Redesigning (and improving) the blood-donation chairSmartPlanet.com (blog)By Reena Jana | February 24, 2012, 5:30 AM PST Donating blood is a noble and generous act. But sometimes the process is uncomfortable for donors, for both obvious reasons (there …
NUNEZ v. NEW YORK ORGAN DONOR NETWORK, INC.Leagle.comThe evidence here presents no issue of fact whether defendant failed to act in good faith in connection with its efforts to obtain the necessary statutory consent for the subject organ donation. Acco…
PR WebPittsburgh Surgeons Implant New Total Artificial HeartSacramento BeeThe SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, developed by SynCardia Systems Inc., was implanted into a 62-year-old Pittsburgh man at AGH on Friday, February 17 by a team of ca…
Former NFL player's mother touts organ donationThe Daily AdvertiserWe do these organ donor awareness events to encourage people to go back and talk to their loved ones. We want them to spread the message and even if someone makes the decision not t…
ISSC highlights sensors and semiconductor technology in medicinePower Management Design LineEEGs are also the first line of diagnostic tools for coma, encephalopathies (disorder or disease of the brain) and brain death. One of the advantages of EEGs is…
New York PostDealing with cancer is just another of lifes transactions for former GMNew York PostHe wanted to beat the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute record stay subsequent to a stem cell transplant, his wife divulged in an e-mail to friends, and he…
ISSC highlights sensors and semiconductor technology in medicineEE TimesEEGs are also the first line of diagnostic tools for coma, encephalopathies (disorder or disease of the brain) and brain death. One of the advantages of EEGs is the millisecond-ran…
Cigarette smoke exposure results in allograft rejectionNews-Medical.netThese findings for the first time revealed an immunological mechanism underlying allograft rejection precipitated by the exposure to cigarette smoke. "Many people are not aware…
Trade firms organise blood donation camp to protest power crisisTimes of IndiaMADURAI: Demanding the state government to commission the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant and bring an end to the power crisis, various trade and industrial associations organ…
Nursing home fined $80K after patient deathThe Downey PatriotDoctors said the woman was "deeply comatose clinically consistent with brain death." Family members decided to remove her breathing tube and she was pronounced dead. The cause of de…