At last there seems to be a ray of hope for the 18-year-old chronic kidney disease patient, Batho Madigele, who has been surviving on a dialysis machine that costs him P15,000 every month, just to keep him alive.
Cartersville Doctor Performs Cutting Edge Surgery – Patch.com
Cartersville Doctor Performs Cutting Edge SurgeryPatch.comDr. Joel Rosenfeld performed the first partial nephrectomy using robotic technology at Cartersville Medical Center. Contributed The American Urological Society says that complete removal of the …
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Receives 21 Awards from the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE …
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, is pleased to announce that it has won 21 awards in 15 categories, which is a record number of wins in a single year for LWW overall. ASHPE's 12th annual awards competition recogni…
Chronic kidney disease a leading killer in cats – CTV.ca
CTV.caChronic kidney disease a leading killer in catsCTV.caOne in 12 older cats has chronic kidney disease, according to Banfield Pet Hospital's just-released 2012 State of Pet Health Report. Banfield, the largest veterinary practice in the world w…
Kelly Thomas beating: Judge may rule on Fullerton officers' trial – Los Angeles Times
USA TODAYKelly Thomas beating: Judge may rule on Fullerton officers' trialLos Angeles TimesThe pathologist said Thomas ultimately died of brain death, acute bronchial pneumonia and blunt force facial injuries. As images of Thomas' battered and …
Bank of Valletta renews support to the Transplant Support Group
Over 40,000 people have signed up as donors, following an intensive awareness campaign run by the Transplant Support Group, made possible with the help of its sponsor Bank of Valletta.
Selecta Biosciences Receives 2012 Edison Award's Gold Medal for Best … – MarketWatch (press release)
Selecta Biosciences Receives 2012 Edison Award's Gold Medal for Best …MarketWatch (press release)Examples for applications include autoimmune diseases, allergies and transplant rejection. Selecta's pipeline currently contains vaccines for smo…
StemCells, Inc. to Provide Progress Report on Spinal Cord Injury Trial at the Interdependence 2012 Global SCI …
NEWARK, Calif. — StemCells, Inc. today announced that Armin Curt, MD, FRCPC, Professor and Chairman, Spinal Cord Injury Center at the University of Zurich, and Medical Director of the Paraplegic Center …
Transplant patients want more donors
A DEBATE is raging over whether the UK should change the way organs are donated. Following calls for a system of presumed consent to be adopted, EMMA PRESTON spoke to transplant patients about their experiences
A simplified subnormothermic machine perfusion model restores ischemically … – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
A simplified subnormothermic machine perfusion model restores ischemically …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Herein we present a simplified machine perfusion system without the need for oxygen carriers or temperature control, which we validated in…