DigitalJournal.comNew devices to treat heart failure approved by FDADigitalJournal.comBy KJ Mullins. New implant devices from Boston Scientific has been granted FDA approval. The INCEPTA, ENERGEN and PUNCTUA™cardiac resynchronization therapy defibril…
Volume Loss as the Predominant Determinant of Ultimate Renal Function after PNRenal and Urology NewsThe objectives of partial nephrectomy (PN) for kidney cancer are to optimize cancer control by obtaining negative margins while preserving as much renal…
Phase I-II study of everolimus and low-dose oral cyclophosphamide in patients …7thSpace Interactive (press release)For patients with metastatic renal cell cancer (mRCC) who progressed on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor tyrosine kin…
Financial TimesYoung blood in the forefrontDeccan ChronicleIt's world AIDS day and youngsters in the city are striving to educate people about blood donation. Club 25, a group of young blood donor volunteers who are all below 25, is organising bloo…
CircuLite Pulls in $30M for Heart DeviceXconomyThe company said in a statement that it will use the proceeds to support the anticipated 2012 European launch of a device it dubs “the world's smallest surgically implanted blood pump,” which is us…
CircuLite(R) Raises $30 Million Series D FinancingMarketWatch (press release)Dr. Rose is a past President of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation and was also the Morris & Rose Millstein Professor of Surgery at Columbia Univ…
Fox NewsSecondhand Smoke Tied to Bad Heart Failure OutcomesFox NewsIf you have chronic heart failure, being around a smoker may be bad for your physical and mental well-being, a new study suggests. Researchers found that of 205 non-smokers with heart f…
BG Medicine, Inc. Announces Peer-Reviewed Publication on Galectin-3 and …MarketWatch (press release)The results from the study were published in the November 22, 2011 online issue of the journal Clinical Chemistry, titled, "Galectin-3 and the De…
Heart Valve Operation Key to LongevitydailyRxHeart failure patients that also have an infection of the heart lining called infective endocarditis tend to live shorter lives. Heart valve surgery may significantly reduce the risk of such patients dying. …
Video: Bath student Abby takes organ donor campaign to heart of GovernmentBath Chronicle“People don't like to talk about death because it scares them, but the other side of organ donation is such a positive thing, watching people get better and s…