The Hospitalist OnlineHow Should Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis be Treated?The Hospitalist OnlinePrognostic prediction models are used to select patients for treatment with prednisolone or pentoxifylline. Hospitalists frequently encounter patients who use a…
'Psych' Recap: 'Heeeeere's Lassie' Parodies 'The Shining,' 'Ghostbusters,' MoreGather Celebs News ChannelTurns out she has acute rejection disorder, and she killed the previous two tenants when they spurned her. Afra…
BE THE CHANGE: Stem cells are Pamela's last hope – can you help?Adelaide NowPamela Bousejean has Hodgkin's Lymphoma and needs a stem cell transplant. Picture: Alison Wynd Source: News Limited PAMELA Bou Sejean is fighting for her life. After 16…
Kidney-transplant patients celebrate unprecedented freedom from …Medical XpressFor patients with kidney failure, kidney transplantation holds out the prospect of returning to a normal lifestyle, without dialysis (mechanical filtration of the blood). …
Organ donation can give others a second chanceOwen Sound Sun TimesBy my calculation Art Mulder was six years younger than I am now when he received the gift of his new heart, and he was a grateful advocate for organ donation every bonus day of his life…
USA TODAYNew Transplant Method May Allow Kidney Recipients to Live Life Free of Anti …Bradenton HeraldDoctors are hopeful that Porter will not need immunosuppressive drugs long-term, given her progress thus far. In order to qualify for this type of e…
KSDKOrgan donation drive in memory of U.S. MarshalKSDKSt. Louis (KSDK) — An organ donor registration drive will be held Thursday in honor of a US Marshall who gave the gift of life. Deputy US Marshall John Perry was an organ donor who was able to save…
Independent OnlineTwins make historical organ donationIndependent Online*The first kidney transplant between identical twins was undertaken in Boston, America, in 1954, by Dr Joseph Murray and his team. Murray received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1…
Irish Medical TimesStudy favours infliximab, but 'jury is still out'Irish Medical TimesEvidence favouring infliximab over cyclosporine for the treatment of steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis has been bolstered by research showing that its us…
Telegraph.co.ukNo. of organ donors dwindlingDaily News & AnalysisIn India, estimates indicate that anywhere between 2 lakh and 4 lakh people develop End Stage Kidney Disease (kidney failure) each year, requiring kidney transplantation. Themed 'Kidn…