Stem cell therapy hope for heart failure patients after small clinical trialBioNewsThe trial involved 22 patients with progressive heart failure or an enlarged heart and whose current medication was no longer effective. They received either an injectio…
What You Should Know About Corticosteroids – Massage Today
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Xience Stents Gain European Nod For Three-Month Dual Antiplatelet Therapy – Forbes
Xience Stents Gain European Nod For Three-Month Dual Antiplatelet TherapyForbesNow the Xience Prime and Xience V everolimus-eluting stents have received the CE Mark in Europe for a DAPT length of only three months, according to an Abbott press release….
GenDx Obtains Distribution Rights to Qiagen's PCR Kits for HLA Typing – GenomeWeb
GenDx Obtains Distribution Rights to Qiagen's PCR Kits for HLA TypingGenomeWeb"This distribution agreement enables GenDx and [its] partners to even better fulfill the requirements of our customers worldwide to efficiently obtain reliable HLA-t…
Camp lessons save a life through organ donation – Jackson Sun
Camp lessons save a life through organ donationJackson SunTracie Simer/The Jackson Sun Lessons two young women learned at a youth camp didn't just bring them together — those lessons helped save a life through organ donation. Rachel Summerlin, 22…
Martham pupil from Stalham meets chart topping boy band One Direction after undergoing heart transplant
A brave north Norfolk teenager who underwent a heart transplant to combat a condition she has suffered from birth has been granted her greatest wish after meeting her favourite pop stars.
Sarah Hyland of 'Modern Family' underwent kidney transplant, praises boyfriend Matt Prokop
Sarah Hyland, who plays Haley Dunphy on ABC's 'Modern Family, reveals she underwent a kidney transplant.
Support Groups, updated may 16 – TCPalm
Support Groups, updated may 16TCPalmCongestive Heart Failure Support Group: Indian River Cardiac Rehab, 1500 36th St., Set A, Vero Beach, 2-3 pm, May 21. 772-361-4722. Low Vision: Speaker, Sam Patterson, Division of Blind Services. New Vision Eye Cente…
Rituximab Works for Some Children – dailyRx
Rituximab Works for Some ChildrendailyRxRecent studies have identified rituximab (sold as Rituxan) as a possible treatment for a childhood kidney disorder. The drug may allow children to stop taking the standard drug treatment, which can be toxic. Ritu…
Organ donor system slow to start in China – Tucson Citizen
Organ donor system slow to start in ChinaTucson CitizenAs cultural taboos restrict voluntary organ donation, the systematic harvesting of organs from freshly executed prisoners provides almost two thirds of China's very limited supply of livers, ki…