After doctors were forced to remove both of Lindsey Duquette's failing kidneys a year and a half ago, her sports broadcaster father, Jim Duquette was able to give her the ultimate gift.
RELAX-AHF Stirs Interest In Novel Drug For Acute Heart Failure – Forbes
RELAX-AHF Stirs Interest In Novel Drug For Acute Heart FailureForbesA new drug modelled on a hormone active in pregnancy may prove beneficial to patients with acute decompensated heart failure. Serelaxin is a recombinant form of human relaxin-2, which …
India's Yuvraj recovering from lung tumour – Business Recorder (blog)
India's Yuvraj recovering from lung tumourBusiness Recorder (blog)Cricket star Yuvraj Singh has been battling a golf-ball sized non-malignant lung tumour which first affected him during India's triumphant World Cup campaign, his family revealed…
Blood test may spot kidney transplant rejection – San Francisco Chronicle
Blood test may spot kidney transplant rejectionSan Francisco ChronicleKIDNEY TRANSPLANTS. Blood test may help spot rejection. A simple blood test can show whether kidney transplant patients are rejecting their donated organ before symptoms of rejection…
Canadians support paid organ donation: study – News1130
CTV NewsCanadians support paid organ donation: studyNews1130He found 70 per cent of them felt financial incentives were acceptable for the families of deceased donors, while 40 per cent would approve of compensation for living donors. However, medical …
MacLean Center Conference to Focus on Ethics of Organ Transplant, Global Health and Pediatric Immunization
The two-day conference will focus on ethical issues in organ transplantation, plus broader ethical topics including global health, pediatric immunization and end-of-life care. The keynote will be the presentation of the second annual $50,000 MacLean Ce…
Kidney transplant rejections higher among those prescribed PPI acid-blockers
A retrospective study of kidney transplant patients found that those taking Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) drugs in conjunction with another drug in the year after their surgery were more likely to experience rejection. According to a report at RenalandUr…
SCIPIO: Cardiac stem cells reverse heart failure – TheHeart.Org
The NationSCIPIO: Cardiac stem cells reverse heart failureTheHeart.OrgReed Miller joined theheart.org in 2009 after nearly a decade covering the medical technology industry, most recently as a senior editor for Elsevier's The Gray Sheet. He has bee…
Canadians support paid organ donation: Study – 680 News
CTV NewsCanadians support paid organ donation: Study680 NewsHe found 70 per cent of them felt financial incentives were acceptable for the families of deceased donors, while 40 per cent would approve of compensation for living donors. However, medical …
QoL up for live liver donors versus general population – Medical Xpress
QoL up for live liver donors versus general populationMedical Xpress(HealthDay)—Living liver donors from Japan have higher health-related quality of life (HRQOL) than the Japanese norm population, according to a study published in the November issue …