Suing the state? Not unless he says yesCt Post11, 2011 showing Nash after face transplant surgery, right. Nash was mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009 and received the transplant in May 2011 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts. Nash, 57, sa…
Demand grows for Alberta organ donor registryEdmonton JournalEDMONTON – Kenny MacLean sounds frustrated when he describes what life was life before his kidneys failed. “I used to spend a lot of time hanging out with my friends and I played in a band,…
E! OnlineHow about signing an organ donor card? I did.The Guardian CharlottetownAnd a few days later, an organ donor. She fell during training and tore her vertebral artery, causing bleeding on the brain. Her heart stopped. CPR was performed and she wa…
Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)Teva's Cephalon recalls 1 lot of injectable leukemia drug TreandaPhiladelphia Inquirer (blog)The drug is approved for the treatment of patients with "indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) that has progres…
Life stories of organ donationWalesOnlineBorn with a rare kidney condition Zowiann Flood needed constant medical attention and nightly dialysis but was well enough to attend school and dote on her many pets. But all this changed in June 2007 when, aged…
Presumed consent or the status quo – what will Wales decide to do about organ …WalesOnlineThe people of Wales have just three days left to have their say on introducing a system of presumed consent organ donation. Abbie Wightwick looks at both side…
The facts about organ donationWalesOnlineSigning up to the organ donor register is a more permanent way of expressing what you want to do. Q: What if I registered years ago, lost my card and changed addresses. How do I check I'm still on the organ …
New Psoriasis Guidelines Expand Treatment OptionsMedPage TodayPoint out that conventional drugs such as methotrexate and cyclosporine often are effective, but have significant toxicities, including liver problems with methotrexate and kidney problems w…
The Top Myeloma Beacon Patient And Caregiver Columns Of 2011The Myeloma BeaconMy Stem Cell Transplant – In another column, Dr. Goodman described the stem cell transplant process for patients who may be considering one. He also wrote about his persona…
The Sacramento PressA JOURNEY OF HOPE – Part IIThe Sacramento PressOur intuitions were confirmed when the geneticist from the National Marrow Donor Program (“Be The Match”) compared Katie's HLA typing with gene pools around the world. Not surpr…