Murray flashed his own driver's license to show that he himself is a proud regis…
Vitamin D May Affect Lung Transplant SuccessMSN Health & FitnessResearchers from Loyola University Health System in Chicago found that vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increase in lung transplant rejection and infections. "Patients who u…
An analysis of federal health data by NBC 4 New York's I-Team and ProPublica found patients at some dialysis centers are less likely to get organ donations than those at others.
Bleacher ReportBill "Moose" Skowron Passes Away at 81 from Congestive Heart FailureBleacher ReportHe had been battling lung cancer for several years, and unfortunately passed due to congestive heart failure. He was 81 years old. A five-time A…
Comeback kid Hawkins chillsGreenville NewsThe chemotherapy, the radiation, the relapses and the stem cell transplant? John Hawkins, sitting in a conference room at the school earlier this week, pondered all of that. “It feels like so long ago,” he …
Plant-Made Pharmaceuticals And The Democratization Of Health CareSeeking AlphaThe Ibiolaunch has successfully expressed both humanized and chimeric monoclonal antibodies, Paviluzumab and Rituximab, respectfully. Astrazeneca (AZN), parent of MedImmune, …
Afinitor (Everolimus) Approved For Renal Angiomyolipomas By FDAMedical News TodayAfinitor (everolimus) has been approved by the FDA for renal angiomyolipomas (non-cancerous kidney tumors) that do not require urgent surgery in patients with TSC (tuberou…
KMVTHow Organ Donation Works, Part 2KMVTIt doesn't matter if you've had cataract surgery or some other eye surgery, you can still be a donor. Again, anybody can be a donor." if you'd like to sign up to be an organ donor, visit yesidaho…
TribLocalScience Connections: Bioengineered Organs May Hold the Future for TransplantsTribLocalExamples of medicine prescribed include Tacrolimus or Thymoglobulin. For kidney and liver transplants, there is a current success rate of about 90 percent. Q…
Benefit Saturday for Mosinee Couple both Battling CancerWSAWAfter an unsuccessful stem cell transplant in late 2009, this past December he received a bone marrow transplant from his brother. Earl's family said he is doing well but will be fighting …