Treatment for Severe Flu at UAB HospitalAlabama’s13.comThe machine was first developed for use in heart bypass surgery, but it has now also been used as a bridge to heart or lung transplantation as well as the treatment of severe lung diseases. In extr…
How TT champion overcame heart condition – Times of India
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How TT champion overcame heart condition
Times of India But that hole in his heart was not enough to keep Sanil down last Sunday, when this 24-year-old from Mumbai won the 75th senior national table-tennis championship in Patna. “I was on cloud nine. I was blank for the next 10-15 minutes,” said Shetty. “I … |
Cytonet Submits European Approval Application For Liver Cell Therapy To Treat … – PR Newswire (press release)
Cytonet Submits European Approval Application For Liver Cell Therapy To Treat …PR Newswire (press release)The only cure currently available is liver transplantation, which can be an extremely difficult procedure for the very young. Additionally, ther…
Milestone reached with implantation of 1000th pump to ease congestive heart … – Houston Chronicle (blog)
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Milestone reached with implantation of 1000th pump to ease congestive heart …
Houston Chronicle (blog) More than 6 million people in the United States suffer from heart failure―the inability of the heart to pump enough blood to other organs in the body. Almost 600,000 die annually from end-stage heart failure. When medications and pacemakers no longer … |
After Fraud, Korean Cloner Seeks Redemption – Science AAAS
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After Fraud, Korean Cloner Seeks Redemption
Science AAAS Hwang’s team also clones prize livestock and uses the technique to generate transgenic cows that produce human drugs in their milk and transgenic pigs for xenotransplantation of organs into humans. Such work accounts for most of the 45 or so papers … |
Red Cross offers blood donation opportunities – Newsmagazinenetwork
Red Cross offers blood donation opportunitiesNewsmagazinenetworkPatients are less likely to have complications from blood donated by someone with the same ethnicity. Prior to transfusion, blood type and Rh factor are matched. Often additional red cell …
Researchers find metabolic clues to diabetic kidney failure – Science Daily (press release)
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Researchers find metabolic clues to diabetic kidney failure
Science Daily (press release) 15, 2014 — January 15, 2013 — About 33 percent of people with type 2 diabetes suffer kidney damage that progresses to end stage renal disease (ESRD), at which point they require either dialysis or kidney transplantation. Scientists have thought that … Study finds metabolic clues to diabetic kidney failureMedical Xpress |
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Walking the Walk – Pharmacy Times
Pharmacy TimesRheumatoid Arthritis: Walking the WalkPharmacy TimesAccessed December 14, 2013. Rituximab: drug facts and comparisons. Facts & Comparisons database. St. Louis, MO: Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc; March 2005. Accessed December 14, 2013. Me…
Dickson County High HOSA competitors strive for organ donation awareness – The Tennessean
Dickson County High HOSA competitors strive for organ donation awarenessThe TennesseanThree Dickson County High School students, active in Health Occupation Students of America competed in a community awareness event at the HOSA regional competition, w…
Cincinnati Children's creates lung transplant program – Cincinnati.com
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Cincinnati Children’s creates lung transplant program
Cincinnati.com Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has started a pediatric lung transplant program. The hospital will be one of the few in the country capable of performing transplants for infants as small as 11 pounds, hospital officials said. The program … Cincinnati Children’s Launches Lung Transplant ProgramSYS-CON Media (press release) |