Benefit from Renal Cancer Drug Appears SmallMedPage Today… for advanced renal cell carcinoma — vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor inhibitors sorafenib, sunitinib and pazopanib, and VEGF antibody bevacizumab; and mammalian target of r…
Troponin's Role in Heart Failure UncertainMedPage TodayAn analysis of patients from two heart failure clinical trials found that increasing cardiac troponin T measured with the highly sensitive assay was associated with an increased risk of death. …
A Pension Fund's Largest Healthcare Share Holdings: JNJ, UNH, MRK, AMGN, NVS …Wall St. Cheat SheetThe Company's products and experimental therapies address cancer, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis, organ tran…
INSERTING and REPLACING Monmouth Medical Center is First in New Jersey to …MarketWatch (press release)Urologist Pierre Mendoza, MD, of Monmouth Medical Center's Robotic Surgery Department, performed the first partial nephrectomy in New Jersey for…
Reusing Pacemakers from Deceased Donors is Safe and EffectiveNewswise (press release)Newswise — MAYWOOD, Ill. — Many heart patients in India are too poor to afford pacemakers. But a study has found that removing pacemakers from deceased Americans, r…
Lafayette doctor and organ transplant recipient, encourages organ donationWLFI.comLAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) – Eighteen people in the US die every day while waiting for an organ donation. This holiday season, Indiana University Health is encouraging you to…
WRAL.comPresident of Myrtle Beach Area Chamber is expected leave Duke WednesdayMyrtle Beach Sun NewsDean successfully underwent kidney transplant surgery for a voluntary organ donation Monday morning. The surgery took between three and four hours, said…
'One Person can Make a Difference' Top Ten List for 2011allvoicesMillet received a stem cell transplant in the United States after being diagnosed with an advanced stage of bone cancer. When Millet returned to his home in Haiti, he was determin…
MD NewsTransplant Patients Want a Role in Liver Quality DecisionsDoctors LoungePatients waiting for liver transplantation want to be involved in decisions about organ quality, and the level of risk they are prepared to tolerate is influenced by the pre…
News TonightLegislators approve organ donor IC cardsChina PostShih, however, added that the amended act also gives the donor full rights to withdraw the organ donation. If a patient on his deathbed decided not to donate at the last minute, doctors must…