Docs save terminally ill two year old who almost succumbed to liver failureIndia.Com HealthTwo-year-old Zuana was near death due to terminal liver failure and doctors in her hometown of Jaipur had given up on her. However, a rare surgery by a team of D…
Colloquium Accredits Columbus Regional Hospital As Heart Failure CenterBusiness Wire (press release)COLUMBUS, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium officially presented a plaque today to representatives from Columbus Regional H…
School of Medicine becomes center to treat heart failureThe Daily PennsylvanianBy Laura Cofsky · March 14, 2012, 10:49 pm Penn is now a part of a national network of hospitals that collaborate on heart failure research. The Perelman School of Medicine…
Couple makes special dinner even betterPeoria Journal StarThis is an especially important celebration for us as he was diagnosed with leukemia last May and has had a very hard battle against the disease, which culminated in a stem cell transplant last …
BioCardia and Juventas Announce Phase II Development Program of JVS-100 …MarketWatch (press release)The previous Phase I trial enrolled 17 NYHA Class III heart failure patients and showed promising safety and signals of clinical benefit to the patien…
CBS LocalSome Patients Too Obese For Transplant SurgeryCBS LocalDALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A growing number of patients are too obese to become candidates for life saving transplants. For them, desperate times call for drastic measures and a surgery that he…
Medill Reports: ChicagoChronic kidney disease may improve with lower blood pressureMedill Reports: Chicagoby Anuja Vaidya Diabetes and hypertension are two possible causes of chronic kidney disease. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent…
MD NewsHispanics, whites differ in heart failure outcomesNurse.comThe odds of surviving a hospital stay for heart failure differ between Hispanic and non-Hispanic white patients even when they have comparable levels of heart function and receive equal …
HHS Considers Revisiting Gay-Male Ban On Blood DonationQueerty“As a result, questions have been raised about the need to continue an indefinite deferral of all MSM and whether there could be blood donation by MSM who may not be at increased risk.” …
GreaterKashmir.comRare Gesture: Husband donates kidney to wifeGreaterKashmir.comBashir Ahmad, according to the doctors who performed the successful kidney transplantation at the premier tertiary care SK Institute of Medical Sciences here, has achieved …