The Star-Ledger – NJ.comBristol-Myers fourth quarter below analysts estimatesThe Pharma LetterThis concludes a year in which the company received important new product approvals for Yervoy (ipilimumab) for the treatment of metastatic melanoma and kidne…
Kirkintilloch TodayDouble-lung transplant saved Kirsty's life – can you spare a moment?Kirkintilloch TodayAfter a few setbacks – Kirsty suffered two bouts of pneumonia, chicken pox and acute rejection in the year after the operation – she has…
Temple Hospital to resume heart and lung transplants | Philadelphia Inquirer …Philadelphia InquirerSince then, it has recruited T. Sloan Guy as chief of cardiothoracic surgery and Yoshiya Toyoda as director of heart and lung transplantation and mecha…
Scottish Catholic ObserverOpposition to organ donation plansScottish Catholic ObserverThe Catholic Church in Wales led the Welsh Church and Wales Orthodox Mission in urging the Welsh Government to revisit its policy process, which could see every Welsh…
CBC.caQ&A: What does Ontario's first cardiac stem cell transplant mean for Canadians?GlobalNews.caToronto doctors have performed Ontario's first cardiac stem cell transplant using bone marrow cells of the patient in question. Cardiac surgeo…
Kerala governor Farook dies in city hospitalTimes of IndiaDoctors said he died due to complications and multiple organ failure. Farook Maricar, born in Karaikal on September 6, 1937, was a three-time chief minister of Puducherry. He served from April 9…
CBS LocalD.A.: Driver who killed motorist was distractedOCRegisterMauer, who had been wearing her seatbelt, was transported to UCI Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 6 pm that day as a result of brain death due to vertebral artery transec…
CBC.caStem cell injections may fix damaged heart muscleToronto Star“We are trying to develop a new therapy for patients who have heart failure,” says Dr. Terrence Yau, a cardiac surgeon and director of the cardiac stem cell therapy program at Toron…
Clinical Oncology NewsOncologists Need Long-Term Perspective with Breast Cancer Adjuvant Hormonal …Clinical Oncology NewsThe second is tamoxifen plus everolimus, reported more effective than tamoxifen alone in a small Phase II trial in metastatic bre…
CBC.caResearchers hope cardiac stem cell transplants help future patientsGlobal WinnipegTORONTO – Doctors have performed Ontario's first cardiac stem cell transplant using cells from the patient's own bone marrow. Surgeons at the Peter Munk Car…