The math never made any sense to Crystal Perkins. Medicare paid more than $100,000 for her kidney transplant and for three years covered the bulk of the $2,400-a-month drug that kept her body from rejecting the organ.
Astute Medical introduces Nephrocheck test for acute kidney injury patients – pharmabiz.com
Astute Medical introduces Nephrocheck test for acute kidney injury patientspharmabiz.com“Acute kidney injury is common, with a prevalence similar to heart attack, and can impose significant cost in hospitals,” said Chris Hibberd, Astute Medical chi…
Homeless Indian in Oman wants to Commit Suicide – Daijiworld.com
Homeless Indian in Oman wants to Commit SuicideDaijiworld.comMohammad Rafiq has written to M. Bheem Reddy, vice president of the Migrants Rights' Council (MRC), seeking help to return to India as he has no job and nowhere to stay, Gulf News reporte…
Nearly one-third of kidney transplant patients readmitted to hospital within 30 days
( Johns Hopkins Medicine ) Three in 10 patients receiving a kidney transplant require readmission to the hospital within 30 days of discharge following surgery, according to a Johns Hopkins analysis of six years of national data.
US officials find new drugs tied to meningitis outbreak
US health officials identified two new drugs which may have infected patients with meningitis as they investigate a widening outbreak tied to tainted products from a Massachusetts pharmacy.
Liver failure puts Peter in queue for gift of life – inmycommunity
inmycommunityLiver failure puts Peter in queue for gift of lifeinmycommunityLiver failure puts Peter in queue for gift of life. 16/Oct/2012. By Susanne Scolt, Southern Gazette. Comments: Peter at home with wife Elena and children Anna, Nadia and Alissa…
Firefighter Raises Awareness about Organ Donation as He Waits for Transplant – FOX43.com
This is Hull and East RidingFirefighter Raises Awareness about Organ Donation as He Waits for TransplantFOX43.comThe Slussers and their friends reached out to Penn State Hershey Medical Center to provide community information sessions on living organ d…
US meningitis investigation widens
Two more drugs from a US pharmaceutical firm may be linked to an outbreak of meningitis that has killed 15 people, officials warn.
Fatal disease halts academics for student
Six days after returning from the salt-sprayed sands of South Carolina, Amanda Binion said she felt a pain like nothing she ever felt before. …
Millions of productive years lost to cancer – Times of India
CBC.caMillions of productive years lost to cancerTimes of IndiaIt said that about 6% of all deaths in India are from cancer, and 70% of cancer deaths happen between the productive 30-69 age group. There were an estimated 5.6 lakh cancer deaths in India…