New heart valve procedure available in SWFLNBC2 News"This will probably have a bigger impact than heart transplantation or anything else," says Dr. Hummel. He's talking about a transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or "TAVR." …
Elgin man's 200th blood donation gives inspirationChicago Sun-TimesBy Emily McFarlan emcfarlan@stmedianetwork.com December 21, 2011 9:56PM Warren Krup of Elgin relaxes at the Heartland Blood Center in Elgin Wednesday prior to his 200th blood donati…
Late effects of stem cell transplant common and often debilitatingCuretoday.com (press release)NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Up to three-quarters of patients who receive hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT) will have late adverse effects, and many …
Organs Donation in Great ShortageCRIENGLISH.comFor many people it's a revolution to recognize brain death as the end of life." If a person's death can be judged by the lack of brain function, the source for organ donation will surge by 40%…
Buffalo Grove basketball tournament promotes organ donationChicago Daily HeraldBy Daily Herald staff report A sixth grade basketball tournament celebrating the life of a former St. Mary student and raising awareness of the importance of organ donation …
ABC NewsPoised to Donate Organs, 21-Year-Old Emerges From ComaABC NewsSo while the family was given a realistic picture of Schmid's poor chances for survival, Spetzler ordered one more MRI to see if the critical areas of the brain had turned dark, …
Greenville Daily ReflectorRhett Butler/The Daily ReflectorGreenville Daily ReflectorDr. Robert Harland, Chief of Transplant Surgery at PCMH, discuss the triple kidney transplant operations as he stands with the recipients and their donors Thursday. By …
Promising treatments for blood cancers presented by JTCancerCenter researchers …EurekAlert (press release)In the current study, 551 patients were randomized to receive either an unrelated donor peripheral blood stem cell transplant or bone marrow tra…
Florida Doctor Believes the "Season of Giving" Should Be All Year LongSacramento BeeDr. Barusco, a world renowned hair transplant surgeon, has made his mission to use his expertise to provide hair transplant surgery to people who have scars a…
MD News (press release)New Robotic-assisted Technology Transforms Treatment of Kidney TumorsMD News (press release)Approximately four out of five patients with small renal masses have their entire kidney removed, called a nephrectomy. Studies suggest t…