CTV.caOrgan donation registrations jump after Ellen DeGeneres joins Ottawa woman's …healthzone.caIn 2010, there were 200 deceased donors in Ontario, up from 128 in 2001. Still, that's nowhere near enough to meet the needs of the 1500 Ontarian…
ThirdAgeKidney Transplantation Donor Chain Helps PatientsThirdAgeDoctors say advances in technology and immunology, as well as the kindness of strangers, have improved the numbers for those in need of kidney donors. Kidney transplantations are often co…
Patient Education May Increase Access to Kidney TransplantsRenal Business TodayThe findings indicate that requiring a formal patient education class may help reduce inequities in kidney failure patients' access to kidney transplantation. Kidney tra…
Resolute zotarolimus stent approved in USTheHeart.OrgThe Resolute DES has shown similar safety and efficacy to the Xience V everolimus-eluting stent (Abbott), the market-leader in the US, in two randomized controlled trials (RESOLUTE "all-comers&q…
Biomarkers Identify Acute Kidney Injury in Emergency PatientsRenal and Urology NewsIn an international study of 1635 emergency-department patients, urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) was the most useful of five urinary biomarker…
SGGPCity doctors save young girl with dengue fever, organ failureSGGPThe Children Hospital No.1 in Ho Chi Minh City on February 19 announced that doctors at the hospital had been successful in saving a child patient suffering from a severe attack of de…
New York TimesHistoric organ donation chain has links in ChicagoKWCHA history making kidney transplant chain that involving 60 people across the country had two important links right here in the Chicago area. The front page of the New York Times tells …
Blood Drive Planned For Young Cancer PatientKOCO Oklahoma CityMia is battling cancer and remains hospitalized to begin a stem-cell transplant. Because her treatments are so aggressive, the Student Nurse Association at Northern Oklahoma College in Tonka…
AceShowbizMC5 Bassist Michael Davis Dies of Liver FailureAceShowbizHis wife, Angela, said that he passed away at the Enloe Medical Center in Chico, California after suffering liver failure. Davis was diagnosed with Hepatitis C back in 2005. When talkin…
BigPond NewsLegacy lives on through organ donationABC OnlineFor parents who haven't faced the horror of losing a child, the thought of turning off their son or daughter's life support, to allow them to become an organ donor, seems unimaginable….