A garage sale from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at 1406 Conductor Court in Sparks will raise funds for Kim Barstow of Sparks, who will get a heart transplant at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif.
Vicente Fernandez to be operated upon – Times of India
Vicente Fernandez to be operated uponTimes of IndiaRanchera music idol Vicente Fernandez will undergo an operation to have a "lump" removed from his liver after it was detected several days ago and he was forced to cancel his concerts for the…
Ravi Chopra discharged from hospital – Times of India
Ravi Chopra discharged from hospitalTimes of IndiaFilmmaker Ravi Chopra, who was hospitalised at the Breach Candy hospital here due to a lung ailment, has been discharged. A hospital source told IANS: " Yes, Ravi Chopra was hospitalised October 1s…
Relying on prisoners' organs 'not ethical' – Independent Online
Independent OnlineRelying on prisoners' organs 'not ethical'Independent OnlineBeijing – China plans to start phasing out the use of organs from executed prisoners for transplant surgery from next year, a health official said in a report pub…
Pfizer and Teva see profits fall amid patent litigation
Pfizer and Teva are the largest branded and generic pharmaceutical companies, respectively, as measured by revenue and both reported lower quarterly profits Thursday. The results are connected, due to patent litigation between the companies.
Developing comorbid conditions post-liver transplant reduces donor quality of life
Researchers in Japan report that health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for donors following living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) was better than the general Japanese population (the norm). This study—one of the largest to date—found that dono…
China's Reliance On Executed Prisoners' Organs Will Wind Down Next Year – Huffington Post
China's Reliance On Executed Prisoners' Organs Will Wind Down Next YearHuffington Post… violating personal, religious or cultural beliefs. China's trial of a national organ donation system aimed at reducing the country's dependence on…
Emergent advances leukemia therapy to next trial stage – Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
Emergent advances leukemia therapy to next trial stageGazette.Net: Maryland Community News OnlineThe trial, which will enroll about 24 patients who have not been treated for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, is designed to test the safety and efficacy of T…
Marion man faces felony child-abuse charges – Asheville Citizen-Times
Marion man faces felony child-abuse chargesAsheville Citizen-TimesThe child's family requested the girl's organs be donated, and physicians conducted a series of tests to determine brain-death and obtain her organs, Mission said in a release. A…
McDowell County child abuse investigation: child remains in critical condition … – Mountain Xpress
McDowell County child abuse investigation: child remains in critical condition …Mountain XpressIn order to obtain the organs, Mission Children's Hospital physicians needed to determine brain death. There is a very specific and prescribed battery …