Biomarkers in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection FractionWauwatosa NowScientists from the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Froedtert Hospital received a one-year, $50,000 grant from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast…
Transplant patient Ollie Green dies at age 17
Posted: Thursday, September 13, 2012 2:00 pm | Updated: 11:14 am, Thu Sep 13, 2012. Ollie Green Jr., 17, fought the symptoms of sickle cell anemia his entire life.
Alaska man trades in battery-powered heart for real heart in Seattle
Christopher Marshall, 51, of Wasilla spent several months before the transplant using and even going hiking and exporing with an artificial heart powered by a machine in a backpack.
'Hard for families to accept brain death'
Mumbai, Sept. 14 — Last May, Sharon Gracias, transplant coordinator at Andheri's BSES Hospital was called to Suchak Hospital, Malad, twice on a Sunday to convince a family to donate the organs of their 53-year old mother who was brain-dead after s…
Medical College receives grant for heart failure research – The Business Journal
Medical College receives grant for heart failure researchThe Business JournalScientists from the Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital received a 1-year, $50,000 grant to study a type of heart failure and to identify indicators that might…
Our mood swings – The Asian Age
Our mood swingsThe Asian Agewarbled young India last April, in sympathy with the heart-broken Tamil underclass lad of the soup song. It has now come to light that even the not-so-young and not-so-poor urban India was singing its own elegy at the same t…
Alaska man with artificial heart gets transplant
An Alaska man underwent a successful heart transplant after living for months with a battery-powered artificial heart while awaiting the surgery in Seattle.
Facebook Organ Donation Scheme Fizzles – InformationWeek
Facebook Organ Donation Scheme FizzlesInformationWeekAs many as 100,000 Facebook users worldwide signed up to be organ donors last May when the social network added a feature that allowed people to link to organ donation registries. But the number of n…
Older Americans With Advanced Heart Failure Get New Lease On Life – Yumanewsnow
Older Americans With Advanced Heart Failure Get New Lease On LifeYumanewsnowLittle did he know, Carter was waging a longtime battle against heart failure. It started small: some fluid buildup, a bit of swelling, difficulty breathing and then, when Cart…
Watch: Large Sugary Drink Ban Passes in New York City
Board of Health approves Mayor Bloomberg's effort to reduce obesity.