ScopeFirst-Of-Its-Kind Northern California Public Blood Collection Program Opens at …EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)… public cord blood collection program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, the first of its kind in Nor…
After 10 days on life support in 2005, a double-lung transplant saved Shillane Labbett’s life. “My whole life I knew I would live a very short life,” the 40-year-old Kingston native said.[…]
Patients Drop MS Drug, Face Relapse RiskMedPage TodayOf the nine patients who switched away from natalizumab, seven chose injectable drugs including interferon-beta products, glatiramer acetate (Copaxone), or rituximab (Rituxan). Two chose the oral dru…
The health services burden of heart failure: an analysis using linked …7thSpace Interactive (press release)The burden of patients with heart failure on health care systems is widely recognised,although there have been few attempts to quantify individ…
The impact of pretransplant 25-hydroxy vitamin D deficiency on subsequent …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Therefore, this study was undertaken to examine the effect of serum vitamin D level at thetime of kidney transplantation (KT) on subsequent…
Platinum todayPlatinum coronary stent gets Canadian approvalPlatinum todayBoston Scientific Corporation says Health Canada has given it the go-ahead to launch its Promus Element Plus Everolimus-Eluting Platinum Chromium Coronary Stent System in the cou…
Xenotransplantation as a therapy for type 1 diabetesScientist LiveAs an alternative approach researchers are exploring xenotransplantation, ie transplantation of the organ from another species. The most obvious barrier in xenotransplantation is the str…
The liver transplant program at Shands at the University of Florida is up and running again after being voluntarily shut down after the departure of key surgeons last August.
LifesiteDad rescues 'brain dead' son from doctors wishing to harvest his organs – boy …LifesiteThe term “brain death” was invented in 1968 to accommodate the need to acquire vital organs in their “freshest” state from a donor who so…
Vitamin D deficiency shown to increase rejection rates in lung transplant patientsMedical Xpress(Medical Xpress) — Vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increase in lung transplant rejection and infections, according to research conducted at Loyo…