MediplacementsHRT cuts CVD by 50%, latest "unique" data showTheHeart.OrgHvidovre, Denmark (updated) – Hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal women with a mean age of 50 significantly reduced the risk of the combined end point of …
Drug Class Linked to Worse Outcomes After Transplant – Doctors Lounge
Drug Class Linked to Worse Outcomes After TransplantDoctors LoungeFRIDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) — Kidney transplant patients who receive mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors after transplant have a greater probability of death or transpl…
Britain's youngest heart transplant patient celebrates her 25 year anniversary
Kaylee Davidson-Olley made medical history when she had the transplant aged just four months at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.
Walmart expands employee healthcare to cover spine, transplant surgery – Drug Store News
WINA AM 1070Walmart expands employee healthcare to cover spine, transplant surgeryDrug Store NewsBENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart has launched a first-of-its-kind Centers of Excellence program that will offer its associates quality health care with no out…
Rare gift of love and life for Edwards
Former Otago Daily Times sports editor Brent Edwards received an unexpected gift this week – a new kidney. After five years and one month on dialysis, he now looks forward to the prospect of life without a machine. read more
Research and Markets: Liver Transplantation – Pipeline Review, H2 2012 – Business Wire (press release)
Research and Markets: Liver Transplantation – Pipeline Review, H2 2012Business Wire (press release)This report provides information on the therapeutic development for Liver Transplantation, complete with latest updates, and special features on late-sta…
Stem-cell transplant claims debunked
Transplant of induced pluripotent stem cells to treat heart failure probably never happened.
Family back The Herald's organ donor campaign – This is Plymouth
This is PlymouthFamily back The Herald's organ donor campaignThis is PlymouthTHE MOTHER of a young man who inspired The Herald to launch its Gift of Life campaign has said she hopes the number of organ donors will "rocket" as a result. Ji…
Patients may be asked about organ donation on hospital admission – The Guardian
The GuardianPatients may be asked about organ donation on hospital admissionThe GuardianIncentivising donations by offering state subsidy of funeral costs, asking those filling in standard tax and passport forms to become donors, and raising organ dona…
Stem-cell transplant claims debunked – Nature.com
Nature.comStem-cell transplant claims debunkedNature.comFrom the beginning, it seemed too good to be true. Days after Kyoto University biologist Shinya Yamanaka won a Nobel prize for his 2006 discovery of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells (see '…