Zimbabwe: Tongai Was More Than a Friend – PedroAllAfrica.comConcerted effort by the doctors to flush out his kidneys before administering the Rituximab drug to treat his non-Hodgkins lymphoma came to naught. "It was a little too late as the tumour…
Heart failure support group session set Oct. 27The State Journal-Registerat the second in a series of free heart failure support group sessions. The event will be held at 7 pm Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, at Family Medical Center of Chatham. By Staff repor…
HealthJockey.comSteroids could help in treatment of corneal ulcersHealthJockey.comIn a bid to evaluate the working of steroids for such corneal ulcers, a team from the University of California, has revealed that corticosteroids showed a neutral respons…
Front Porch: Barbecue fundraiser to aid Mill Creek boy with leukemiaHeraldNetHe had a successful stem cell transplant in January. "Colton continues to amaze his doctors," said his mother, Suzy Matter. Blood drive donors needed: The Oak Harbor…
NATION – News of the Day From Across the NationSan Francisco ChronicleChinese-born Huang was charged under the Economic Espionage Act. 2 Heart failure: Hospital stays for heart failure fell a remarkable 30 percent in Medicare patients over a decade, th…
Intuitive Surgical's CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results – Earnings Call TranscriptSeeking AlphaWith regard to recently launched products, our Firefly fluorescence imaging system is gaining acceptance with customers, primarily for visualizing vasculature…
CBC.caOrgan donor families, recipients may meet with new lawCBC.ca"There would certainly need to be additional resources for the critical care organ donation program, because it would take up the time effort and expertise of any of the people work…
New York TimesToddler's fate remains in limboChina Daily"Her situation somewhat meets the standard of brain death," said Wang Weimin with the General Hospital of the Guangzhou Military Command of the People's Liberation Army. "We…
Insciences OrganisationHalozyme gets boost from injectable HerceptinFierceDrugDeliveryRoche and Halozyme are also applying the technology to a formulation of Roche's cancer drug rituximab and testing it in trials for patients with certain forms of …
ABC NewsHeart-Failure Hospital Stays Plunge as US Saves $4 BillionBusinessWeekOct. 18 (Bloomberg) — The number of older Americans hospitalized with heart failure declined 30 percent from 1998 to 2008, saving the US health insurance program for the eld…