Liver Cancer Patients Less Likely to Die on Transplant ListDoctors LoungeLiver transplantation candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have significantly lower 90-day odds of waitlist removal due to clinical deterioration or death compared to no…
Organ donation champion honoured by Lt.-Gov. – CTV.ca
CTV.caOrgan donation champion honoured by Lt.-Gov.CTV.caA young woman who has helped tell Canadians about the importance of organ donation was honoured by Lt.-Gov David Onley on Friday. Onley presented Helene Campbell, 20, with the Lieutenant Governor&…
New Data Demonstrates DIFICLIR(TM) May Offer Benefits for Cancer Patients, who … – MarketWatch (press release)
New Data Demonstrates DIFICLIR(TM) May Offer Benefits for Cancer Patients, who …MarketWatch (press release)Clostridium difficile Infection in Cancer Patients and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2010; 8 (10)…
White urges organ donation – Olney Daily Mail – Press Mentor
White urges organ donationOlney Daily Mail – Press MentorDuring the press conference in the OCC Banquet Room, the crowd also heard from those who have been or are being affected by the organ donor program. Bev Wodtka, of Effingham, spoke about her son&…
Nile Therapeutics to raise $1.4 million in stock sale – San Francisco Business Times (blog)
Nile Therapeutics to raise $1.4 million in stock saleSan Francisco Business Times (blog)Nile is focused on cenderitide, its lead drug candidate, meant to treat heart failure. Joshua Kazam is president and CEO of Nile. He took the top job at the company…
Blood donation camp held – GreaterKashmir.com
Blood donation camp heldGreaterKashmir.comSrinagar, Mar 30: All Hospital Development Fund (HDF) health employees organized a daylong blood donation camp at JLNM Hospital Rainawari under the supervision of its president Mir Nisar Ahmed. Around 30 donors…
When are you dead? – Minnesota Public Radio
Los Angeles TimesWhen are you dead?Minnesota Public RadioDon't let the fact that this piece is published in a medical journal scare you away, it's a great read that talks about a move toward organ donation after cardiac death, as opposed to the…
Researchers set heart on studying cardiac death among Asians – TODAYonline
Straits TimesResearchers set heart on studying cardiac death among AsiansTODAYonlineby Amanda Lee SINGAPORE – A first-of-its-kind study in the region will see investigators across 10 countries working together to understand the patterns of survival and…
Angelo Chiazza, pizza shop owner – Baltimore Sun
Baltimore SunAngelo Chiazza, pizza shop ownerBaltimore SunAngelo C. Chiazza, the retired owner of a Towson and Cockeysville pizza restaurant, died of congestive heart failure March 17 at his daughter's home in Bel Air. He was 88. Born in Wheeling, …
Patients With RA Who Stop Statins Are at Increased Risk of Death – Medscape
Patients With RA Who Stop Statins Are at Increased Risk of DeathMedscape"Corticosteroids have known adverse metabolic effects (increased insulin resistance, adverse effects on lipids, increased fluid retention, increased blood pressure) that incre…