MediplacementsMS drug shows promise for preventing heart failureHealthCanal.comA multiple sclerosis drug could be used to prevent heart failure by reversing the symptoms of cardiac hypertrophy – a potentially fatal condition caused by sustained stres…
Medtronic Announces First Patient Enrollment In IMPROVE HF Bridge StudyNASDAQ(RTTNews.com) – Medtronic Inc. (MDT) announced the initiation and first patient enrollment in a clinical study that will evaluate gaps in the implementation of evidence-based …
Boston Scientific Unveils European Market Launch Of PROMUS Element PlusNASDAQ(BSX) announced first patient use and European market launch of the PROMUS Element Plus Everolimus-Eluting Platinum Chromium Coronary Stent System. The company said the new st…
MSPs backing organ donor law change now total 64 HALF OF HOLYROOD GET BEHIND …Glasgow Evening TimesBy CAROLINE WILSON half of all MSPs now back our Opt for Life campaign to change Scotland's organ donation laws. They want to help change the law t…
GlamShamLisa Ray gets engaged to boyfriend Jason DehniGlamShamA year later, it was announced that Lisa is cancer-free after a stem cell transplant surgery. Lisa made her Bollywood debut in Vikram Bhatt's KASOOR however the actress received critical…
Coach Malone writes a book from the heartMacon Telegraph (blog)3, 2010, he had heart transplant surgery. He was released from the hospital two weeks later. It wasn't long before the former coach came out of retirement, this time to instruct on the …
CPET measurement predicts mortality in patients following liver transplantationNews-Medical.netResearchers from the UK determined that preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a specific predictor of 90-day survival following liver trans…
Ottawa heart researchers laudedOttawa CitizenTwo Ottawa researchers have won a national award for answering a question no one else had asked: does a next-generation pacemaker save the lives of people with moderate heart failure? Everyone knew that coro…
Heart failure 'affects memory'Telegraph.co.ukHaving heart failure, where part of the organ dies, can affect a person's brain to such an extent that they forget to take their medication, according to a study. By Stephen Adams, Medical Corres…
The Sun DailySC Johnson rallies blood donation campaignThe Sun DailySC JOHNSON, in partnership with the National Blood Bank of Malaysia, recently launched a blood donation campaign and dengue prevention programme. The blood donation drive commenced in …