Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc. and the University of Alberta announced today the treatment of the first patient in an investigator-initiated islet cell transplant Phase I/II trial of emricasan (IDN-6556), a pan-caspase inhibitor.
Vitamin E may help cut liver cancer risk – TruthDive
Vitamin E may help cut liver cancer riskTruthDiveTo determine the relationship between vitamin E intake and liver cancer risk, Wei Zhang, M.D., MPH., Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, and collea…
Hookah smoking becoming increasingly common among 1st-yr university women – Indian Express
Hindustan TimesHookah smoking becoming increasingly common among 1st-yr university womenIndian ExpressOriginating in ancient Persia and India, hookah smoking is a highly social activity during which users smoke tobacco filtered through a water pipe, ac…
Wait for heart transplant moves into sixth month
Dave Bakke: Doctors have told John Wood the average wait for a heart transplant is eight months. He is in his sixth month on the waiting list. It’s a mental game now, this waiting. John could drive himself crazy if he thinks about it too much.
In US, girls getting hooked to hookah – Times of India
French TribuneIn US, girls getting hooked to hookahTimes of IndiaWASHINGTON: One out of four college girls in the US are hooked on to the hookah during early years, and many of them mistakenly believe that it is safer than cigarettes, a new study has f…
Towards a cure for AIDS: Scientists set research agenda
CHICAGO, July 20 — A team of global scientists has devised a strategy to find a cure for AIDS, an effort inspired by the remarkable story of a single US patient named Timothy Ray Brown who was cured from the disease. Brown's treatment in Berlin i…
Wrong diagnosis proves costly for kidney patient – Deccan Chronicle
Deccan ChronicleWrong diagnosis proves costly for kidney patientDeccan ChronicleAbdul Samad 40, a kidney patient had to face innumerable problems after a lab wrongly diagnosed him as having Hepatitis C. After being diagnosed as HCV positive at the Para…
Blood condition linked to graft failure
SACRAMENTO — For children receiving kidney transplants, a potentially correctable blood condition present in about one in four recipients is associated with a moderately increased risk of the graft's later failure, suggesting that clinicians shou…
McDowell County teen wants to be a heart doctor after transplant
Logan Kidd and his sister suffer from the same heart issues and his dad died from heart disease.
Blood donation drive – Gulf Times
Gulf TimesBlood donation driveGulf TimesChiyoda Almana Engineering has conducted a blood donation drive as part of its corporate social responsibility programme in conjunction with Hamad Medical Corporation. Human resources and administration departmen…