3-year-old with cancer auctions off artworkKVUEHe's been through chemotherapy and a bone marrow stem cell transplant. But the bills for treatment are piling up. At half a million dollars, Liam's family is now turning to one of his favorite thin…
Novartis begins more Phase III biosimilar studies of Amgen drugsPharma TimesAmeet Mallik, head of Sandoz biopharmaceuticals, added that a late-stage trials for a biosimilar of Roche's Rituxan (rituximab) is ongoing and the pipeline, consists of eig…
RTPilot Dies of Heart Failure in Mid-FlightThe Moscow TimesThe pilot of a UTair flight from Bangkok to the Siberian city of Novosibirsk died of sudden heart failure three hours after takeoff, and the plane was landed successfully by the co-pilot, Life …
Glucocorticoid therapy for trauma – ready for prime time?7thSpace Interactive (press release)The role of stress-dose hydrocortisone in the management of trauma patients is currently unknown.ObjectiveTo test the efficacy of hydrocortisone therapy in tra…
Radio Current Affairs Documentary: Organ TransplantsABC OnlineBRONWYN HERBERT: The New South Wales Government recently proposed a radical overhaul of organ donation laws to stop families overruling their relatives' wishes. Even if you tick the orga…
CTV.caTwitter appeal uses Bieber fans to raise organ donor awarenessOttawa CitizenBy Bruce Deachman, Ottawa Citizen January 20, 2012 A young Ottawa woman's hopes to raise awareness for organ donation as she heads to Toronto to await a new pair of l…
Tigers' Bohlig happy to be aliveSt. Cloud TimesBohlig nearly died of congestive heart failure. / Jason Wachter, jwachter@stcloudtimes.com Bryant Bohlig was on a waiting list last fall for a heart transplant. The fear of congestive heart failure was…
Blood Drive at local church in West MilfordNorthJersey.com22, from 11:30 am to 4 pm at 1452 Union Valley Rd. This drive is in honor of a local resident, Maureen Prol, who needs a stem cell transplant. A simple cheek swab will determine if anyone is a m…
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantationEurekAlert (press release)Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support in awake, non-intubated patients may be an effective strategy for bridging patients to lung transplantat…
Newborn screening program helps save twins' livesSan Francisco ChronicleJust in November, the twins both underwent liver transplants, which greatly lowered their risk of suffering brain damage from the disease and increased the likelihood of avoidi…