New drug improves prognosis in advanced breast cancer casesLos Angeles Daily NewsThe drug everolimus (brand name Afinitor, from drug manufacturer Novartis) has been approved as a treatment for postmenopausal women with advanced hormone receptor-positiv…
JSPL organises blood donation camp – SteelGuru
JSPL organises blood donation campSteelGuruJindal Steel and Power Limited organised a one day blood donation cum awareness camp at 19 Battalion NCC camp to mark 82nd birth anniversary of its founder OP Jindal. More than 60 persons that included NCC cad…
Organ donation campaign begins – National Indigenous Times
Organ donation campaign beginsNational Indigenous TimesThe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community now has a culturally appropriate brochure at its fingertips on organ and tissue donation, featuring Aboriginal artwork. Launched by DonateLife NS…
Senior Consult: Autopsy known as 'final diagnosis' – Florida Today
Senior Consult: Autopsy known as 'final diagnosis'Florida TodaySome people are surprised that we don't list cardiac arrest or brain death as the immediate cause of death. Those terms describe the process of dying, but do not give the cause …
Cardionovum to introduce PROLIMUS Biograde system in Europe – News-Medical.net
Cardionovum to introduce PROLIMUS Biograde system in EuropeNews-Medical.netCardionovum GmbH announced today that it expects to launch in Europe in Q4 2012 a next-generation Sirolimus-eluting coronary stent system—PROLIMUS Biograde—which is designed…
After Uproar, Girl With Disability To Receive Transplant
A girl with intellectual disability who was reportedly denied a kidney transplant earlier this year because she's "mentally retarded" will be receiving a new organ after all.
Study Reported in New England Journal of Medicine Shows Survival Using Berlin Heart's EXCOR® Pediatric Ventricular …
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Berlin Heart announced today that a study published in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) concludes that survival using …
World Heritage status could help revive traditional farming: KSBB – The Hindu
The HinduWorld Heritage status could help revive traditional farming: KSBBThe HinduTalking to The Hindu here on Monday, Dr. Oommen said the introduction of the Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) in Kerala would encourage cultivation of traditional cr…
Vilasrao Deshmukh's condition stable: Hospital official – India.Com Health
Vilasrao Deshmukh's condition stable: Hospital officialIndia.Com HealthAsked whether Deshmukh needs a liver transplant, he said “First he has to improve, and then we will think about it.” It was earlier reported that the former Maha CM was on l…
Man celebrates 20th anniversary of heart transplant
UTICA, N.Y. – Every 14 minutes another name is added to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) list of those waiting for a heart transplant. In all, more than 114,000 patients throughout the United States are waiting for a life saving surgery.