Scotland Courier'A new lease of life' ā organ donation ceremony celebrates those who give the …Scotland CourierFormer Dundee City Council chief executive Alex Stephen, now treasurer of local organ donor charity Revival, was one of 130 recip…
Kidney transplants more frequent among NxStage home hemodialysis patients
NxStage Medical, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today commented on findings of the Chronic Disease Research Group (CDRG) study showing that patients receiving daily, or more frequent, home hemodialysis with the NxStage Sy…
Lenalidomide delays progression of multiple myeloma after stem cell transplant
Multiple myeloma is a form of cancer where the plasma cells in the bone marrow grow out of control, causing damage to bones as well as predisposing patients to anemia, infection and kidney failure. A medical procedure called autologous hematopoietic st…
Lenalidomide delays progression of multiple myeloma after stem cell transplant – News-Medical.net
Lenalidomide delays progression of multiple myeloma after stem cell transplantNews-Medical.netA medical procedure called autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, commonly known as a stem cell transplant, is frequently an important treatment …
New mom receives surprise heart transplant
New mom Windy Hill, 38, of Kingsport, Tenn., was given the ultimate Mother's Day gift a little early after she was wheeled into the operating room at Vanderbilt University Hospital on April 20 to receive a mechanical pump to aid her failing heart a…
Differences in regional readmission rates for heart failure tied to … – News-Medical.net
Differences in regional readmission rates for heart failure tied to …News-Medical.netDifferences in regional hospital readmission rates for heart failure are more closely tied to the availability of care and socioeconomics than to hospital performanc…
New mom gets surprise heart transplant
New mom Windy Hill, 38, of Kingsport, Tenn., was given the ultimate Mother's Day gift a little early after she was wheeled into the operating room at Vanderbilt University Hospital on April 20 to receive a mechanical pump to aid her failing heart a…
Kidney disease is dangerous – STLtoday.com
Kidney disease is dangerousSTLtoday.comKidney transplantation is another. Now that I think of it, transplantation is a cure. Everyone with PKD should get in touch with the Polycystic Kidney Foundation, which is ready to help with the latest information…
CRT-D cost-effective treatment for mildly symptomatic heart failure patients – News-Medical.net
CRT-D cost-effective treatment for mildly symptomatic heart failure patientsNews-Medical.netMedtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced findings from an economic analysis of the landmark RAFT (Resynchronization / Defibrillation in Ambulatory Heart Fail…
Life-saving heart transplant helps Chattanooga mom make it to Mother's Day
HARRISON, TN – A local mom is spending her first Mother's Day home with her kids after receiving a life saving heart transplant. You may consider it coincidental that her name is Miracle, but she doesn't.