Talk about an exclamation mark. Late last week, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute performed the 500th heart transplant in its history.
Texas Transplant Center earns national silver medal for lung transplantation – Ultimate Clear Lake
Texas Transplant Center earns national silver medal for lung transplantationUltimate Clear LakeThe Texas Transplant Center of the University of Texas Medical Branch has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its achieve…
Pharma legend IA Modi passes away, legacy lives – Times of India
Pharma legend IA Modi passes away, legacy livesTimes of IndiaInterestingly, doctors said that despite the lung disease, his heart remained 'rock solid'. "It continued to beat till an hour after the ventilator support was pulled out," …
Shield your heart from cold – Times of India
Shield your heart from coldTimes of IndiaCHANDIGARH: The seasonal viral infections has found its way among many children and adults in the city, leaving them suffering with cough, cold and fever. But, the affect of cold weather could be a troublesome f…
In Type 1 Diabetes, Cardiac Measures Improved After Pancreas Transplant – Family Practice News Digital Network
In Type 1 Diabetes, Cardiac Measures Improved After Pancreas TransplantFamily Practice News Digital NetworkThe majority (77%) had induction therapy with basiliximab; the rest had antithymocyte globulin (rabbit) induction. The maintenance immunosuppress…
In Type 1 Diabetes, Cardiac Measures Improved After Pancreas Transplant – Clinical Endocrinology News Digital Network
In Type 1 Diabetes, Cardiac Measures Improved After Pancreas TransplantClinical Endocrinology News Digital NetworkThe majority (77%) had induction therapy with basiliximab; the rest had antithymocyte globulin (rabbit) induction. The maintenance immunos…
Organ Transplant Pioneer Talks About Risks and Rewards
In the 1950s Sir Roy Calne found ways to stop the human immune system from rejecting implanted hearts, livers and kidneys.
Experimental technology could transform field of lung transplantation – Virtual Press Office (press release)
Experimental technology could transform field of lung transplantationVirtual Press Office (press release)Experimental technology could transform field of lung transplantation. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — First there was the &q…
Azathioprine exposure concerns raised for SLE mothers – News-Medical.net
Azathioprine exposure concerns raised for SLE mothersNews-Medical.netTweet. By Lynda Williams, Senior medwireNews Reporter. Researchers have raised the possibility of an increased risk for developmental delay in the children of mothers who used azathio…
Doctors should consider hepatitis C testing: panel
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A government-backed panel advises doctors to "consider offering screening" for hepatitis C to adults born between 1945 and 1965, in a draft statement released today. The recommendations, from the U.S. Preventive Se…