Combination angiotensin inhibition increased hyperkalemia, acute kidney injury …HealioCombination therapy with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and an angiotensin-receptor blocker was tied to an increased risk for hyperkalemia and acute kid…
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Devices have changed heart transplants
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel … and is becoming a problem of engineering, miniaturization and, believe it or not, batteries,” says cardiologist Michael Hess , who directs the Pauley Heart Center’s heart transplantation program — one of the world’s oldest — at the Medical … |
Times of IndiaBreakthrough may lead to new treatment for heart attackTimes of India… reduce damage from heart attack and protect the organ from further injury. The stop and start of blood flow to the heart during and after a heart attack causes sever…
Retired doctors fill in for heart surgeonsTimes of IndiaBHUBANESWAR: Heart surgery in government medical colleges has come to a halt due to acute shortage of cardiac surgeons. While there is no specialist in VSS Medical College and Hospital, Burla, MKC…
Pentagon PostOxyElite Pro Weight Loss Supplement Recalled by USPlabs for Liver FailurePentagon PostOxyElite Pro Weight Loss Supplement Recalled by USPlabs for Liver Failure. posted by Emily Woods November 11, 2013 Health · Tweet · liver10…
Japanese Red Cross Society Start Girls und Panzer Blood Donation CampaignAnime News NetworkGirls und Panzer is collaborating with the Japanese Red Cross Society in Ibaraki prefecture by reaching out to those in their teens and 20s. The campaign is usin…
Promising New Era in Hepatitis C TreatmentMedscapeIn a phase 2 trial of 61 patients infected with hepatitis C who were awaiting liver transplantation, 37 had an undetectable viral load (<25 IU/mL) after 48 weeks of treatment with sofosbuvir and riba…
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Australia ranks 21st for organ donation
Ninemsn “We are still not in the top 20 nations and have long way to go,” says ShareLife director Professor Allan Glanville, medical director of lung transplantation at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney. “Organ donation saves lives, saves money and improves … |
Fundraiser to benefit Breckenridge man who had liver transplantThe Daily NewsOn Oct. 16, 2013, Josh Wentz, 28, Breckenridge, Minn., underwent a successful liver transplant surgery and is now on the road to recovery. To help with the various expenses su…
Could deceased heart attack victims expand donor pool?EurekAlert (press release)Results published in Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, show …