HOUSTON—The FDA is expected to fully approve a heart device for use without a transplant in weeks. Syncardia is a pump implanted in place of the heart powered by a backpack-sized driver so the patient able to leave the hospital and lead a nearly norm…
Kidney Transplant Inspires Teen's Charity
While awaiting a kidney transplant, Chad Eaton formed a charity, giving toys and gifts to fellow kidney patients.
Obituary: Brenda Moss made most of early lung transplant
Brenda Moss, one of the first patients to receive a lung transplant in the Seattle area, 20 years ago, died at 71 on May 2 after her one working lung succumbed to viral pneumonia.
Heart Failure Hits Men in Head – The Ledger (blog)
The Ledger (blog)Heart Failure Hits Men in HeadThe Ledger (blog)Male heart failure patients are more likely than women to have depression and report poor quality of life, according to research findings presented in May at an American Heart Association …
Organ donation catching on – Chatham Daily News
Organ donation catching onChatham Daily NewsBy Ellwood Shreve, Chatham Daily News George Marcello's efforts to walk thousands of kilometres across several countries to raise awareness about organ and tissue donation, is bearing fruit. "It'…
Of Georgetown and, Ah!, Bright Wings – Catholic Culture
Of Georgetown and, Ah!, Bright WingsCatholic CultureThere are, apparently, two ways of looking at the controversy over brain death as well. Phil introduces a response to a rebuttal in his ongoing discussion of this thorny topic. Will he eventually dare…
Robot-assisted surgery now favored treatment for kidney cancer – Medical Xpress
Robot-assisted surgery now favored treatment for kidney cancerMedical XpressWhile the study shows that robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPD), available only since 2004, may also offer fewer complications than laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN),…
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals announces financial results for the first quarter 2012 … – MarketWatch (press release)
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals announces financial results for the first quarter 2012 …MarketWatch (press release)The primary endpoint of the study, a composite endpoint (biopsy proven acute rejection, graft failure, loss to follow up or death), will be eva…
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals announces financial results for the first quarter 2012 in line with expectations, Phase III …
HORSHOLM, Denmark, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Highlights: Enrolment has been completed in the pivotal LCP-Tacro 3002 Phase III study in de novo kidney transplant patients. The LCP-Tacro 3002 study is …
Brandon is drumming up new life
NOT only is Raceview teenager Brandon Sanewski breathing a lot easier since a double lung transplant saved his life, but he is also free to chase his passion.