Indian ExpressProgramme to be initiated to boost organ donationsIndian Express“Despite India passing the Transplantation of Human Organs Act that legalises the concept of brain death and facilitated organ procurement from these donors, people in Indi…
Childhood Acute Kidney Injury In ICU Raises Risk Of Chronic Kidney DiseaseMedical News TodayAccording to a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, children are more likely to develop chronic kidney disease (CKD) i…
Fairfield Ledger (subscription)(Neb.) – Organ Donation Means New Life for ManyKCSRIf you are not an organ donor, please consider registering today. You can register by going to www.nedonation.org or signing the back of your driver's license. Make s…
Inotuzumab Ozogamicin Achieves 'Markedly Long' Antitumor Response in Indolent …Cancer NetworkInotuzumab ozogamicin was administered 1.8 mg/m 2 intravenously once every 28 days for a planned 4 to 8 cycles to patients whose indolent B-cell NHL …
Record Number of ISHLT Abstracts Discuss SynCardia's Total Artificial HeartHouston ChronicleSynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the world's first and only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart, announced today …
Orange County man sings praises for organ donorsOrange County ReviewDon Leake is recovering at home after undergoing heart transplant surgery at the University of Virginia Medical Center. After two years, Don Leake no longer has to plug in his heart wh…
Globe and MailQ&A with Andre Picard: How stem-cell donation is saving livesGlobe and MailIn Wednesday's Globe and Mail, public health reporter André Picard wrote about how many patients desperate for a life-saving stem-cell transplant are turn…
How To Manage Chronic Kidney DiseaseEmpowHerBy Deborah Ross HERWriter April 4, 2012 – 3:05pm A diagnosis of chronic kidney disease can feel like a blow to the gut. But if you've gotten this diagnosis, you aren't alone. About 1 in 10 Americans h…
LIFE to Further Penetrate PGM ReachZacks.comMoreover, with individuals varying widely in the combination of HLA sub-types found in their tissues, it is imperative to have accurate tissue typing to reduce the possibility of transplant rejection or the r…
Pfizer heart drug gains new licence in UKInPharmPfizer's heart pill Inspra has gained a new licence in the UK to reduce the risk of death in patients with heart failure. Inspra (eplerenone) is already indicated to treat patients with heart failure …