Charity calls for organ donor discussionBest Medical CoverThe British Medical Association (BMA) has published a report pondering the future of organ donation policy in the UK. Efforts are currently underway to increase the number of donors by 50 per ce…
FDA Panel To Review PMA Application For HeartWare Ventricular Assist DeviceNASDAQThe company noted that its PMA submission encompasses data from its pivotal ADVANCE clinical trial, an FDA approved Investigational Device Exemption study designed to eval…
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)ST2 Values Predict Mortality and Morbidity in Heart Failure Patients: Results …EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)SAN DIEGO–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Critical Diagnostics today announced publication …
Mom's kidney to offer son new hopeGreenville NewsThat grew to 12 months after steroids, she said, and since the discovery of other immunosuppressive drugs in the 1970s, about 80 percent of patients go into remission, with about half relapsing at so…
The GuardianSignup to be organ donor is free, simple, neededThe TennesseanMy age, medical history or beliefs prevent me from becoming an organ donor. False: People of all ages and medical histories can consider themselves potential donors. And many maj…
Crunchyroll NewsBlood Donation Room in Hiroshima Turns into Maid CafeCrunchyroll NewsJapan Red Cross has turned a blood donation room named "Bara" in Fukuyama-city, Hiroshima, into a maid cafe for two days only on February 13 and 14. Just lik…
MetroWest Medical Center looks to keep patients from returningMetroWest Daily NewsThat's what nurse Mary Bottachiari found with one woman who had vision problems and congestive heart failure — a disease in which the organ fails to pump properly a…
Clinical AdvisorDiffuse erythematous papulesClinical AdvisorOTC hydrocortisone cream provided no relief of symptoms or resolution of the rash. On clinical examination, erythematous papules, linear papules, and pustules were seen diffusely, with the gre…
Health digest: Blood-donation locations in Berks are announcedReading EagleNext Tuesday: AAA Reading-Berks, 920 Van Reed Road, Wyomissing, 8:20 am to 2 pm St. Joseph's Hill Lutheran Church, 225 Koch Road, Colebrookdale Township, 2 to 7 pm Hamburg B…
Healthy Living: Learn more about heart failureNorwich BulletinBy Cindy Arpin A common misconception is that heart failure is a heart attack. It is not. It also does not mean your heart has stopped or is even about to stop. But it is a very serious cond…