Landmark First Operation Of Its Kind In The BahamasBahamas TribuneLuckily, the efforts and determination of Dr Darius Unwala and staff at Doctors Hospital have allowed her to become the first patient in the Bahamas to undergo a surgery known as a Lapar…
Call to join UK Organ Donor Register – This is The West Country
Call to join UK Organ Donor RegisterThis is The West CountryAN appeal has gone out for more people in the South-West area to register as organ donors. It comes as figures show there are 597 in the region on waiting lists for hearts, lungs, livers, panc…
Double lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell gets a big welcome home
OTTAWA – Helene Campbell came home to a hero's welcome Tuesday as politicians and adoring fans alike gathered to celebrate a long-awaited homecoming for the double-lung transplant recipient and organ-donation ambassador. After an extended stay in T…
Double lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell to get a big welcome home
OTTAWA – Politicians and adoring fans are celebrating the homecoming of an Ottawa double lung transplant recipient who has taken on celebrity status.
Organ donation is welcomed at any age! – Spring Grove Herald
The Daily YomiuriOrgan donation is welcomed at any age!Spring Grove HeraldAt my aunt's funeral, many people asked, "How do I become an organ donor?" It's simple. In Minnesota, you can check the organ donor box on your driver's lic…
Thermo Fisher Scientific to buy One Lambda for $925 million – Express Pharma
Thermo Fisher Scientific to buy One Lambda for $925 millionExpress PharmaI believe that, together, we will increase the use of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing and antibody detection to accelerate growth and improve the success rate of transplantat…
Smokers 'at risk of hepatitis' after liver transplant – Nursing Times
Smokers 'at risk of hepatitis' after liver transplantNursing TimesAccording to research published in the July issue of the journal Liver Transplantation, tobacco in cigarettes can adversely affect the immune system in transplant patients. Resul…
Vitamin D deficiency may prevent improvements in lung function for some … – Private MD
Private MDVitamin D deficiency may prevent improvements in lung function for some …Private MDChildren who need to take inhaled corticosteroids for asthma may not see full benefits of the medication if they have a vitamin D deficiency, according to re…
St. Jude Medical Announces Japanese Launch of Industry's First Small … – MarketWatch (press release)
St. Jude Medical Announces Japanese Launch of Industry's First Small …MarketWatch (press release)The Unify Quadra CRT-D works with the company's first-to-market Quartet(TM) left ventricular pacing lead to offer a small quadripolar pacing syst…
HIV- and Oncology Research Expert Professor Gus Dalgleish Joins Clinical Advisory Board Bionor Pharma
OSLO, NORWAY– – Bionor Pharma ASA announced today that the HIV expert from the UK based St. George's University of London, Professor Angus "Gus" Dalgleish is joining Bionor's Clinical Advisory …