ABC NewsHeart Failure Patients Seek 'Cheney Pump'ABC NewsBut for some patients, the device is a long-term solution to heart failure, a condition that kills 300000 Americans each year. "There is no doubt that more and more patients are doin…
ABC NewsIs Dick Cheney Too Old for a Heart Transplant?KABCThe majority of patients die from acute rejection, infection or complications of surgery. If his heart should fail, Cheney would have two options: Undergo another transplant, which few centers w…
Exercise Aids in Rehabilitation for Lung Transplant PatientsPhysical Therapy ProductsBelgium-based researchers recently set out to study the effects of exercise training after lung transplantation. Their findings were published online March 5, 2012, in…
Does Classical Music Reduce Heart Transplant Rejection?Newsmax HealthScientists have discovered that classical music may reduce the rejection of heart transplants in patients. A team of Japanese researchers led by Masateru Uchiyama of Juntendo Universi…
Gencaro(TM)'s Norepinephrine Lowering Likely Contributes to Its Effect in …MarketWatch (press release)… today announced results of analyses of atrial fibrillation (AF) data from the BEST trial, a previously conducted Phase 3 heart failure (HF) …
Oxidative stress and redox state-regulating enzymes have prognostic relevance …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Previous studies from the pre-rituximab era suggest that antioxidant enzyme expression is related to prognosis in diffuse large B-cell …
Maryland doctors plan to detail face transplant surgeryBaltimore Sun (blog)By Meredith Cohn University of Maryland doctors plan Tuesday to detail their complicated 36-hour operation to give a 37-year-old man a new face. Maryland says the face transplan…
RTT NewsTeva Wins FDA Approval For Qnasl Nasal Aerosol To Treat Allergic RhinitisRTT NewsIntra-nasal corticosteroids are recommended as first-line therapy for allergic rhinitis and the only available option on the market before the approval of Qnasl (b…
Heart Failure Linked to Vitamin E?CBS42A recent study investigated the effectiveness of vitamin E in the prevention of heart failure. With the study consisting of nearly 40000 women aged 45 or older and in good health. Researchers studied these women f…
ABC News (blog)Dick Cheney transplant surgery renews age debateCBS NewsA leading doctor at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles says it's unlikely former Vice President Dick Cheney got preferential treatment for his heart transplant surgery …