Bleacher ReportWorld Series star, Yankees fan favorite Moose Skowron dies of heart failureDenver PostNEW YORK —Moose Skowron, a five-time World Series champion and one of only two players to hit three home runs in Game 7s, died Friday of congestive h…
Vitamin D May Affect Lung Transplant Success – iVillage Entertainment
Vitamin D May Affect Lung Transplant SuccessiVillage EntertainmentResearchers from Loyola University Health System in Chicago found that vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increase in lung transplant rejection and infections. "Patients who…
Milligan Issues Organ Donation Challenge – NorthumberlandView.ca
Milligan Issues Organ Donation ChallengeNorthumberlandView.ca“As Organ Donation Awareness Week comes to an end, I'd want to do something that will keep building on the various speeches and special events that have been held this week”, said MPP…
Vitamin D May Affect Lung Transplant Success
FRIDAY, April 27 (HealthDay News) — Vitamin D is important for the health of lung transplant patients, a new study suggests.
Bone marrow drive aims to save 4 brothers' lives – KMOV.com
Bone marrow drive aims to save 4 brothers' livesKMOV.comHuman leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing is a DNA based tissue test used to match patients and donors for bone marrow transplants. HLA are proteins – or markers – found on most cells in your body….
Brain Death Defined for Organ Donors – fox4kc.com
Brain Death Defined for Organ Donorsfox4kc.comThey want you to know that brain death is not a condition from which a person can recover. Dr. Mark Reintjes of the Midwest Transplant Network says in those cases, the person has some brain function, but no…
US FDA approves Novartis' Afinitor to treat adult patients with kidney tumours – pharmabiz.com
US FDA approves Novartis' Afinitor to treat adult patients with kidney tumourspharmabiz.comThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Novartis' drug Afinitor (everolimus) tablets for the treatment of adult patients with kidney tumou…
Organ donation walk Saturday – The Sudbury Star
Organ donation walk SaturdayThe Sudbury StarRaising awareness about organ donation and supporting the Trillium Gift of Life Network is the goal for Sudbury Catholic Secondary School students who will be participating in the Walk for a Second Chance on …
Brain dead American woman gives birth to twins – BioEdge
Brain dead American woman gives birth to twinsBioEdgeGestation after brain death has happened before, a fact which has led some experts to question whether “brain dead” people are truly dead. In 2007, 34-year-old Stacy Rojas of Texas gave birth to …
'Heart shrinking' trial to combat heart failure to begin – BBC News
BBC News'Heart shrinking' trial to combat heart failure to beginBBC NewsBy James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News A trial using electricity to shrink the hearts of patients with heart failure is about to start in Liverpool. It wi…