Spironolactone disappoints in preserved-EF heart failure: Aldo-DHF in printTheHeart.OrgChicago, IL – A year of aldosterone blockade failed to improve exercise capacity, symptoms, or quality-of-life measures in a placebo-controlled trial of >400 pati…
Princesses make wish come true for cancer patient – WBRC
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Princesses make wish come true for cancer patient
WBRC Most recently, she went through a stem cell transplant in December. The organization Friends by Your Side made the visit possible after the organization’s founder, Martino Cartier, heard about Emma’s story. Friends by Your Side is a national non-profit … |
Arts and entertainment calendar, week of Feb. 27 – Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Arts and entertainment calendar, week of Feb. 27Wilkes Barre Times-LeaderThe Power of Story, March 10 at the Dietrich Theater in downtown Tunkhannock at 3 p.m. Award-winning novelist and journalist Suzanne Fisher Staples, who has lived and worked in Pa…
CU prof given grant to study heart failure – Boulder County Business Report
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CU prof given grant to study heart failure
Boulder County Business Report BOULDER – University of Colorado-Boulder professor Leslie Leinwand received a $45,837 grant to study a protein that causes heart failure in adults and children. Leinwand plans to use the grant from the Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation to study the … |
In a broken health system, greed is winning – Greensboro News & Record
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In a broken health system, greed is winning
Greensboro News & Record Recchi was charged $13,702 for “1 RITUXIMAB INJ 660 MG.” That’s an injection of 660 mg of a cancer wonder drug called Rituxan. The average price paid by all hospitals for this dose is about $4,000, but MD Anderson probably gets a volume discount that … |
Velcade-Dexamethasone Plus Donor Lymphocyte Infusions In Myeloma Patients … – The Myeloma Beacon
Velcade-Dexamethasone Plus Donor Lymphocyte Infusions In Myeloma Patients …The Myeloma BeaconThe current study, however, confirms previous research showing that, even if a myeloma patient relapses after a donor stem cell transplant, there are still t…
In India, Fighting TB with Fingerprints – Voice of America
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In India, Fighting TB with Fingerprints
Voice of America NEW DELHI, INDIA — Health specialists in India are using fingerprint technology to make sure tuberculosis sufferers receive proper treatment for the deadly lung infection. New Delhi resident Vishnu Maya has already noticed a difference in her health … |
Doc suspended for death of inventor is practising in Oman – Bangalore Mirror
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Doc suspended for death of inventor is practising in Oman
Bangalore Mirror PE is the sudden blockage of the main artery of the lung or one of its branches which results because of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a blood clot in the veins of the legs or pelvis. “Even after she suspected PE, my son was not treated and sent back … |
Wary of steroids: New asthma test helps doctors prescribe treatments – The Missoulian
Wary of steroids: New asthma test helps doctors prescribe treatmentsThe MissoulianA new, noninvasive breath test called fractional exhaled nitric oxide, or FeNO, has taken away much of the guess work about whether a patient should be on inhaled cortico…
Doctors testify in murder trial of woman accused in toddler's death – Palestine Herald Press
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Doctors testify in murder trial of woman accused in toddler’s death
Palestine Herald Press “I do believe that Emma was on the precipice of brain death at the time of the (911) call.” The trial, held in the 369th District Court with Judge Bascom W. Bentley III presiding, is set to continue at 9 a.m. today on the second floor of the Anderson … |