After a gun accident took off half his face, Richard Lee Norris spent 15 years living as a recluse in Hillsville, Va. Horribly disfigured, he hid indoors. When he ventured out, it was behind a baseball cap and surgical mask. He didn't pursue a care…
USC Athletics Director Patrick C. Haden to Be Honored at University Kidney Research Organization Gala
University Kidney Research Organization , whose mission is fundraising supporting medical research dedicated to the causes of, improved treatments for, and the prevention of kidney diseases, announced today that legendary USC Athletics Director Patrick C.
Cheney to do book on heart transplant
Former Vice President Dick Cheney is planning a new memoir, this one on his heart problems that led to a transplant earlier this year.
PGIMER doctor gets Lung India Award 2012 – Daily Pioneer
PGIMER doctor gets Lung India Award 2012Daily PioneerDr Naveen Kalra, Additional Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, PGIMER has been awarded 'Lung India Award 2012' by the Indian Chest Society in the National Conference on Pulmonary Diseas…
Potential Cure for HIV Found
Timothy Ray Brown, a HIV positive man, was administered a blood stem cell transplant from bone marrow in 2007 to treat relapsed leukaemia.
Calero declared clinically brain dead – Examiner.com
ESPNCalero declared clinically brain deadExaminer.com“After concluding studies and analysis on the situation a few moments ago, we inform that the Group Pachuca goalkeeping coach Miguel Angel Calero Rodriguez has suffered brain death. From this point…
Rethinking therapy decisions in autoimmune encephalopathy – News-Medical.net
Rethinking therapy decisions in autoimmune encephalopathyNews-Medical.netFirst-line immunotherapies (corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulins, and plasma exchange) were given to 29 patients, while five required regular immunosuppressive treatment w…
BioTime CEO Dr. Michael West Presents Product Development Update at World Stem Cell Summit 2012
BioTime, Inc. , a biotechnology company that develops and markets products in the field of regenerative medicine, announced that Chief Executive Officer Michael D. West, Ph.D.
Chemical in plastic bottles found in fetal livers – Times of India
Times of IndiaChemical in plastic bottles found in fetal liversTimes of IndiaResearchers including an Indian origin have found BPA, or bisphenol A, in fetal liver tissue, demonstrating that there is considerable exposure to the chemical during pregnanc…
Mundipharma to present bendamustine data at ASH meeting – Pharmaceutical Business Review
Mundipharma to present bendamustine data at ASH meetingPharmaceutical Business ReviewTwo oral and three poster presentations will present summary on indolent NHL (iNHL) and MCL, comparing treatment with bendamustine-rituximab (B-R) to the standard firs…