HealthJockey.comViagra treats heart failure?HealthJockey.comIn this animal study, dogs with diastolic heart failure were exposed to sildenafil. As per the results, the latter loosened up tough cardiac walls of the subjects and made them more flexible. …
From loss, a legacyOttawa CitizenHe was showing signs of his approaching brain death; his brain was starting to swell and put pressure on his brain stem and upper spinal cord. As his body began to shut down, furious efforts were under way to facilitate…
Best gift ever: being 'normal' againAldergrove StarThere were no guarantees of success when the Aldergrove youth underwent chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant at BC Children's Hospital in September. Carter was only the second case of ch…
Organ DonationBeartooth NBCIn Montana potential donors can mark their organ donation preferences on their driver's license or through the state's End of Life Registry. Consumer Protection and Victim Services Director Matthew Dale says since its…
Complete Anemia Correction Improves Transplant OutcomesMedscapeDecember 23, 2011 — Complete rather than partial correction of anemia after renal transplantation is associated with better renal function and graft survival as well as better quality of …
CBC.caSam Schmid, University Of Arizona Student, Emerges From Coma As Parents …Huffington PostAs Sam Schmid's parents started to accept that their son might never wake up, the 21-year-old snapped out of a coma, ABC reports. Back in October, Schmi…
MedIndiaOverall Survival in Follicular Lymphoma Patients Not Improved by Autologous …MedIndiaIn an accompanying editorial, Caron A. Jacobson and Dan L. Longo, MD, at the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, write that…
The Gift of John TimmermannOttawa CitizenHe was showing signs of his approaching brain death; his brain was starting to swell and put pressure on his brain stem and upper spinal cord. As his body began to shut down, furious efforts were under way to fa…
MedIndiaDecember 23, 1954 – Red Letter Day in the Annals of Human Kidney TransplantationMedIndiaThe first human transplantation occurred after many years of research, including taking a leaf out of successful kidney transplantation in dogs. On Octobe…
Telegraph.co.ukOrgan donation study underlines need for improved family consentNetdoctorMeanwhile, the overall consent rate for donation after brain death has barely risen in recent years, increasing from 59 per cent in 2003-05 to 63 per cent in 2007-0…