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Amgen Trial Fails To Show Benefit Of Anemia Drug In Heart Failure Patients
Forbes The RED-HF (Reduction of Events With Darbepoetin Alfa in Heart Failure) Trial, which started in 2006, had randomized 2,278 patients with heart failure and anemia to receive either Aranesp or placebo. Patients in the trial started with hemoglobin levels … Amgen Announces Top-Line Results Of Phase 3 Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa …PharmaLive (press release) (subscription) Amgen’ Anemia Drug Aranesp Fails To Meet Primary Endpoint – Quick FactsRTT News Amgen’s Aranesp for Anemia Fails to Help Heart PatientsBloomberg |
Age Matters When Treating Leukemia – dailyRx
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Age Matters When Treating Leukemia
dailyRx The authors conclude, “These data support the use of chlorambucil as an acceptable treatment for many older patients with CLL and suggest rituximab is beneficial regardless of age.” The authors also propose that these findings be considered when … |
Investigators at University Hospital Describe Research in Liver Transplation – Equities.com
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Investigators at University Hospital Describe Research in Liver Transplation
Equities.com According to news reporting out of Munster, Germany, by VerticalNews editors, research stated, “Preoperative imaging and donor selection are cardinal components of adult-to-adult live donor liver transplantation (ALDLT). The purpose of this study was … |
Fecal transplants cure most cases of C. difficile, first clinical trial shows
TORONTO – Fecal transplants cure most cases of persistent C. difficile infection, a landmark study shows.
Feces transplant may help relieve severe diarrhea
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – It may sound like the most unappealing treatment available, but a small new study has concluded that inserting fecal material from a healthy person into the gut of someone with severe diarrhea may cure their problem more eff…
New Tickborne Pathogen Found in US – MedPage Today
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New Tickborne Pathogen Found in US
MedPage Today This lack of reactivity may have resulted from the patient’s immunomodulating treatment with rituximab, according to Telford and colleagues. Misdiagnosis of meningoencephalitis with B. miyamotoi may be particularly likely in elderly patients, in whom … |
Everolimus Reduces Size of Noncancerous Kidney Tumors – Cancer Network
Everolimus Reduces Size of Noncancerous Kidney TumorsCancer NetworkThe mTOR inhibitor everolimus (Afinitor) has been found to significantly reduce the size of angiomyolipomas, the slow-growing benign tumors commonly associated with tuberous sclerosis c…
Image Of Penny, Transplant Recipient, Holding Her Heart in Her Hands Goes Viral (PHOTO)
The photograph of a beaming transplant patient holding her old, diseased heart in her hands has been lifting spirits across the Internet.
6 children return after heart surgeries in India – Daily News
Daily News6 children return after heart surgeries in IndiaDaily NewsThe trip to India was sponsored by Lions Club of Dar es Salaam in collaboration with Regency Medical Centre, Ministry of Health – Zanzibar, Satya Sai Society of Dar es Salaam, Satya Sa…
British woman seen holding own heart after transplant
‘(Penny) is holding her own heart. She has survived cancer and crippling heart failure and never lost hope,’ friend Kelsey wrote on an online post accompanying the photo.