LivemintIndia nixes Pfizer's patent on cancer-fighter SutentFiercePharmaIndia has blown another raspberry at Big Pharma. In its third strike against foreign drugmakers, the Indian patent office yanked Pfizer's ($PFE) patent on the kidney cancer…
RuPaul's Drag Race star Sahara Davenport died of heart failure, rep says – Edmonton Journal
Philadelphia Magazine (blog)RuPaul's Drag Race star Sahara Davenport died of heart failure, rep saysEdmonton JournalRuPaul's Drag Race contestant Antoine Ashley, whose stage name was Sahara Davenport, died from heart failure, his representative…
Warrnambool cyclist Brodie's golden bonus
FOR Warrnambool cyclist Hayden Brodie, it was a “celebration of life”. Winning two Australian Transplant Games gold medals was just an added bonus.
Study Suggests Stem Cell Transplant Survivors at Increased Risk of Developing … – Sacramento Bee
MedPage TodayStudy Suggests Stem Cell Transplant Survivors at Increased Risk of Developing …Sacramento Bee"Our findings show that the process of receiving a stem cell transplant alone increases a recipient's risk of developing heart disease;…
First SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Patient in Slovenia Receives Heart Transplant
Surgeon Says Total Artificial Heart is “Best Solution” for Complicated Ventricular Septal Defect Involving Mitral ValveTucson, Ariz. (PRWEB) October 04, 2012 SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the world’s first and only FDA, Health Canada a…
Chronic kidney disease independently increases mortality risk – News-Medical.net
Chronic kidney disease independently increases mortality riskNews-Medical.netBy Ingrid Grasmo, medwireNews Reporter. Findings from two meta-analyses published in The Lancet show that patients with chronic kidney disease are at high risk for death and e…
Heart disease risk for stem cell transplant survivors – Barchester Healthcare
Heart disease risk for stem cell transplant survivorsBarchester HealthcareHeart disease risk for stem cell transplant survivors. People who have undergone stem cell transplants may be at a greater risk of developing heart disease, according to a new st…
StemCells, Inc. Announces First Transplant of Neural Stem Cells Into Patient in Clinical Trial for Dry Age-Related …
NEWARK, Calif. — StemCells, Inc. today announced that the first patient in its Phase I/II clinical trial in dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has been enrolled and transplanted. The trial is …
Schizophrenics likelier to die of heart attack – Times of India
Schizophrenics likelier to die of heart attackTimes of IndiaDr. Paul Kurdyak, Chief, Division of General and Health Systems Psychiatry at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, analyzed four years of Ontario-wide patient data and tracked all incid…
Girl suffers heart failure after getting infection – DigitalJournal.com
DigitalJournal.comGirl suffers heart failure after getting infectionDigitalJournal.comA 17-year-old girl suffered from heart failure due to an infection that she may have picked up when she had her ears pierced a year earlier. Jess smith, now 17, went …