Record Number of ISHLT Abstracts Discuss SynCardia's Total Artificial HeartHouston ChronicleSynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the world's first and only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart, announced today …
Orange County man sings praises for organ donors – Orange County Review
Orange County man sings praises for organ donorsOrange County ReviewDon Leake is recovering at home after undergoing heart transplant surgery at the University of Virginia Medical Center. After two years, Don Leake no longer has to plug in his heart wh…
Q&A with Andre Picard: How stem-cell donation is saving lives – Globe and Mail
Globe and MailQ&A with Andre Picard: How stem-cell donation is saving livesGlobe and MailIn Wednesday's Globe and Mail, public health reporter André Picard wrote about how many patients desperate for a life-saving stem-cell transplant are turn…
How To Manage Chronic Kidney Disease – EmpowHer
How To Manage Chronic Kidney DiseaseEmpowHerBy Deborah Ross HERWriter April 4, 2012 – 3:05pm A diagnosis of chronic kidney disease can feel like a blow to the gut. But if you've gotten this diagnosis, you aren't alone. About 1 in 10 Americans h…
LIFE to Further Penetrate PGM Reach – Zacks.com
LIFE to Further Penetrate PGM ReachZacks.comMoreover, with individuals varying widely in the combination of HLA sub-types found in their tissues, it is imperative to have accurate tissue typing to reduce the possibility of transplant rejection or the r…
Pfizer heart drug gains new licence in UK – InPharm
Pfizer heart drug gains new licence in UKInPharmPfizer's heart pill Inspra has gained a new licence in the UK to reduce the risk of death in patients with heart failure. Inspra (eplerenone) is already indicated to treat patients with heart failure …
Sheila Dikshit signs organ donation pledge – The Hindu
The HinduSheila Dikshit signs organ donation pledgeThe HinduChief Minister Sheila Dikshit signed a pledge board on organ donation at an event held in the national capital on Wednesday by MOHAN Foundation (Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network), a not-for-…
Allograft rejection risk may be reduced with DMEK – OSN SuperSite
Allograft rejection risk may be reduced with DMEKOSN SuperSiteThe risk of corneal transplant rejection was reduced among patients who had undergone Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty compared with those who had undergone Descemet's st…
Prognostic Factors for Progression of Neuroendocrine Tumors Identified in … – OncLive
OncLivePrognostic Factors for Progression of Neuroendocrine Tumors Identified in …OncLiveThe placebo-controlled phase III RADIANT-2 trial showed that the addition of everolimus to standard octreotide LAR achieved about a 5-month improvement in progre…
Exclusive Video Q&A With Sijmen de Vries, CEO of Pharming – Healthcare Global (press release)
Exclusive Video Q&A With Sijmen de Vries, CEO of PharmingHealthcare Global (press release)… 2012) – Trading on the Euronext, Pharming Group NV (EURONEXT: PHARM) produces, purifies and formulates recombinant human proteins using its transgenic tec…