Organ donationKenosha News (subscription)Asked: When you are an organ donor on your Wisconsin driver's license, what happens with your body? What's the procedure? Is this the same as donating your body to science? If not how do you go about doi…
What do We Know About Chronic Kidney Disease in India: First Report of the …7thSpace Interactive (press release)There are no national data on the magnitude and pattern of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in India. The Indian CKD Registry documents the de…
Prednisone/MTX Tight Control Best First Step for Early RAMedscapeIn both groups of the study, if the patient did not reach remission 5 weeks after receiving the maximum tolerable dosage of MTX subcutaneously, cyclosporine was added (later amended to ad…
JUDITH ANN ZIEGLERMidway DrillerAfter her leukemia went into remission, she received a bone marrow stem cell transplant from her sister Susan Casanova. She enjoyed 18 months of relatively good health before graft versus host disease and anti-rejection …
WFPLUK First in Kentucky to Implant Total Artificial HeartSurfKY NewsPoe, diagnosed with heart failure on Jan. 3 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Edgewood, Ky., was referred to UK for consideration of advanced treatment options by Dr. DP Suresh. The Total …
Daily MailHeart drug approved by European regulatorsThe GuardianA drug that could benefit people with heart failure has been approved by European regulators. New data on Procoralan (ivabradine) suggests it cuts death rates and the need for a patient to…
KSAT San AntonioCuring cancer by replacing livers!KSAT San AntonioAlthough tumors can recur after transplantation, in some cases, liver transplantation is considered a cure. Because these patients don't have chronic liver disease like a typical tra…
Heart Failure Patients Urged to Discuss Care With DocsU.S. News & World ReportMONDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) — Patients suffering from advanced heart failure should maintain an open dialogue with their physicians, so everyone is on the same page wit…
UK becomes first in Kentucky to implant total artificial heartThe Lane Report… a measurement that shows the amount of blood the heart can pump out into the body during each beat — was less than 10 percent, according to Dr. Navin Rajagopalan, the Me…
Medical Innovation and Safety: A Delicate BalanceForbesSeven medicines provide major progress in cancer treatments and almost half were judged by the FDA to be significant therapeutic advances for ailments such as kidney transplant rejection and heart …