The original owner of Cheney's heartDaily CallerIn 1968, 13 men at Harvard Medical School formed a committee to define a new set of criteria for death: brain death. The cardiopulmonary criteria — you're dead when your heart stops irreversibly…
Doctor in pioneering face transplant surgery coming home to MontrealMontreal GazetteMONTREAL – A Montreal-born plastic surgeon was part of the team of doctors in the United States who this month performed the world's most extensive face transplant….
Checklist for heart failure patients can reduce readmissionsHealthcare Payer NewsAccording to research presented last week at the American College of Cardiology's 61st Annual Scientific Session, the likelihood of heart failure patient readmission c…
New York Times'The Undead,' by Dick TeresiNew York TimesAdopted in 1981, the Uniform Determination of Death Act states that in order to pronounce brain death, “the entire brain must cease to function, irreversibly.” But the act is silent on…
Checklist for heart failure patients can reduce readmissionsHealthcare Finance NewsCHICAGO – According to research presented last week at the American College of Cardiology's 61st Annual Scientific Session, the likelihood of heart failure patient…
The SunFirst picture of Muamba since heart failureThe SunTHIS is the first picture of a smiling Fabrice Muamba since his heart failure — posted on Twitter by his fiancée. The star, who collapsed on the pitch 13 days ago during an FA Cup tie with Tot…
The West AustralianFree to run and play at last after groundbreaking surgeryHerald Sun… paediatric intestinal transplant recipient in surgery performed at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne MELBOURNE boy Mohamed El Shazly is talking and l…
WLTX.comBlood donation to commemorate fallen firefighterMarion StarMarion residents who want to donate items to the bake sale can bring them to the blood drive Monday morning. The family asks that items be wrapped in single servings to sell for $1. Res…
US rheumatologists continue to increase use of biologics for RA treatmentThe Pharma LetterThese products include Bristol-Myers Squibb's Orencia SC (abatacept), and Genentech/Roche's Rituxan (rituximab) and Actemra (tocilizumab). The share incre…
City gets kidney instituteTimes of India… Apollo Hospitals Group, said kidney transplant surgeries will be performed under the guidance of Sandeep Guleria, senior consultant, kidney transplantation in Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, a pione…