No survival gain seen from beta-blockers in heart failure with AFTheHeart.OrgGroningen, the Netherlands – A new meta-analysis suggests that beta-blockers have little effect in heart-failure (HF) patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) [1]. The review in…
Gozo Hospital Blood Donation Area open this coming Sunday – Gozo News
Gozo NewsGozo Hospital Blood Donation Area open this coming SundayGozo NewsGozo Hospital Blood Donation Area open this coming Sunday Monday the 4th of February is World Cancer Day, the National Blood Transfusion Service is taking this oportunity to poi…
New hope for hearts – The Age
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New hope for hearts
The Age ”No matter what other clinical interventions are available, heart transplantation is the only genuine cure for this,” professor of regenerative medicine at Britain’s Oxford University, Paul Riley, says. ”The problem is, there is a dearth of heart … |
Cells predict onset of graft-versus-host disease in men receiving BMTs from … – EurekAlert (press release)
Cells predict onset of graft-versus-host disease in men receiving BMTs from …EurekAlert (press release)Miklos and his associates have shown in other studies that an injectable drug called rituximab (itself an antibody) that attacks B cells while spar…
Cells predict onset of graft-versus-host disease in men receiving BMTs from female donors
Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have identified a clutch of cells that — if seen in a male patient’s blood after receiving a brand-new immune system in the form of a bone-marrow transplant from a female donor — herald the onset of chronic graft-versus-host disease, or cGVHD. In this devastating syndrome, the patient’s tissues come under a vicious and enduring assault by …
Transforming India's health-care landscape – The Hindu
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Transforming India’s health-care landscape
The Hindu … liver transplants, than any other facility in the world. The group has some 10,000 hospital beds, and more will be introduced this year and in the near future, including in the United Arab Emirates and elsewhere in the Gulf. Of course, this is a … |
More seniors stepping forward to donate kidneys
But physicians are conservative about living kidney donors: Nearly three-quarters of transplant centers have not accepted organs from people older than 70.
Precio Rituximab será regulado por Comisión en Colombia – Comunicado-Prensa.com (Comunicado de prensa)
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Precio Rituximab será regulado por Comisión en Colombia
Comunicado-Prensa.com (Comunicado de prensa) La Comisión Nacional de Precios de Medicamentos y Dispositivos Médicos del Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo aprobó el ingreso de Rituximab y otros 80 medicamentos al régimen de control directo de precios. A través de la circular 001 del 30 … |
Cub Pride newsletter – Monett Times
Cub Pride newsletterMonett TimesChemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant, rejection, and other setbacks kept him in the hospital all year. His school district arranged for him to take his classes in the hospital so he was able to finish his requirements …
Scott & White doctor speaks about local lung transplants
At least two dozen patients have been forced to leave Central Texas each year to receive a lung transplant. Now those patients will be able to have the procedure right here at home. Medical Director for the Lung Transplant Program at Scott & White Healthcare Dr. Juan F. Sanchez spoke to KVUE about local lung transplant procedures. For more information click here.