ksl.comLegislature tackles organ donation, concussion law in interim sessionksl.comSALT LAKE CITY — During the interim session, lawmakers tackled a bill requiring state prisons allow inmates to sign up to be organ donors, and a proposed change to Uta…
Surgeon was part of Memphis' first heart transplant team
It was 27 years ago when Dr. Glenn Crosby helped perform the first heart transplant operation in Memphis.
Doctors want radio band to interact with implants – Times of India
Doctors want radio band to interact with implantsTimes of India… a chartered accountant, with arrhythmia (irregular heart beat). The implant had a chip that could ping the doctor. Since then many patients have been given similar implants. "But n…
Peripheral Stem Cells, Bone Marrow Yield Similar Survival – Doctors Lounge
Peripheral Stem Cells, Bone Marrow Yield Similar SurvivalDoctors LoungeAmong patients with hematological cancer, there are no significant differences in survival for recipients of peripheral-blood stem-cells or bone marrow transplantation from unrelate…
Czech man without heart dies from liver failure – Xinhua
Medical DailyCzech man without heart dies from liver failureXinhuaPRAGUE, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) — Jakub Halik, the first man to survive a surgery replacing his heart with two mechanical blood pumps for more than half a year, died on Saturday from liver fai…
CDC: More young men hospitalized for heart failure – ModernHealthcare.com
CDC: More young men hospitalized for heart failureModernHealthcare.comFewer women ages 65 years and older were hospitalized for congestive heart failure in 2010 than in 2000, but this improvement was offset by an increase in congestive heart failure ho…
WHO: Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Stays Hard to Detect – Wall Street Journal
AFPWHO: Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Stays Hard to DetectWall Street JournalDrug-resistant tuberculosis is going largely undetected in many countries, threatening progress made against the pernicious lung disease over the past decade, according to data …
Mega health camp at Ara on December 16 – Times of India
Mega health camp at Ara on December 16Times of IndiaExperts from New Delhi and Patna would attend the camp with their teams and equipment and examine the patients, he said adding blood donation facility would also be available at the camp. He said that…
Leading bone marrow transplant expert recommends significant change to current practice
( Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ) One of the world's leading bone marrow transplant experts is recommending a significant change to current transplant practice for patients who need marrow or adult stem cells from an unrelated donor to tre…
Active surveillance of small kidney masses decent substitute for surgery … – PhysBizTech
Active surveillance of small kidney masses decent substitute for surgery …PhysBizTechNo statistically significant differences were observed in overall and cancer-specific survival rates for patients who were under active surveillance or received part…