Katy Hayes, 43, had all four limbs amputated after life-threatening Streptococcal A infection
The Battle Over Generic Drugs in India (and elsewhere) – PLoS Blogs (blog)
Marketplace.orgThe Battle Over Generic Drugs in India (and elsewhere)PLoS Blogs (blog)Once again, it's the tussle between the fact that drug making is a for-profit business and the wish for unrestricted access to beneficial medications for people w…
$15M Credit Facility Established for MDx Company XDx – GenomeWeb
$15M Credit Facility Established for MDx Company XDxGenomeWebbased developer of tests for monitoring transplant rejection and autoimmune diseases will use the funds for working capital and for the development of new diagnostic applications using XDx…
Texas Woman Will Undergo the Nation’s First Double-Arm Transplant
A medical team at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston announced today they will attempt a double-arm transplant on a Texas woman, the first such transplant in the country.
Swap donations stuck in bureaucratic tangle
Mumbai, Sept. 13 — Till a month ago, Chhattisgarh resident Kumud Patel, 26, and Mumbai resident Bharti Thakkar, 50, were complete strangers. They have only one thing in common – both suffer from end stage kidney disease and require urgent kidney trans…
Heart Failure Society of America Announces New President At 16th Annual … – RedOrbit
Heart Failure Society of America Announces New President At 16th Annual …RedOrbit12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — At the 16(th) annual scientific meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), Dr. Thomas Force was officially announced as the next p…
Oxford Finance and Silicon Valley Bank Provide $15 Million Senior Credit … – RedOrbit
Oxford Finance and Silicon Valley Bank Provide $15 Million Senior Credit …RedOrbitXDx, Inc., based in Brisbane, California, is a molecular diagnostics company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of non-invasive tests for the m…
Prescribed daily corticosteroids fair no better than symptomatic control – allvoices
AFPPrescribed daily corticosteroids fair no better than symptomatic controlallvoicesResearchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, and study's findings suggest a new treatment approach which would reduce pharmacy cost, allow fl…
Deaths From Chronic Heart Failure Can Be Reduced With Telephone Follow-Ups – RedOrbit
Deaths From Chronic Heart Failure Can Be Reduced With Telephone Follow-UpsRedOrbitChronic heart failure (CHF) patients are less likely to have died a year after discharge if they are involved in a program of active follow-up once they have returned hom…
Steroid Therapy Not Necessarily Needed For Millions Of Asthma Sufferers – RedOrbit
Steroid Therapy Not Necessarily Needed For Millions Of Asthma SufferersRedOrbitNew research has shown that the millions of people who use corticosteroids prescribed daily to control mild asthma do no better than those who use them only when symptoms oc…