Why Cancer Rx Produces Diabetes-Like SymptomsdailyRxScientists have pinpointed a protein known as Yin Yang 1 (YY1) as the culprit behind diabetes-like symptoms showing up in about 15 percent of patients taking Sirolimus (rapamycin). The drug is used to…
Chicago man receives robotic kidney transplant after 17 yearsPhysOrg.com (press release)Jones, now 64, had learned that physicians at UI Hospital were performing robotic kidney transplantation on obese patients who would not otherwise be candidates for…
Irish Medical TimesNew programme aims to cut readmissions by 30 per centIrish Medical TimesA new heart failure pilot project from Vhi will provide patients in Dublin with a comprehensive, post-discharge heart failure management programme aimed at helpi…
Geisel profs. present on organ donation in talkThe DartmouthBy Isobel Markham Dartmouth Community Medical School Director William Green addressed a packed Kellogg Auditorium at the Geisel School of Medicine on Wednesday night to introduce the third tal…
Early administration of corticosteroids reduces ED stay for children with asthmaNews-Medical.netChildren with moderate or severe asthma attacks who are treated with systemic corticosteroids during the first 75 minutes of triage in the Emergency Departm…
Cord blood donation opportunity coming to MauiMaui WeeklyThe Maui News – Maui parents will soon be given the opportunity to save lives by donating their babies' cord blood. The project is set to launch later this spring when the Hawai'i Cord Bl…
The Daily WestportSign Organ Donor RegistryThe LedgerNinety percent of Americans say yes to organ donation, yet only a few more than 40 percent of Florida's population over the age of 18 have signed up on our state organ and tissue donor registry. …
Life Technologies to Accelerate Adoption of Next-Generation Sequencing in HLA …Sacramento BeeAccurate typing is needed to reduce the possibility of transplant rejection or the risk of graft versus host disease. HLAs are coded by a group of genes refe…
Reducing hospital admissions for asthmaticsScience Daily (press release)ScienceDaily (Apr. 4, 2012) — Children with moderate or severe asthma attacks who are treated with systemic corticosteroids during the first 75 minutes of triage in the Emergency…
D-day looms for cancer stricken ChaceNew Zealand HeraldWhakatane couple Ryan and Keri Topperwien are in Britain, trying to persuade medics Chace is strong enough to take part in the trial, which could buy enough time for him to have a second stem cell …