Americans' heart devices reused safely in IndiaReuters IndiaNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – U.S. patients' used heart devices can be safely implanted in seriously ill heart disease patients in the developing world, a study out Monday suggests. &quo…
Federal drug regulators now say only one heart transplant patient — not two – may have acquired a fungal infection from drugs made by a Framingham pharmacy, according to an update posted on the Food and Drug Administration website. On Monday, the FDA …
More poor patients can now benefit from Delhi govt assistanceBusiness StandardPress Trust of India / New Delhi October 16, 2012, 21:15. Delhi Government today decided to expand scope of providing financial assistance to poor patients suffering from lif…
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today the U.S. launch of VSL#3(R) JUNIOR, a once-a-day, high-potency probiotic medical food for the dietary management of children who suffer …
CARMEL, Ind., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — HOPE (Health Opportunity through Partnership in Education) has gifted the American Cancer Society (ACS) $100,000 to support world-class cancer research. To …
Citizen MattersAdvanced surgeries place Bengaluru at the leading edgeCitizen MattersThe procedure adopted was to remove the liver from the patient's body so that it could be washed in a preservative solution (HTK solution) and keep it in ice so tha…
Pulmonary vaccines ensure better responseTimes of India"The lung is an immunologic powerhouse that remains largely unexplored. Theoretically we should be able to avoid needles and simply inhale our vaccines," says Gerald C. Smaldone, professo…
Mystery kidney disease decimates Central America sugarcane workersNBCNews.com (blog)In El Salvador and Nicaragua alone, the number of men dying from the excruciatingly painful disease has risen five-fold in the last two decades. High rates of CKD also …
Childhood asthma may pass on to many generationsTimes of IndiaAn Indian origin scientist was recently awarded a two-year, 377,220-dollar grant by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to conduct a st…
Modest diet, exercise help weight lossTimes of IndiaThe study was funded and conducted by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health. NIDDK senior investigator Kevin Hall, Ph.D., …