MedPage TodayStudy: Stopping Steroids Safe After Kidney TransplantMedPage TodayMild-to-moderate episodes of acute rejection were treated with a rapid prednisone taper and, in those instances that were steroid-resistant, antibody therapy was instituted….
CardioKinetix Receives Expanded CE Mark Approval for World's First …MarketWatch (press release)After a heart attack, many heart failure patients experience enlargement of their left ventricle causing a decrease in cardiac output resulting in hear…
Juventas Therapeutics Reports One Year Data From Phase I Heart Failure …Sacramento BeeJuventas recently presented the 12-month results from its Phase I heart failure trial at the 7th International Conference on Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease…
Lamaria: More on blood donationSun.StarDonors may be notified of the results of the screening tests to prevent them from repeating the blood donation, provided, they are made to understand that the blood centers are using screening tests and not confir…
Kidney Cancer Tumor Size, Preoperative eGFR LinkedRenal and Urology NewsIn a study of 1009 patients undergoing partial or radical nephrectomy for unilateral RCC, tumor diameter independently predicted decreased preoperative eGFR after controlling for r…
Study identified predictive factors for neuroendocrine tumor progressionHemOncTodayResearchers also found that a combination of the drug everolimus (Afinitor, Novartis) with octreotide acetate arrested neuroendocrine tumor development longer vs. octreo…
shropshirestar.comWe need to improve the organ donation systemshropshirestar.comYet many British people shy away from the idea of consenting to organ donation. Much work clearly needs to be done to increase the donor pool. But as that will not happen o…
Adrenalectomy Rates Remain High in Radical NephrectomyRenal and Urology NewsDuring a recent 10-year period, the rate of ipsilateral adrenalectomy at the time of radical nephrectomy decreased slightly, a study found. Stanley A. Yap, MD, of the Universit…
OM This Day in History January 30, 2012Outcome MagazineIn 1993, parents donated portions of their own lungs to their daughter with cystic fibrosis in pioneering transplant surgery in Los Angeles. Wild flowers light up the Antelope Valley, home of the S…
Fast-track faxes, sperm zappers and tummy tuckersPulseBy James Brown | 30 Jan 2012 A Times investigation (paywall) has revealed that healthy organs, ready for transplant surgery, are going to waste due to 'shortcomings in the transplant system'…