Afinitor Approved In Europe For Advanced Breast CancerMedical News TodayE.U. approval has been granted to Novartis drug Afinitor® (everolimus) after successful completion of the Phase III BOLERO-2 (Breast cancer trials of OraL EveROlimus-2) trial. Afi…
Number of Bone Lesions After Stem Cell Transplant May Predict Overall Survival – The Myeloma Beacon
Number of Bone Lesions After Stem Cell Transplant May Predict Overall SurvivalThe Myeloma BeaconThe number of bone lesions detected by whole-body magnetic resonance imaging after stem cell transplantation may predict overall survival of multiple myelom…
TAT-ARC fusion protein helps treat acute liver failure – News-Medical.net
TAT-ARC fusion protein helps treat acute liver failureNews-Medical.netAccording to an estimate published in a 2011 issue of the "Deutsche -rzteblatt", a professional journal for German physicians, between 200 and 500 patients suffer from acut…
Comment: The need to reform gay blood donation is as pressing as ever – PinkNews.co.uk
PinkNews.co.ukComment: The need to reform gay blood donation is as pressing as everPinkNews.co.ukTom King's government e-petition opposing the blood ban and deferral closes tomorrow, we must do our utmost to get people to sign it, share it and dema…
Protest against Northern Irish gay blood donation ban – PinkNews.co.uk
PinkNews.co.ukProtest against Northern Irish gay blood donation banPinkNews.co.ukCalls for the Northern Irish Health Secretary to step down were voiced at an angry protest against the ban on gay blood donation in Londonderry. The Belfast Telegraph repo…
Researchers develop new approach to treat acute liver failure – Medical Xpress
Researchers develop new approach to treat acute liver failureMedical XpressAccording to an estimate published in a 2011 issue of the "Deutsche Ärzteblatt", a professional journal for German physicians, between 200 and 500 patients suffer fro…
Woman, 28, left close-to-death due to Cystic Fibrosis scales Ben Nevis after double lung transplant
Kirsty Gedes, from Lanarkshire, spent eight months on the transplant list and needed 60 pills a day and oxygen at night. Since her operation she has completed three 10k runs and scaled Ben Nevis.
Organ Donor Points to Upcoming Benefit of Health Reform – The Nonprofit Quarterly
Organ Donor Points to Upcoming Benefit of Health ReformThe Nonprofit QuarterlySundance TV to Take on a Nonprofit Ex-Con Employment Program · Guess Who's Coming to Dinner—with Gov. Chris Christie? Organ Donor Points to Upcoming Benefit of H…
MDC researchers develop new approach to treat acute liver failure
( Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres ) Acute liver failure is a life-threatening disease. Unfortunately, few treatment options exist. Now the physician Dr. Junfeng An of the Max Delbrück Center Berlin-Buch and Dr. Stefan Donath, also of …
Breathing Life Into Lung Transplants
BACKGROUND: There are more than 1,600 people waiting for a lung transplant today. The wait for suitable donor organs to become available may be a year or longer. The average waiting time on the list is 18 months. Unfortunately, many patients who woul…