Fifteen-year-old Vincent Lambert has been waiting for a heart transplant for 219 days and counting, kept alive at Montreal Children's Hospital by a mechanical heart.
Cincinnati Children's Heart Institute First in Nation To Receive Pediatric … – MarketWatch (press release)
Cincinnati CityBeatCincinnati Children's Heart Institute First in Nation To Receive Pediatric …MarketWatch (press release)CINCINNATI, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Cent…
12-Year-Old Middle Schooler Loses Fight with Cancer – Patch.com
12-Year-Old Middle Schooler Loses Fight with CancerPatch.comAfter being diagnosed at age 7 with Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT), Sudo underwent chemo and radiation therapy, in addition to a stem cell transplant. He remained cancer-free for two …
Lung Transplant Recipient Thrives Nearly 20 Years Later – HealthNewsDigest.com
Lung Transplant Recipient Thrives Nearly 20 Years LaterHealthNewsDigest.comThe medical center, which began its lung transplantation program in 1990, has an 86 percent survival rate one year after surgery and a 75 percent survival rate three years after…
Georgetown University, hospitals audited for Medicare overpayments – FierceHealthcare
Georgetown University, hospitals audited for Medicare overpaymentsFierceHealthcareIn its review of injection drugs (doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome, rituximab, pemetrexed, cetuximab and epoetin alfa), OIG found that O'Connor Hospital in San Jose…
Pulmonary HTN Predicts Heart Failure After Acute MI – MD News (press release)
MD News (press release)Pulmonary HTN Predicts Heart Failure After Acute MIMD News (press release)Pulmonary hypertension is a strong independent predictor of heart failure in patients with acute myocardial infarction, according to a study published in t…
BIOGEN IDEC al 64mo INCONTRO ANNUALE DELL'AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY (AAN) – Italia News
BIOGEN IDEC al 64mo INCONTRO ANNUALE DELL'AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY (AAN)Italia NewsL'espansione di cellule Natural Killer CD56bright predice la risposta al trattamento con daclizumab HYP in casi di sclerosi multipla recidivante-remittente …
Texting's a reliable health reminder – Chicago Sun-Times
Texting's a reliable health reminderChicago Sun-TimesA. That's a million-dollar question — and one that frustrates moms and dads, docs and researchers: Almost half of kids (and adults, too) who need regular dosing of inhaled corticosteroids d…
Children's performs rare double transplant – The Business Journal
Children's performs rare double transplantThe Business JournalDr. James Tweddell, cardiothoracic surgeon, performed the heart transplantation. Dr. David Cronin, abdominal transplant surgeon, performed the liver transplantation. "Not only are w…
Walia calls for optimum utilisation of Arogya Kosh Scheme
New Delhi, Apr 24 : Delhi Health Minister A K Walia today urged the MLAs and newly-elected Councilors to facilitate optimum utilisation of the 'Delhi Arogya Kosh Scheme' under which financial assistance is provided to the patients belonging to …