Baxter International Inc. today announced results from two large, international multicenter trials demonstrating that a low glucose peritoneal dialysis regimen favorably impacted metabolic measures important for end-stage renal disease patients with di…
Organ donation advocate rejoices – Windsor Star
CTV.caOrgan donation advocate rejoicesWindsor StarThe campaign, which raised awareness for organ-donor shortages, picked up celebrity followers such as Justin Bieber and Ellen DeGeneres. At a news conference at a downtown Toronto hotel, Campbell was ov…
'Skin Cells From Heart Failure Patients Made Into Healthy New Heart Muscle Cells' – Medical News Today
CBS News'Skin Cells From Heart Failure Patients Made Into Healthy New Heart Muscle Cells'Medical News TodayFor the first time in medical science, Israeli scientists have successfully turned skin cells from heart failure patients into healthy ne…
Baby saved by artificial heart transplant surgery – Belfast Telegraph
Baby saved by artificial heart transplant surgeryBelfast TelegraphBy Michael Day in Milan Last-minute co-operation between doctors and medical authorities in Italy and the US enabled surgeons in Rome to transplant the world's smallest artificial he…
The Methodist Hospital on record pace to save more lives in 2012
Surgeons with the Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center performed 50 transplants in April, putting them on pace to perform more than 500 this year.
Man beats the odds despite medical condition
One North Valley man is beating the odds after facing a medical condition that almost cost him his life.
Significant breakthrough for women with ER+HER2 – Irish Medical Times
Irish Medical TimesSignificant breakthrough for women with ER+HER2Irish Medical TimesHowever, advances in the field of oncology are providing new hope, and clinical trials on a new indication for the existing cancer drug Afinitor (everolimus, already w…
$100000 grant will benefit heart-failure patients in Berks County – bctv.org
$100000 grant will benefit heart-failure patients in Berks Countybctv.orgBerks Visiting Nurse Association has been awarded $100000 over the next two years by the Highmark Foundation to provide chronic-care-management services to patients with congestiv…
Alleged drug pusher arrested in front of hospital
MANILA, Philippines – Two kilograms of marijuana were seized from a suspected drug pusher in Quezon City on Thursday night.
VIDEO: Double lung transplant recipient has her voice back
Helene Campbell and her parents demonstrated her recovery Thursday by doing a dance she hopes will become a signature move for organ donation.