16Jan/13

Amgen Trial Fails To Show Benefit Of Anemia Drug In Heart Failure Patients – Forbes

January 16, 2013Organ Failureadmin

Amgen Trial Fails To Show Benefit Of Anemia Drug In Heart Failure Patients
Forbes
The RED-HF (Reduction of Events With Darbepoetin Alfa in Heart Failure) Trial, which started in 2006, had randomized 2,278 patients with heart failure and anemia to receive either Aranesp or placebo. Patients in the trial started with hemoglobin levels …
Amgen Announces Top-Line Results Of Phase 3 Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa …PharmaLive (press release) (subscription)
Amgen’ Anemia Drug Aranesp Fails To Meet Primary Endpoint – Quick FactsRTT News
Amgen’s Aranesp for Anemia Fails to Help Heart PatientsBloomberg

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16Jan/13

A walk through long-term mechanical circulatory support: New ISHLT guidelines – TheHeart.Org

January 16, 2013Organ Failureadmin

A walk through long-term mechanical circulatory support: New ISHLT guidelinesTheHeart.OrgWhereas long-term ventricular-assist-device (VAD) therapy has previously been included in society-based guidelines for chronic heart failure, those broader documen…

16Jan/13

Stealth Peptides Initiates Patient Enrollment for Novel Treatment of Acute … – PharmaLive (press release) (subscription)

January 16, 2013Organ Failureadmin

Stealth Peptides Initiates Patient Enrollment for Novel Treatment of Acute …
PharmaLive (press release) (subscription)
Stealth Peptides Initiates Patient Enrollment for Novel Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury … Research for acute and chronic kidney disease has demonstrated Bendavia’s beneficial renal effects and confirmed the significance of its novel mechanism of …

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15Jan/13

PR pioneer Daniel Edelman dies – Chicago Tribune

January 15, 2013Organ Failureadmin

Philadelphia InquirerPR pioneer Daniel Edelman diesChicago TribuneEdelman passed away early Tuesday of heart failure, according to his wife, Ruth. Related; Daniel J. Edelman; Maps; 200 East Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60602, USA. He was born in New Yo…

15Jan/13

European Intensivists Prefer CRRT to Manage Acute Kidney Injury – Renal and Urology News

January 15, 2013Organ Failureadmin

European Intensivists Prefer CRRT to Manage Acute Kidney InjuryRenal and Urology NewsEuropean Intensivists Prefer CRRT to Manage Acute Kidney Injury. Most European intensivists prefer to use continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) to manage acute k…

15Jan/13

Publisher Milner-Fenwick Partners with the American Association of Heart … – Newswise (press release)

January 15, 2013Organ Failureadmin

Publisher Milner-Fenwick Partners with the American Association of Heart …
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — Hunt Valley, MD — January 15, 2013 – Milner-Fenwick, a multi-media publisher for the healthcare community, and the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses (AAHFN) announced a partnership which includes the AAHFN’s endorsement …

15Jan/13

Survey shows decreased ESA use for dialysis, chronic kidney disease patients – NephrologyNews.com

January 15, 2013Organ Failureadmin

Survey shows decreased ESA use for dialysis, chronic kidney disease patientsNephrologyNews.comESA use is also declining in patients with stage 3 and 4 chronic kidney disease. The surveyed nephrologists said they expect ESA use to continue to decline ov…

15Jan/13

Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Management Strategies – Pharmacy Times

January 15, 2013Organ Failureadmin

Pharmacy TimesAcute Decompensated Heart Failure Management StrategiesPharmacy TimesMore than 6.5 million adults in the United States have heart failure, the prevalence of which is expected to increase by 25% by the year 2030. 1 Admission rates for hear…

15Jan/13

REVIVE-IT study to examine earlier device use for patients with heart failure – Medical Xpress

January 15, 2013Organ Failureadmin

REVIVE-IT study to examine earlier device use for patients with heart failureMedical XpressThe University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will gain a new partner as it commences its study of earlier dev…

15Jan/13

REVIVE-IT Study to Examine Earlier Device Use for Patients with Heart Failure – Newswise (press release)

January 15, 2013Organ Failureadmin

REVIVE-IT Study to Examine Earlier Device Use for Patients with Heart Failure
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will gain a new partner as it commences its study of earlier device use for patients with congestive heart failure.

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