Son lost, NRI kindles hope back home
Times of India The risk that children run of being born with metabolic disorders has been recognized in India as well. “Metabolic liver disease (MLD) is not a rare etiology and should be suspected specially in a case with relevant family history and clinical profile … |
Kidney offers new life for organ donor recipient – Bundaberg News Mail
Kidney offers new life for organ donor recipientBundaberg News MailORGAN transplant recipient Keith Jarrad thinks every day about the anonymous person and their family who helped save his life. Mr Jarrad received a new kidney about six months ago, repl…
Patients with end-stage kidney disease have different expectations than their … – EurekAlert (press release)
Patients with end-stage kidney disease have different expectations than their …
EurekAlert (press release) The disconnect was also apparent when the researchers asked patients and doctors about the possibility of kidney transplantation. “We know that getting a kidney transplant improves one’s prognosis,” says Wachterman.”But our findings showed that over a … |
Food Supplement CoQ10 Cuts Death Rates Among Heart Failure Patients – Medical News Today
Medical DailyFood Supplement CoQ10 Cuts Death Rates Among Heart Failure PatientsMedical News TodayCoenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) cuts mortality by half in patients with heart failure, researchers from Denmark reported at the annual meeting of the Heart Failure A…
Potential amyloid heart failure drug found – U-T San Diego
Potential amyloid heart failure drug foundU-T San DiegoA potential new drug for an inherited form of heart failure has been discovered by a team including scientists at The Scripps Research Institute. The study builds on previous work on the disease, p…
Quantified hydration status predicts hospital readmissions in acute HF patients – TheHeart.Org
Quantified hydration status predicts hospital readmissions in acute HF patientsTheHeart.OrgPresenting the results here at the Heart Failure Congress 2013 of the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Association, Hans Christian Stubbe (Hospital C…
Parents of dying 10-year-old girl challenge organ donor rule blocking her from … – Fox News
Daily MailParents of dying 10-year-old girl challenge organ donor rule blocking her from …Fox NewsThe parents of a 10-year-old girl dying of cystic fibrosis are fighting organ-donation rules that require adult lungs be offered first to adults, who ar…
Heart Failure Accelerates Male 'Menopause' – RedOrbit
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Heart Failure Accelerates Male ‘Menopause’
RedOrbit Heart failure accelerates the aging process and brings on early andropausal syndrome (AS), according to research presented today at the Heart Failure Congress 2013. AS, also referred to as male ‘menopause’, was four times more common in men with … Heart failure speeds up male menopauseiTech Post |
With just weeks left, Sarah fights the system for life-saving pair of lungs – CNN
Daily MailWith just weeks left, Sarah fights the system for life-saving pair of lungsCNNThis procedure is known as ECMO — extracorporeal membrane oxygenation — and is used occasionally as a bridge to lung transplantation. For now, Sarah, who has been…
Scientists Develop Powerful New Method for Finding Therapeutic Antibodies – Lab Manager Magazine
Scientists Develop Powerful New Method for Finding Therapeutic Antibodies
Lab Manager Magazine LA JOLLA, CA – May 23, 2013 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have devised a powerful new technique for finding antibodies that have a desired biological effect. Antibodies, which can bind to billions of distinct targets, are … |