ABC News (blog)Cheney able to stand after heart transplant surgeryReutersWASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) – Former US Vice President Dick Cheney is doing well after undergoing heart transplant surgery over the weekend, a spokeswoman for his family said o…
FDA Approves 'Dry' Nasal Spray for Allergy – WebMD
USA TODAYFDA Approves 'Dry' Nasal Spray for AllergyWebMDLiquid forms of this and other intranasal corticosteroids have been available for years. But many patients don't like them, says Gary Gross, MD, co-founder of the Dallas Allergy & …
Blood test for kidney transplant rejection now available – ModernMedicine
Blood test for kidney transplant rejection now availableModernMedicineQuest Diagnostics (Madison, NJ) recently announced the availability of a molecular blood test for identifying renal organ-transplant rejection. The Renal Transplant Monitoring labora…
Seattle Genetics Announces Pivotal ADCETRIS™ (Brentuximab Vedotin) Hodgkin … – MarketWatch (press release)
Seattle Genetics Announces Pivotal ADCETRIS™ (Brentuximab Vedotin) Hodgkin …MarketWatch (press release)ADCETRIS is being evaluated in a phase III clinical trial (the AETHERA trial) for patients at high risk of residual Hodgkin lymphoma following au…
Immunotherapy associated with improved seizure outcomes among patients with … – PhysOrg.com
Immunotherapy associated with improved seizure outcomes among patients with …PhysOrg.com"Certainly trials as to which immunotherapy (steroids, intravenous immunoglobulin, cyclosporine, rituximab) is best would be ethical. We need an increased ap…
Antibody Overcomes Defenses For Wide Range Of Cancers – International Business Times
Antibody Overcomes Defenses For Wide Range Of CancersInternational Business TimesAnother treatment, rituximab, targets a protein primarily found on the surfaces of B cells and is used to treat lymphoma, leukemia and other blood and bone marrow cancers …
Opera and Classical Music Linked to Better Recoveries for Patients – Becker's Hospital Review
Opera and Classical Music Linked to Better Recoveries for PatientsBecker’s Hospital ReviewResearchers randomly assigned a group of mice to five groups, which were each exposed to different genres of music during heart transplantation: no music, opera, …
Heart Failure Patients Seek 'Cheney Pump' – ABC News
ABC NewsHeart Failure Patients Seek 'Cheney Pump'ABC NewsBut for some patients, the device is a long-term solution to heart failure, a condition that kills 300000 Americans each year. "There is no doubt that more and more patients are doin…
Is Dick Cheney Too Old for a Heart Transplant? – KABC
ABC NewsIs Dick Cheney Too Old for a Heart Transplant?KABCThe majority of patients die from acute rejection, infection or complications of surgery. If his heart should fail, Cheney would have two options: Undergo another transplant, which few centers w…
Exercise Aids in Rehabilitation for Lung Transplant Patients – Physical Therapy Products
Exercise Aids in Rehabilitation for Lung Transplant PatientsPhysical Therapy ProductsBelgium-based researchers recently set out to study the effects of exercise training after lung transplantation. Their findings were published online March 5, 2012, in…