22Jan/14

Health Care Industry Professional with Personal Connection to Organ Donation … – TheAlternativePress.com


TheAlternativePress.com

Health Care Industry Professional with Personal Connection to Organ Donation
TheAlternativePress.com
Cheryl Cohen, a Chesterfield, NJ resident and healthcare industry professional with more than 25 years of experience, has a personal and long-standing connection to organ and tissue donation. “Eight years ago, my brother had a heart transplant,” said 

22Jan/14

Save a Baby's Life and Save a Second Life with Baby's Umbilical Cord Blood … – Family Research Council (blog)

Save a Baby’s Life and Save a Second Life with Baby’s Umbilical Cord Blood
Family Research Council (blog)
The first umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant was performed in October 1988, for a 5-year-old child with Fanconi anemia, a serious condition where the bone marrow fails to make blood cells. That patient is currently alive and healthy, 25 years

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22Jan/14

UCLA researchers develop risk calculator to predict survival in heart failure … – UC Los Angeles

UCLA researchers develop risk calculator to predict survival in heart failure
UC Los Angeles
A UCLA team has developed an easy-to-use “risk calculator” that helps predict heart failure patients’ chances of survival for up to five years and assists doctors in determining whether more or less aggressive treatment is appropriate. Given that heart