Los Angeles TimesWhen are you dead?Minnesota Public RadioDon't let the fact that this piece is published in a medical journal scare you away, it's a great read that talks about a move toward organ donation after cardiac death, as opposed to the…
Straits TimesResearchers set heart on studying cardiac death among AsiansTODAYonlineby Amanda Lee SINGAPORE – A first-of-its-kind study in the region will see investigators across 10 countries working together to understand the patterns of survival and…
Baltimore SunAngelo Chiazza, pizza shop ownerBaltimore SunAngelo C. Chiazza, the retired owner of a Towson and Cockeysville pizza restaurant, died of congestive heart failure March 17 at his daughter's home in Bel Air. He was 88. Born in Wheeling, …
Patients With RA Who Stop Statins Are at Increased Risk of DeathMedscape"Corticosteroids have known adverse metabolic effects (increased insulin resistance, adverse effects on lipids, increased fluid retention, increased blood pressure) that incre…
Live Organ Donation: The Real March MadnessChicagoNow (blog)By Mary Tyler Mom, today at 2:54 pm When last we left our heroes, Andy and Jeffrey were preparing to enter the hospital to remove one of Andy's two healthy kidneys and place it in Jeffrey&…
Hundreds march in support of Hélène Campbell's Be an Organ Donor campaignOttawa CitizenBy Mariana Ionova March 30, 2012 3:56 PM Friday was Helene Campbell day in Ottawa, as the city honoured the 20-year-old Barrhaven woman and her Be an Organ Don…
Corticosteroids: Side EffectsEmpowHerBy Joanna Karpasea-Jones HERWriter March 30, 2012 – 10:22am Corticosteroids are used for a variety of reasons, for instance, to ease painful skin conditions or suppress symptoms of allergy. As they are hormones, the…
New chief of transplantation surgery joins UFUniversity of FloridaFair earned his medical degree at East Carolina School of Medicine and completed a fellowship in kidney and liver transplantation at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a fellowship in pancreas t…
Early Autoimmune Therapy Helps Autoimmune Epilepsy PatientsMedical News Today"Certainly trials as to which immunotherapy (steroids, intravenous immunoglobulin, cyclosporine, rituximab) is best would be ethical. We need an increased appreciation of…
Jockey Club, in proposed new rules, reiterates stance against raceday LasixDaily Racing FormThe updated rules would seek to codify existing guidelines on the use of commonly administered medications, including painkillers and corticosteroids. Under the…