Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced data from a retrospective subanalysis of the Phase 2 PROVE 2 study that showed that 100 percent (12/12) of patients with the IL28B CC genotype who were new to treatment achieved a viral…
ProPublica tracking website has dialysis insight
More than 1,600 El Pasoans rely on 22 dialysis centers in the region to maintain a certain quality of life while waiting for a lifesaving kidney transplant.
Disease research awarded – The News Record
Disease research awardedThe News RecordMcCormack published the award-winning research, “Efficacy and Safety of Sirolimus in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM),” in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study found that the drug sirolimus could stabi…
Value of screening for kidney disease unclear – Zee News
Zee NewsValue of screening for kidney disease unclearZee NewsIn the US, about 11 percent of adults have chronic kidney disease, the vast majority of whom have early-stage disease. The disease is very common among older adults — more than 44 percent of…
Jewish Hospital to participate in kidney donor exchange – WAVE
Jewish Hospital to participate in kidney donor exchangeWAVE… strategy's is to develop the chains where somebody receives a kidney transplant they have a donor and then their donor donates to somebody else and vica versa until the whole chain is c…
Coast has rep as organ donation capital – Gold Coast Bulletin News
Gold Coast Bulletin NewsCoast has rep as organ donation capitalGold Coast Bulletin NewsPic: Jerad Williams NICHOLAS Morland is proof of the Gold Coast's booming reputation as the organ donation capital of Australia. Gold Coast Hospital's organ …
Kane coroner's 'liver failure' prompts question of fitness for trial – Elgin Courier News
TribLocalKane coroner's 'liver failure' prompts question of fitness for trialElgin Courier NewsDuring a brief hearing Wednesday, attorney Gary Johnson told Kane County Judge John McAdams that West is suffering from “non-alcohol related li…
Kane coroner needs liver transplant; misconduct trail in jeopardy, attorney says
The Kane County coroner needs a liver transplant, and his medical condition may jeopardize his fitness to stand trial on misconduct charges, his attorney said Wednesday during a court hearing.
Urging others to become organ, tissue donors
Loading Photo Galleries … Organ donor families and transplant recipients gathered at JFK Medical Center in Edison on Wednesday to honor those who gave organs to save lives. Vicki and Robert Peters stand with their daugther, Heather (center), as they …
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Cardiologists Educate Internists – Newswise (press release)
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Cardiologists Educate InternistsNewswise (press release)Dr. Bonita will discuss current evidence-based medical and device therapies for patients with heart failure. He will also focus on the importance of identifyin…