BroadcastMed Launches Online Video Channel for Brigham and Women's HospitalMarketWatch (press release)Face transplant surgery is the transfer of face tissue from a deceased human donor to a patient with a severe facial deformity. It is an innovativ…
To donate or not to donate? Now that is the questionSt. Louis Jewish LightIt is essential for teens to learn the facts, as well as the Jewish perspective of this issue to determine how they will approach the question of organ donation. More than 112000…
MD NewsHeart Failure Tied to Increased Osteoporotic Fracture RiskDoctors LoungeAdults with heart failure have an increased risk of major osteoporotic fractures, independent of traditional risk factors and bone mineral density, according to a study publ…
ImmunoCellular And Cancer Treatment's Next FrontierSeeking AlphaRituximab, (sold under the trade names Rituxan and MabThera) and developed and marketed by Biogen Idec (BIIB) has also garnered success in the treatment of many forms of leukemia and l…
Knee replacement may lower a patient's risk for mortality and heart failureEureka! Science NewsNew research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) highlights the benefits of total knee replacemen…
MedPage TodayHeart Failure, Fractures LinkedMedPage TodayThis study found that heart failure appears to be associated with a greater risk of major osteoporotic fractures, independent of bone mineral density. Adjusting for osteoporosis risk factors, com…
New Straits TimesFirm holds blood donation, anti-dengue campaignNew Straits TimesPETALING JAYA: SC Johnson, in partnership with the National Blood Bank of Malaysia, recently sponsored and launched a blood donation campaign and dengue prevention program…
George Scangos – The 25 most influential people in biopharma todayFierceBiotechThe Weston, MA-based company's stock took off last year, fueled by positive data on key experimental therapies such as the multiple sclerosis pill BG-12 and the long-act…
Deidre Barry Encourages Organ DonationPatch.comBy Caitlin Marquis At 19, Deidre Barry of Madison, who has struggled with cystic fybrosis since birth, underwent a double lung transplant. Now age 30 and healthy, Barry tells The Shoreline Times about her …
IncellDx Announces the Expansion of HPV OncoTect(R) E6, E7 mRNA by Labco …MarketWatch (press release)IncellDx, Inc. is a molecular diagnostics company dedicated to the detection and monitoring of life threatening diseases such as cervical cancer, bre…