OncLiveNovartis showcases ongoing research at ASCO to help patients fight various …MarketWatch (press release)An 18-month analysis from the Phase III BOLERO-2 study (Breast cancer trials of OraL EveROlimus) (abstract #559; June 2, 8:00AM – 12:00PM) c…
Gabriel's Gift: Jackson Co. Family Encourages Organ Donation – WSIL TV
Gabriel's Gift: Jackson Co. Family Encourages Organ DonationWSIL TVBy Emily Finnegan By Andy Shofstall DESOTO — The family of a young Jackson County boy killed last week is speaking out in support of organ donation. Gabriel Mazurek, 6, of DeSoto d…
More Families Seek Kidney Donations on Facebook
WEDNESDAY, May 30 (HealthDay News) — More patients and families are using Facebook to seek kidney donations, but it's not clear if doing do improves the chances of obtaining a donor organ, a new study finds.
Teen helps bring light to organ donation – Welland Tribune
Teen helps bring light to organ donationWelland TribuneOlivia Hubert had already signed up to be an organ donor and was trying to encourage others, before she learned her grandmother required new lungs. “I didn't really see any reason not to. It&…
Pioneering lung transplant study
DOCTORS believe a pioneering transplant technique that cleans and reconditions donor lungs could save the lives of many patients.
Kent General and Milford Memorial receive awards for heart-failure patient care – Smyrna-Clayton Sun Times
Kent General and Milford Memorial receive awards for heart-failure patient careSmyrna-Clayton Sun TimesBy Kaitlyn McAvoy Bayhealth has earned an award from the American Heart Association for its treatment of patients with heart failure. The "Get W…
A New Class of Cancer Drugs May Be Less Toxic
Experimental treatments use an antibody to guide a toxic chemotherapy agent to cancer cells, limiting the toxin’s attack to the cancer and minimizing side effects.
Calgary alderman spreads word about organ donation – MetroNews Canada
Calgary alderman spreads word about organ donationMetroNews CanadaBy Katie Turner By Katie Turner Metro Calgary Metro/Katie Turner Ald. Shane Keating was handing out information pamphlets on organ donation Wednesday at Olympic Plaza. Organ donation is …
Organ donation – Calcutta Telegraph
Organ donationCalcutta TelegraphNew Delhi, May 30 (PTI): AIIMS, the country's nodal centre engaged in encouraging voluntary organ donation, plans to take the help of Facebook in its mission. The move will create awareness, Arti Vij, chief of the Or…
Exim Bank to conduct blood donation drive – Daily News
Daily NewsExim Bank to conduct blood donation driveDaily NewsEXIM Bank Tanzania, led by its board of directors, will hold a blood donation exercise tomorrow at the bank's headquarters to supplement efforts by the Tanzania blood bank as the bank mar…