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Live-Tweet kidney transplantation to promote living organ donation
WXIA-TV ATLANTA — On Friday, December 14 at 7 a.m., John Hembree and David Edwards of McDonough, Georgia will be taking part in the state’s first-ever “live tweet” of a robotic nephrectomy and living donor kidney transplantation at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. |
The Dumbest Apocalypses That Hollywood Has Dreamed Up – io9
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The Dumbest Apocalypses That Hollywood Has Dreamed Up
io9 … suddenly frozen and people are chased around by cold. Paleoclimatologist William Hyde has been quoted as saying, “This movie is to climate science as Frankenstein is to heart transplant surgery.” The Dumbest Apocalypses That Hollywood Has Dreamed … |
HBV Screening Hit or Miss in Rituximab Users – MedPage Today
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HBV Screening Hit or Miss in Rituximab Users
MedPage Today ATLANTA — At least in one academic medical center, half of cancer patients on rituximab (Rituxan) were not screened for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection as recommended, a researcher said here. A review of patients’ charts at UMass Memorial Health … |
LSU Health transplant surgeons to join WKHS
Four LSU Health transplant surgeons will move from the LSU physician network to Willis-Knighton Health System.
WHAT IF THERE WAS A WAY TO TREAT HEART FAILURE (HF) PATIENTS … – Proactive Investors USA & Canada
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WHAT IF THERE WAS A WAY TO TREAT HEART FAILURE (HF) PATIENTS …
Proactive Investors USA & Canada In the US and EU, HF is one of the most frequent diagnoses, and accounts for 7.5 million hospital days per year. Three to five percent of patients die despite hospitalization, half go home unimproved, 25% are readmitted within 30 days, and 30% die in … |
Data on Urology Discussed by Researchers at Regina Elena National Intstitute … – Equities.com
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Data on Urology Discussed by Researchers at Regina Elena National Intstitute …
Equities.com According to news reporting originating in Rome, Italy, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, “To evaluate the technical feasibility, safety and functional outcomes of zero ischaemia laparoscopic and robotic partial nephrectomy with controlled … |
New technique for minimally invasive robotic kidney cancer surgery – EurekAlert (press release)
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New technique for minimally invasive robotic kidney cancer surgery
EurekAlert (press release) DETROIT – Urologists at Henry Ford Hospital have developed a new technique that could make minimally invasive robotic partial nephrectomy procedures the norm, rather than the exception for kidney cancer patients. The technique spares the kidney, … |
Heart transplant waiting list war hero has benefits stopped because he is not disabled enough
Devastated Alex Smith, 37, from Lincoln, suffered heart failure after developing a serious chest infection but his financial support has been axed by benefits chiefs.
Rituximab and 131iodine-tositumomab produce similar survival for follicular … – Curetoday.com (press release)
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Rituximab and 131iodine-tositumomab produce similar survival for follicular …
Curetoday.com (press release) NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Added to standard CHOP chemotherapy, both rituximab and radioimmunotherapy (RIT) produce excellent results in patients presenting with advanced follicular lymphoma, a Southwest Oncology Group study shows. “My view of … |
What If There Was a Way to treat Heart Failure (HF) Patients without Opening … – OneMedPlace (blog)
OneMedPlace (blog)What If There Was a Way to treat Heart Failure (HF) Patients without Opening …OneMedPlace (blog)In the US and EU, HF is one of the most frequent diagnoses, and accounts for 7.5 million hospital days per year. Three to five percent o…