For Hepatitis, prevention is the best treatment: DocsHindustan Timesvaccines offering protection against Hepatitis C, D and E. “Prevention is the best treatment by minimising exposure to contaminated blood, body fluids, food and water,” said Dr Shi…
Transplant patient sent home from hospital with A4-sized surgical mat still inside him
Michael O'Sullivan, 49, received a new liver at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, but was sent home with a silicone mat still inside him.
High-Dose Steroid Clears Most Infantile Spasms – MedPage Today
High-Dose Steroid Clears Most Infantile SpasmsMedPage TodaySAN DIEGO — Most cases of infantile spasm can be treated effectively with 2 weeks of intensive prednisolone, allowing them to skip an ultra-expensive hormonal drug, a researcher reported here….
Face Transplant Patient Doesn’t Get A Second Look Now
After a gun accident took off half his face, Richard Lee Norris spent 15 years living as a recluse in Hillsville, Va. Horribly disfigured, he hid indoors. When he ventured out, it was behind a baseball cap and surgical mask. He didn't pursue a care…
USC Athletics Director Patrick C. Haden to Be Honored at University Kidney Research Organization Gala
University Kidney Research Organization , whose mission is fundraising supporting medical research dedicated to the causes of, improved treatments for, and the prevention of kidney diseases, announced today that legendary USC Athletics Director Patrick C.
Cheney to do book on heart transplant
Former Vice President Dick Cheney is planning a new memoir, this one on his heart problems that led to a transplant earlier this year.
PGIMER doctor gets Lung India Award 2012 – Daily Pioneer
PGIMER doctor gets Lung India Award 2012Daily PioneerDr Naveen Kalra, Additional Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, PGIMER has been awarded 'Lung India Award 2012' by the Indian Chest Society in the National Conference on Pulmonary Diseas…
Potential Cure for HIV Found
Timothy Ray Brown, a HIV positive man, was administered a blood stem cell transplant from bone marrow in 2007 to treat relapsed leukaemia.
Calero declared clinically brain dead – Examiner.com
ESPNCalero declared clinically brain deadExaminer.com“After concluding studies and analysis on the situation a few moments ago, we inform that the Group Pachuca goalkeeping coach Miguel Angel Calero Rodriguez has suffered brain death. From this point…
Rethinking therapy decisions in autoimmune encephalopathy – News-Medical.net
Rethinking therapy decisions in autoimmune encephalopathyNews-Medical.netFirst-line immunotherapies (corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulins, and plasma exchange) were given to 29 patients, while five required regular immunosuppressive treatment w…