Emory University School of Medicine gets new deanL.A. Biz (blog)Urvaksh Karkaria: Staff Writer- Atlanta Business Chronicle: Email | Twitter | Google | LinkedIn. Dr. Christian P. Larsen, an internationally recognized leader in transplant surgery and imm…
FDA approves cardiac assist device for heart failure patients awaiting transplant
The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has approved Framingham, Massachussetts-based HeartWare’s left ventricle assist device for heart failure patients awaiting a heart transplant. The HeartWare Ventricular Assist System is a mec…
More work needed on models to predict risk of chronic kidney disease – Medical Xpress
More work needed on models to predict risk of chronic kidney diseaseMedical XpressModels used for predicting the likelihood of individuals developing chronic kidney disease and for predicting disease progression in people who already have the condition…
FDA Approves Pump for Heart Failure Patients Waiting for Transplant – Opposing Views
Opposing ViewsFDA Approves Pump for Heart Failure Patients Waiting for TransplantOpposing ViewsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the HeartWare Ventricular Assist System, a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), to support heart funct…
More work needed on models to predict risk of chronic kidney disease – EurekAlert (press release)
More work needed on models to predict risk of chronic kidney diseaseEurekAlert (press release)Models used for predicting the likelihood of individuals developing chronic kidney disease and for predicting disease progression in people who already have t…
Birds In Spring: Taking In Good News With The Bad – The Myeloma Beacon
Birds In Spring: Taking In Good News With The BadThe Myeloma BeaconTheir research followed 170 autologous stem cell transplant patients over the years, starting around 1990, to see how these multiple myeloma patients fared. There is, of course, good ne…
West Shore Medical Center receives 2012 Spirit of Quality Award for treatment … – Manisteenews
West Shore Medical Center receives 2012 Spirit of Quality Award for treatment …ManisteenewsMANISTEE –The Michigan Center for Rural Health has honored West Shore Medical Center with a 2012 Spirit of Quality Award in recognition of quality improvemen…
FDA Approves Pump for Heart-Failure Patients Awaiting Heart Transplant – Wall Street Journal
Opposing ViewsFDA Approves Pump for Heart-Failure Patients Awaiting Heart TransplantWall Street JournalThe patients were compared with a group of 497 patients from a nationwide listing of heart-failure patients who received commercially available left-…
HeartWare Receives FDA Approval for HeartWare® Ventricular Assist System as … – EIN News (press release)
ForbesHeartWare Receives FDA Approval for HeartWare® Ventricular Assist System as …EIN News (press release)HeartWare Receives FDA Approval for HeartWare® Ventricular Assist System as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation for Patients with Advanced Hear…
Orange Regional recognized for organ donor support – Times Herald-Record
Orange Regional recognized for organ donor supportTimes Herald-RecordScott Batulis, president and CEO of Orange Regional, was presented with a plaque thanking the hospital for educating families about organ donation and helping to save lives. The prese…