Triple therapy for hepatitis C is effective after liver transplantation, but …aidsmapThe median time since liver transplantation at the start of therapy was 3.7 years. Most patients (88%) used telaprevir, almost all with a pegylated interferon/ribavi…
Exercise program helps in heart failure – Toronto NewsFIX
Toronto NewsFIXExercise program helps in heart failureToronto NewsFIXDoctors are often reluctant to prescribe exercise to people with heart failure, in case it makes their condition worse. In fact, the reverse could be true, according to a study from a…
Computers to extract huge amounts of relevant data – The Upcoming
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Computers to extract huge amounts of relevant data
The Upcoming “We want to continue to grow internationally,” says Dr Tim Hiddemann, co-founder and CEO of antibodies-online GmbH in Aachen, Germany. Together with Dr Andreas Kessel, he started the company as a spin-off of the RWTH Aachen in 2006. By now, they … |
World's 10 weirdest medical museums – CNN International
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World’s 10 weirdest medical museums
CNN International Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Science, Tijara House, Dodhpur, Aligarh, India; +91 571 3290275; Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Sunday 4 p.m.-8 p.m.; free admission. Meguro Parasitological Museum, Japan. Skin-crawling, skin-burrowing … |
Tissue donation – FFWD
Tissue donationFFWD… list for a kidney transplant, 94 needed a liver transplant, 57 were waiting for a new lung and 17 needed a new heart. Currently, one must sign the back of their health card in order to consent to donate their organs after brain d…
Organ donation up by 100 per cent – 3AW (blog)
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Organ donation up by 100 per cent
3AW (blog) There is still an option for the family to decide on the persons behalf, even if they have not registered as an organ donor. “It’s done by a process of conversation. It’s about the family thinking about what you were like, how community spirited you … |
Pelosi to lead off graduation speakers at UC Davis – UC Davis
UC DavisPelosi to lead off graduation speakers at UC DavisUC DavisLawrence S.C. Czer, medical director of heart transplantation at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles, will speak at the School of Medicine commencement on Saturday, June 1. T…
Organ donation up by 100% – 3AW (blog)
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Organ donation up by 100%
3AW (blog) There is still an option for the family to decide on the persons behalf, even if they have not registered as an organ donor. “It’s done by a process of conversation. It’s about the family thinking about what you were like, how community spirited you … |
Getting fit in middle age can reduce heart failure risk – Science Daily – Science Daily (press release)
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Getting fit in middle age can reduce heart failure risk – Science Daily
Science Daily (press release) For each MET improvement in fitness, participants’ heart failure risk dropped by 20 percent. For example, if a 40-year-old went from jogging 12 minutes per mile to running 10 minutes per mile — an increase of two METs — he or she reduced heart … Middle age fitness cuts heart failure riskHealth24.com Getting Fit in Middle Age Lowers Risk of Heart FailureScience World Report Exercise In Middle Age Could Prevent Heart FailureMedical Daily KMBZ –MedPage Today all 21 news articles » |
For-profit dialysis centers continued to use anemia drug after black box warning – MedCity News
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For-profit dialysis centers continued to use anemia drug after black box warning
MedCity News It’s just that it does have side effects and people do need to be aware of them,” said Dr. Nina Tolkoff-Rubin, director of renal transplantation and hemodialysis at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Previous studies had found that for-profit … |