More Active Lifestyle Could Cut Risk of Chronic Kidney DiseaseDoctors LoungeMore physical activity and less time sitting are associated with a reduced risk of chronic kidney disease, independent of other risk factors, according to research published in…
Home Dialysis an Option for Some With Chronic Kidney Disease – iVillage Entertainment
Home Dialysis an Option for Some With Chronic Kidney DiseaseiVillage EntertainmentTHURSDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) — For patients suffering from chronic kidney disease, home hemodialysis offers considerable advantages over dialysis performed in a med…
Pick Biotech Winners Like A Pro: John McCamant – Seeking Alpha
Pick Biotech Winners Like A Pro: John McCamantSeeking AlphaThat would be a huge leg up for the stock, at another 100 points. TLSR: And the B-cell lymphomas are a great trail to follow. JM: Exactly. When Rituxin [rituximab] was in development, it was a …
Heart Failure Pacemaker Could Help Less Severe Cases Too – Medical News Today
Heart Failure Pacemaker Could Help Less Severe Cases TooMedical News TodayPatients with milder forms of heart failure may also benefit from having a pacemaker inserted, not only those with severe heart failure, researchers from the Karolinska Institute…
Pfizer to challenge Indian ruling overturning cancer drug patent – Economic Times
Pfizer to challenge Indian ruling overturning cancer drug patentEconomic TimesThe patent office's decision went to the heart of India's patent act, which says a patent cannot be granted for a drug unless changes make it significantly more effec…
Watch: Ill Wisconsin Child Gets Wish to Hunt, Kill a Bear
Kaitlynn Bessette, 11, shot a 335-pound bear as she waits for a heart and liver transplant.
Scituate teen receives life-saving lung transplant
Sixteen-year-old Jonathan Michaud has been facing the battle of his life over the past five weeks. As a cystic fibrosis patient, Jonathan has endured many hospital stays and health issues in his young life.
HHS recognizes Boston Children's kidney transplant program as a top transplant program
( Boston Children's Hospital ) The Department of Health and Human Services has recognized Boston Children's Hospital's Kidney Transplant Program as a national leader in its field. The program received a Silver Level Award at a Medal of Hono…
Boston Children's Kidney Transplant Program Recognized as a Top Transplant Program by U.S. Department of Health and …
Only Pediatric Program in New England to Receive AwardBOSTON, Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Department of Health and Human Services has recognized Boston Children's Hospital's Kidney Transplant Program as a national leader in its…
Breast Oncologists Incorporate New Treatments, Grapple With Ongoing … – OncLive
OncLiveBreast Oncologists Incorporate New Treatments, Grapple With Ongoing …OncLiveEverolimus, recently approved in estrogen receptor [ER]-positive metastatic breast cancer, is being tested in combination with trastuzumab in HER2-positive disease in …