ITV NewsSupport for presumed consent organ donation plansITV NewsPlans to introduce a 'presumed consent' system for organ donation in Wales have a substantial level of support, according to a survey released today by the Welsh Government. 49% o…
FP Resident Stays ‘inTouch,’ Pays It Forward
Scare with cancer, friends touching story prompts iPad sharing program for long-term stay hospital patients August 10, 2011 was supposed to be the best day of Patsy Ann Joinnides’ life. After the Floral Park resident met with representatives from P.S…
Heart failure drug approved by EU – Bognor Regis Observer
Heart failure drug approved by EUBognor Regis ObserverA pill costing £1.40 a day “could save the lives of thousands of heart disease patients”, according to the Daily Mail. Several other newspapers have reported on the drug ivabradine, known by th…
Son: Former Ariz. legislator dies of liver failure – San Francisco Chronicle
Son: Former Ariz. legislator dies of liver failureSan Francisco ChronicleSAFFORD, Ariz. (AP) — Former Arizona legislator and Safford businessman Bill Konopnicki has died at age 67. Son Dave Konopnicki (cope-oh-nick-e) says his father died Wednesday o…
Moffitt researcher says no survival advantage with peripheral blood stem cells versus bone marrow
( H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute ) Claudio Anasetti, M.D., chair of the Department of Blood & Marrow Transplant at Moffitt Cancer Center, and colleagues from 47 research sites in the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Networ…
Film on teen who awoke from coma before having organs harvested stirs 'brain … – DFW Catholic
Film on teen who awoke from coma before having organs harvested stirs 'brain …DFW CatholicFilm on teen who awoke from coma before having organs harvested stirs 'brain death' debate. RSS Feed From [email protected] On October – 18 – 2012. …
The Harbinger: Death Row Organs – my.hsj.org
The Harbinger: Death Row Organsmy.hsj.orgThe alternative method to lethal-injection, that Longo proposed, is using only one type of injection that leads to brain death. This process allows organs to stay intact long enough to be used for transplants. M…
Boston Scientific Schedule of Major Presentations at Transcatheter … – Equities.com
Boston Scientific Schedule of Major Presentations at Transcatheter …Equities.comTwo-Year Long Lesion Results from the PLATINUM Trial: Paul S. Teirstein, M.D., will present in poster format two-year outcomes following implantation of 32mm and 38mm PRO…
Tony's Harvest Fest to aid child in struggle with disease
Twelve-year-old Vincent Forte likes that the backpack that his little brother, Tony, always wears looks just like those kids everywhere take with them to school."He looks just like them," Vincent said this week with a smile.Plus, he added, th…
Pancreas, kidney transplant a first for S'pore – The Star Online
Pancreas, kidney transplant a first for S'poreThe Star OnlineThe five-and-a-half hour surgery was led by Associate Professor Krishnakumar Madhavan, Director of NUH's Adult Liver and Pancreas Transplantation Programme, and performed together wit…