Reboot the immune system to avoid transplant rejectionNew ScientistThe first is a drug called alemtuzumab, given intravenously during the transplant surgery. It wipes out the white blood cells, or lymphocytes, that would otherwise attack the new organ….
Students look for scholarships in some unusual places – Santa Fe New Mexican.com
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Students look for scholarships in some unusual places
Santa Fe New Mexican.com “For some scholarships, you have to be African-American or Indian… . For some, you …. He won about a dozen, including a $3,000 first prize from the Done Vida campaign for a two-minute video he produced to promote organ donation. The biggest boon was … |
Children died of malnutrition, syphilis, heart failure at mother and baby home – thejournal.ie
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Children died of malnutrition, syphilis, heart failure at mother and baby home
thejournal.ie Some died of conditions such as marasmus (malnutrition); convulsions; ‘delicacy’; meningitis; German measles; syphilis; ‘general debility’; and heart failure. The deaths took place between 1922 and 1949. Memorial. The identities and causes of death are … |
New Satellite Liver Clinic to Offer Care Closer to Home – KCSG
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New Satellite Liver Clinic to Offer Care Closer to Home
KCSG Previously, he was chief of hepatology and medical liver transplantation at the Mayo Clinic. “Few areas of medicine have seen more advances than hepatology and this brings exciting and new opportunities and challenges,” said Charlton. The healthcare … |
Civil society participation vital for public-health programming – OpEdNews
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Civil society participation vital for public-health programming
OpEdNews The Knowledge-Attitude-Practice (KAP) survey results underline the payoffs of civil-society participation in public-health programming,” said Dr Sarabjit Chadha, Project Director of ‘Axshya’ at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung … |
White's legislation advocates organ donation – Indiana Gazette
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White’s legislation advocates organ donation
Indiana Gazette Don White, R-Indiana, believes human organ donation and transplantation is an issue that deserves more attention, and is something that can be more widely accepted just by increasing the public’s awareness. It is also a topic with which he’s personally … Fallen Officer’s Parents Attend Organ Donor Awareness EventCBS Local Locals celebrate life during organ donor monthVictorville Daily Press PennDOT Encourages ID Card, License Holders to Save Lives through Organ …Sunbury Daily Item KSAT San Antonio –Timesonline.com all 69 news articles » |
Is Novartis' LCZ696 the next gold standard of heart failure drugs? – Tech Times
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Is Novartis’ LCZ696 the next gold standard of heart failure drugs?
Tech Times Following the impressive results of the PARADIGM-HF study, some already speculate on the possibility of Novartis’ LCZ696 becoming the next gold standard of treatment for heart failure. (Photo : Helen Penjam). Novartis may soon offer a new cardiac … A New Novartis Heart Failure Drug Might Be A BlockbusterForbes Novartis’ New Heart Failure Drug Could Be Groundbreaking, Though ‘LCZ696 …Bustle Heart Failure Trial Shut Down After Primary Endpoint MetMonthly Prescribing Reference PMLiVE –BioNews Texas –Wall Street Journal all 67 news articles » |
Low levels of sodium prior to liver transplantation do not increase risk of … – News-Medical.net
Low levels of sodium prior to liver transplantation do not increase risk of …News-Medical.netResearchers report that low levels of sodium, known as hyponatremia, prior to transplantation does not increase the risk of death following liver transplant….
AB Sciex launches immunosuppressants kit to improve health care – News-Medical.net
AB Sciex launches immunosuppressants kit to improve health careNews-Medical.netTogether, the kit and the analyzer will create a complete diagnostic solution for European hospitals and clinical laboratories, enabling simultaneous accurate quantitation o…
Dallas hospital to launch hand transplant program – KHOU
KHOUDallas hospital to launch hand transplant programKHOUHis was only the second hand ever donated in Texas. The hand was transported for surgery to Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Experts hope very soon to perform those operations in North Te…