University of Michigan Health System NewsKidney Cancer Patients Fare Better With Tumor Removal OnlyU.S. News & World ReportThe research involved more than 7000 Medicare patients with early-stage kidney cancer who underwent surgery to remove either the …
Research Reveals New Acute lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment Target – Doctor Tipster
Doctor TipsterResearch Reveals New Acute lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment TargetDoctor TipsterIf researchers manage to develop a drug to acts only on the blasts, they will be able to reduce the toxicity of current treatment for leukemia, which consists…
Early introduction of biologic therapy improves Crohn's disease outcomes – Science Codex
Early introduction of biologic therapy improves Crohn's disease outcomesScience CodexThere is no known cure for Crohn's disease, and traditional treatment is focused on a "step-up" strategy of managing inflammatory symptoms, starting …
Raising awareness about the need for organ donation – WKTV
Raising awareness about the need for organ donationWKTVBy HILARY LANE UTICA, NY (WKTV) – In honor of National Organ Donor Month, St. Elizabeth Medical Center is joining forces with the Center for Donation and Transplant to raise awareness throughout th…
Vitamin E Supplements May Not Lower Risk for Heart Failure – Natural Standard Blog (blog)
Vitamin E Supplements May Not Lower Risk for Heart FailureNatural Standard Blog (blog)A new study suggests that vitamin E supplementation may not reduce the risk for heart failure in women. Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin with antioxidant properties…
Thoratec Surpasses 10000 HeartMate II® Implants Worldwide – Sacramento Bee
Thoratec Surpasses 10000 HeartMate II® Implants WorldwideSacramento Bee"Every year, millions of people worldwide develop chronic heart failure, and many will progress to an advanced, debilitating stage of the disease," said Gary Burbach, Pre…
EHRs Often Lack Clinical Best Practices – InformationWeek
EHRs Often Lack Clinical Best PracticesInformationWeekClinical decision support vendor Zynx Health finds electronic health records fall short in treating heart failure, pneumonia. By Neil Versel InformationWeek Hospitals with electronic health records …
Young kidney transplant recipient from Wallington's artwork picked for calendar cover
Wallington youngster wins contest.
SPK Transplants May Offer No Advantage for Type 2 Diabetes – Renal and Urology News
SPK Transplants May Offer No Advantage for Type 2 DiabetesRenal and Urology NewsSimultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation offers no patient or survival advantage over deceased-donor kidney transplantation alone (DDKA) for selected patients wit…
Orgenesis Inc. Appoints Biotech Veteran to Board of Directors – SYS-CON Media (press release)
Orgenesis Inc. Appoints Biotech Veteran to Board of DirectorsSYS-CON Media (press release)The Company believes that converting the diabetic patient's own tissue into insulin-producing cells overcomes the problem of donor shortage and removes the ri…