Alive, Dead or Otherwise (2 Letters)New York TimesTo the Editor: Re “Seeing Bogeymen in the Fog Around Brain Death” (Books, March 27): This appropriately scathing review of Dick Teresi's “The Undead” fails to address the foundational error …
FOX6Now.com MilwaukeeApril is Organ Donor Awareness MonthKIII TV3Turning tragedy into a life saving act, that's one way becoming an organ donor has been described. April is Organ Donor Awareness Month, it's comes just days after the recent trag…
TWENTE published: Resolute matches Xience V stentTheHeart.OrgEnschede, the Netherlands – Data from the TWENTE trial, a study showing that the Resolute zotarolimus-eluting stent (Medtronic) was noninferior to the Xience everolimus-eluting stent (Abbott)…
The Express TribuneVital Signs: Organ donation from living donorsThe Daily ProgressFor more information on organ donation, visit uvahealth.com/transplant. Unless a need arises within your family or among friends, you may not consider being an organ don…
Royal Oak man says 'no down side' to giving Facebook friend a kidneyRoyal Oak Daily TribuneJeff Kurze, now 36, got the kidney and a new lease on life in a transplant surgery at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak. Daunted by the prospect of a three- t…
Novartis Expands Transplant Portfolio With Hecoria, the First Generic …PharmaLive.com (press release)East Hanover, NJ, April 2, 2012 — Novartis today announced the US introduction and availability of Hecoria® (tacrolimus) capsules, the first gener…
Description of a multicenter safety checklist for intraoperative hemorrhage …7thSpace Interactive (press release)The adoption of robotic assistance has contributed to the increased utilization of partial nephrectomy for the management of renal tumors…
MedPage TodayNew Guidelines Focus on Early RA TreatmentMedPage TodayRituximab (Rituxan) can be used for patients who were treated for a solid tumor or nonmelanoma skin cancer within the previous 5 years. Rituximab also can be used when the patient has …
Excitement Over Ibrutinib Responses in Aggressive LymphomasMedscapeSince the addition of rituximab to chemotherapy, there have been no advances in the treatment of DLBCL, explained Dr. Staudt. "We are able to cure about half of all patients,"…
TopNews United StatesHeart Failure's Effects Can Be Reversed With Rest4RFVStructural changes in heart muscle cells after heart failure can be reversed by allowing the heart to rest, according to research at Imperial College London. Findings from a …