Coinstar, Other Leaders Shape Basing PatternsInvestor’s Business DailyAlexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN), whose specialty is treatments for cancer, auto-immunity disorders and transplant rejection, has built a 10-week base. The base …
Outside Groups Twist Truth in Nevada Senate Race
Dueling attack ads from outside groups in the Nevada Senate race rely on twisted facts. An ad from the conservative American Crossroads attacks Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley for an ethics probe related to her efforts on behalf of a kidney program and…
Surgery to separate MP conjoined twins begins
By Our Staff Reporter Betul, June 21 A team of 34 medical experts from India and abroad on Wednesday started the surgical procedure to separate one-year-old conjoined twins – Stuti and Aradhna – at Mission hospital, Padhar in Betul district of Madh…
Mom thankful every day for organ donor
Born on March 13, 2010, when Alexandria was one month old, she was diagnosed with biliary atresia – a form of liver disease marked by destruction of bile ducts, bile retention and liver damage. At five months old, she had a liver transplant.
Free throw shooters help transplant candidate
Pledges and contributions have been tabulated from the May 12 Free Throws for Life, and organizers say the effort generated more than $4,000 to help Jessica Bailey Johnson get closer to a double lung transplant. Derek Atkinson of Tecumseh, who helped o…
Post-Nephrectomy Transfusion Rate is Underestimated – Renal and Urology News
Post-Nephrectomy Transfusion Rate is UnderestimatedRenal and Urology NewsThe rate of perioperative blood transfusion after nephrectomy appears to be higher in general practice than the rates commonly cited in published urologic …
Exercise program improved health of lung transplant patients and cut cardiovascular risk
Lung transplant patients who took part in a three-month structured exercise program when they were discharged from hospital improved their health-related quality of life and reduced their risk of cardiovascular problems. Those are the key findings of r…
Total artificial heart transplant: 'Gotta have faith'
Brigham and Women's Hospital introduces the first total artificial heart implant patient in New England.
Step by Step shows promise in raising awareness on organ donation – Tandem
TandemStep by Step shows promise in raising awareness on organ donationTandemThe founder of Step by Step – the organization involved with raising public, youth, and political opinion regarding organ donation – has worked incessantly for …Hélène…
Largest study to examine impact of gastric sleeve surgery on pre-transplant obese patients
Morbidly obese patients with end-stage organ failure may improve their chances for successful organ transplantation after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, according to a new study presented here at the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Me…