Oct. 19, 2012, 1 a.m. WALKING 200 metres was a challenge ahead of a double lung transplant in 2011, but now former Burnie woman Toni Miles- Bennett's new challenge will be crossing the Burnie Ten finish line.
Turning Heart Failure Into Heart Success: Transitioning CHF Patients to Home – Becker's Hospital Review
Turning Heart Failure Into Heart Success: Transitioning CHF Patients to HomeBecker’s Hospital ReviewUnder CMS' Readmission Reduction Program, which took effect Oct. 1, hospitals will lose Medicare funds for excessive preventable readmissions of pat…
BIIB's BG-12 Review Period Extended – Zacks.com
BIIB's BG-12 Review Period ExtendedZacks.comMeanwhile, Biogen and partner Abbott Labs (ABT – Analyst Report) moved another MS candidate, daclizumab, into a two-year phase III study (DECIDE) in July 2010, with results due in 2014. Daclizumab is bein…
P.O.S. Cancels Tour, Needs Kidney Transplant
P.O.S. , whose excellent album We Don't Even Live Here is due out next week, has been forced to postpone his upcoming tour — except his Oct. 26 show at Minneapolis' First Avenue — because he needs a new kidney. The Doomtree rapper made the su…
Pipeline Setback at Abbott – Analyst Blog – NASDAQ
Economic TimesPipeline Setback at Abbott – Analyst BlogNASDAQOther late-stage candidates at Abbott Labs includes levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel (LCIG) for advanced Parkinson's disease and daclizumab for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multi…
Coming: Safe N-plants that cities can host – Deccan Herald
Coming: Safe N-plants that cities can hostDeccan HeraldThe 300-MWe advanced heavy water reactor (AHWR), whose construction will start in the 12th plan period, would be so safe that it can be erected in the heart of any city, said S A Bhardwaj, director…
Dengue not so deadly this year? – Times of India
Dengue not so deadly this year?Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: Genetic sequencing of dengue virus samples at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Vasant Kunj, has shown the presence of multiple strains of the vector-borne infection in the capital — …
Shifting age and gender demographics with CHF hospitalizations – TheHeart.Org
Shifting age and gender demographics with CHF hospitalizationsTheHeart.OrgAtlanta, GA – The overall rate of congestive heart failure (CHF) hospitalizations did not change significantly between 2000 and 2010, with one million US individuals hospitalized…
Fecal bacterial transplants beat superbug C. diff, study finds
Unappetizing, yes. But if you're a patient with a life-threatening superbug infection that could cause loss of part of your intestines, a fecal bacteria transplant is worth trying, according to a study released Friday.
Pipeline Setback at Abbott – Zacks.com
Pipeline Setback at AbbottZacks.comOther late-stage candidates at Abbott Labs includes levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel (LCIG) for advanced Parkinson's disease and daclizumab for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Abbo…