A meeting of hearts if not minds between Jehovah's Witnesses and an atheist doctorCanada.comDuring Lill's rounds one recent morning at Cedars-Sinai, he washed his hands and went into the room of Kyle Hester, a 21-year-old Jehovah's Witness …
Rare Benign Tumor Responds to Cancer DrugMedPage TodayThis double-blind, placebo controlled trial found that everolimus significantly decreased the volume of benign angiomyolipoma in the kidney in patients with tuberous sclerosis; placebo recipients sh…
Exercise Test May Predict Post-Liver Transplant SurvivalDoctors LoungeAnaerobic threshold, as determined by submaximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing, may have value in predicting 90-day post-transplant survival for patients undergoing liver transpla…
Antiviral Compound Meets Phase 2 Primary EndpointDrug Discovery & DevelopmentChimerix Inc. announced positive results from a Phase 2 study evaluating CMX001 for the prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT)…
Hastings LeaderNew life in Frankston organ donor driveFrankstonweeklyBY SANDRA BULL RESIDENTS can help spread the message about organ donation by joining a walk in Frankston tomorrow. The inaugural DonateLife Walk for Life starts at the Frankston Lifes…
Is it morally wrong to take a life? Not really, say bioethicistsOneNewsNow(They define total disability as having no control over anything in one's mind or body, distinguishing this state of chaotic mental activity from “brain death.”) To those…
Combined asthma medication therapy shown to reduce attacksMedical XpressResearchers say using long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs) in fixed-dose combination with inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) appear to reduce asthma attacks as well as or better than cortic…
MediplacementsHeart failure heightened risk for major bone fractures in patients with …Endocrine TodayNew data show that, independent of traditional risk factors and bone mineral density, heart failure is associated with a 30% increased risk for majo…
AboutMyAreaUnique Organ Transplant Now Offered at QA HospitalAboutMyAreaThe ABO incompatible transplantation( ABOi) was previously only available in a small number of UK Transplanting centers, meaning local patients were referred to Oxford or London an…
Science Weekly podcast: Transplants and the future of intensive careThe GuardianHeart transplantation would have taken a decade to develop under today's ethical regulations. Where next for human-to-human transplants and intensive care? Plus, scient…