LifesiteShock: requiring death before organ donation is unnecessary, say expertsLifesiteThe doctors note that developing the criteria for so-called “brain death,” which is often used by doctors to declare death before organ donation, was an “ideo…
ReutersUPDATED: Vytorin Gets FDA Panel Nod for Some CKD PatientsInternal Medicine News Digital NetworkVytorin should be approved for preventing major vascular events in patients who have chronic kidney disease but are not on dialysis, according to a un…
RTT NewsFDA Says It's Approving Lots of New DrugsNational Journal“Almost half of the drugs were judged to be significant therapeutic advances over existing therapies for heart attack, stroke, and kidney transplant rejection. Ten are for rare or &…
International News NetworkLegs – vital clues in heart failureInternational News NetworkHeart failure causes breathlessness and fatigue that severely limits normal daily activities such as walking. A University of Leeds research team has, for the first …
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis With IBD Yields Worse OutcomesInternal Medicine News Digital NetworkPatients with primary sclerosing cholangitis plus comorbid inflammatory bowel disease present at a younger age, are more likely to develop cancer or unde…
Periostitis Secondary to Prolonged Voriconazole Therapy in a Lung Transplant …Ortho SuperSiteThis article reports a case of perostitis deformans in a lung transplantation patient taking the fluoride-containing medication voriconazole, a relatively ne…
Stony Plain resident celebrates 700th blood donationSpruce Grove ExaminerHennig strongly believes in giving back to the community through blood donation and she is reminded of how giving blood is greatly needed, especially when hearing the stories of h…
UAB NewsLocal organ donor honored with portrait on Rose Parade floatUAB NewsDaniel Brannon's death gave life to five others through organ donation, and he will be one of 72 donors remembered with a memorial floragraph – a portrait made from flowe…
The Hospitalist OnlinePediatric HM LiteratureThe Hospitalist OnlineThe authors previously found no evidence of a benefit of corticosteroids in these infants, but post-hoc analysis suggested a benefit in infants with mild oxygenation abnormalities. Stud…
MedIndiaNext-generation everolimus-eluting coronary stent gains US approvalCardiology TodayThe FDA has approved a next-generation everolimus-eluting coronary stent for the treatment of coronary artery disease. The stent (Xience Prime, Abbott) is indica…