Rapid Asthma Treatment in ER May Prevent AdmissionU.S. News & World ReportCanadian researchers analyzed data from 406 children and found that those with moderate or severe asthma attacks who received systemic corticosteroids within 75 minutes of arrivi…
Methotrexate and Azathioprine Equally Efficacious for Eczema – Doctors Lounge
Methotrexate and Azathioprine Equally Efficacious for EczemaDoctors LoungeMethotrexate and azathioprine may be equally effective in treating severe atopic eczema in adults, according to a critical appraisal of a study published in the April issue of th…
Hartsville's Russell a cardiac rehab success story – SCNow
Hartsville's Russell a cardiac rehab success storySCNowSince she began working out following her heart failure seven years ago, Russell has lost 80 pounds. When Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center holds its Weigh Every Day 5K Run/Walk on April 2…
Study Investigates Cement Leakage Risk Following Vertebroplasty and … – The Myeloma Beacon
Study Investigates Cement Leakage Risk Following Vertebroplasty and …The Myeloma BeaconAdditionally, the Italian researchers found that several factors, including thicker cement, prior treatment with bone marrow transplantation, and injecting no more…
Campaigner Helene Campbell undergoes lung transplant surgery – Canada.com
CBC.caCampaigner Helene Campbell undergoes lung transplant surgeryCanada.comBy Lee Greenberg and Bruce Deachman, Postmedia News April 6, 2012 Helene Campbell underwent lung transplant surgery in Toronto on Good Friday. The 20-year-old Ottawa woman has …
Become an organ donor and change someone's life – Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
Become an organ donor and change someone's lifeMid Columbia Tri City HeraldApril is Organ Donation Month, and if ever there was a way to emphasize the importance of becoming an organ donor, two recent Tri-City stories do just that. One was the deat…
BJP holds blood donation camp on its foundation day – Economic Times
BJP holds blood donation camp on its foundation dayEconomic TimesJAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP organised a blood donation camp today to commemorate the 33rd foundation day of the party. The camp was organised in collaboration with the In…
Life of Riley: Rare Girl Battles A Rare Disease – WBUR
WBURLife of Riley: Rare Girl Battles A Rare DiseaseWBURA medication called sirolimus (seer-o-LI-mus), it has been found to help some people with syndromes similar to hers. Will it help Riley? That is the long-term question. Her blood tests suggest that…
Sight for sore eyes – Mail Tribune
Sight for sore eyesMail TribuneEdward Ellis, 23, of Medford, has lazer conrial transplant surgery at the Medical Eye Center in Medford Thursday. Mail Tribune Photo / Jamie LuschJamie Lusch By Daniel Newberry Three patients at the Medford Eye Center rec…
Bone marrow registration drive at Backus April 17 – TheDay.com
Bone marrow registration drive at Backus April 17TheDay.comNorwich – The William W. Backus Hospital will host a bone marrow registration drive from 11 am to 4 pm April 17 for Terri Biss, a registered nurse at the hospital who has leukemia and needs a s…