Jeff Ritterman, a cardiologist and member of the Richmond, California, City Council, is spearheading the effort to institute a penny-per-ounce soda tax in Richmond, California. Here's why.
Loss of protective heart failure protein linked to critical limb ischemia – Medical Xpress
Loss of protective heart failure protein linked to critical limb ischemiaMedical XpressRestoring diminished levels of a protein shown to prevent and reverse heart failure damage could also have therapeutic applications for patients with critical limb i…
4-Year-Old Girl With Heart Transplant Dies Before 'Make-A-Wish' Trip
A little girl suffering complications of a heart transplant died on her Make-A-Wish Foundation trip before her trip to Walt Disney World.
Ho Chi Minh City to perform first adult liver transplant
Doctors at Ho Chi Minh City's leading hospital Cho Ray are preparing to perform the city's first adult liver transplant with the help of South Korean colleagues this Friday.
L'impegno di Biogen Idec verso la sclerosi multipla dimostrato dagli importanti … – ANSA.it
L'impegno di Biogen Idec verso la sclerosi multipla dimostrato dagli importanti …ANSA.itIl processo daclizumab ad alto rendimento (DAC HYP) è una formulazione sottocutanea di daclizumab nelle fasi finali dello sviluppo clinico per il trattamento…
Blood transplant patient dies
A Timaru man who received a ground-breaking double umbilical cord blood transplant in 2010, has died.
Warm Ride in New Device Helps Donated Lungs – MedPage Today
MedPage TodayWarm Ride in New Device Helps Donated LungsMedPage TodayTransplant was done after a mean of around 5 hours on the machine plus 134 minutes of cumulative cold ischemia time for the first lung and 249 for the second lung around harvest and i…
Mylan Announces Settlement Agreement for its First-to-File Generic Version of … – Sacramento Bee
Mylan Announces Settlement Agreement for its First-to-File Generic Version of …Sacramento BeePITTSBURGH, Oct. 9, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced that it has entered into a settlement agreement with Shionogi Inc. and C…
Proud moment for Japanese science
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm on Monday announced that Dr. Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University will share the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 with Dr. John B. Gurdon of Cambridge University. We heartily congratulat…
Financing of biodiversity at heart of debate in Hyderabad – Europolitics.info
Hindu Business LineFinancing of biodiversity at heart of debate in HyderabadEuropolitics.info… Diversity (CBD) opened with calls to this effect, on 8 October, in Hyderabad, India. Discussions will focus on implementation of the action plan running to…