Test diabetics for kidney disease: doctorsNinemsnType 2 diabetes is Australia's leading cause of chronic kidney disease so doctors should give urgent priority to kidney testing and controlling diabetic patients' blood sugar levels, researchers …
New Drug Combo for Rare CancerdailyRxThe conclusions, presented at the 9th Annual Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, demonstrated that combining Afinitor (everolimus) with the chemotherapy agent octreotide was able to slow tumor growth better than any…
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)Positive results from Critical Diagnostics' biomarker study in ambulatory …News-Medical.netCritical Diagnostics, a biomarker company focused on cardiovascular diseases, today announced positive results fro…
Congestive heart failure affecting younger patients, but can be managedWBXHShe has congestive heart failure or CHF. She says, "sometimes I just have to stop and catch my breath and keep on going." Shortness of breath is a common symptom becau…
Infant heart failure and vitamin D supplementationFood ConsumerHeart failure is a condition where the body can't pump enough blood to meet the needs of its body. When we think of heart failure, we think of older persons whose heart has worn out, no…
Plain DealerLifebanc thanks family of Demetrius Hewlin for organ donationPlain Dealer"One organ donor can save up to eight lives and enhance the lives of 50 other people through tissue donation. To register as organ, eye and tissue donor and help …
Proactive Investors AustraliaLiving Cell Technologies NTCELL implant shows fast improvement of Parkinson's …Proactive Investors AustraliaThe patent will be assigned to Diatranz Otsuka, a joint venture company established by Living Cell Technologi…
Crane bank in blood donation driveThe Observer (blog)Crane bank has launched a nationwide blood donation campaign. The drive kicked off at the Constitution Square, opposite its Kampala headquarters on Saturday, and will be taken to Crane bank branches …
Washington University in St. Louis NewsWashington University joins national heart failure networkWashington University in St. Louis NewsBy Julia Evangelou Strait A Missouri-wide consortium led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis ha…
Baxter starts late-stage stem cell studyCBS NewsThe trial will evaluate the stem cell transplant as a treatment for chronic myocardial ischemia, a severe type of coronary artery disease. Baxter said it will enroll 450 patients in the trial, and the pat…