Doctors see dramatic decrease in severe asthma casesKVUEPeters credited better patient compliance with medication, specifically the inhaled corticosteroids patients use on a regular basis. People like Reynero are encouraged to take personal responsibil…
Clinical Conundrums – Clinical Oncology News
Clinical Oncology NewsClinical ConundrumsClinical Oncology NewsTrue or False: The preliminary results of the open-label Phase II GAUSS trial of rituximab (Rituxan; Biogen Idec, Genentech) versus obinutuzumab (GA101, Roche) for relapsed follicular lymph…
Double-lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell: 'I will never forget how blessed I am'
Bursting with joy and gratitude, double-lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell made her first public appearance Thursday, and used the occasion to dance with her doctors.
Baby Saved by Smallest Artificial Heart
An artificial heart the size of a pinky finger kept a 16-month-old baby alive for nearly two weeks while he waited for a heart transplant, Reuters reported. The Italian baby, whose name has not been released, had dilated cardiomyopathy, a disease that …
Hope rekindled for ACE inhibitors, ARBs in preserved-EF heart failure – TheHeart.Org
Hope rekindled for ACE inhibitors, ARBs in preserved-EF heart failureTheHeart.OrgBelgrade, Serbia – Renin-angiotensin-system (RAS)-blocking agents were seen to significantly improve survival in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fracti…
Lung transplant recipient Hélène Campbell dances in first public appearance
Bursting with joy and gratitude, double-lung transplant recipient Hélène Campbell made her first public appearance Thursday and she used the occasion to dance with her doctors. “I’m probably going to get talked to after this,” Campbell joked as…
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital Will Participate in Aetna’s Institutes of Excellence™ Transplant Network
Aetna announced today that UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital has been designated as a participating facility in Aetna’s Institutes of Excellence™ Transplant Network.
Smallest Artificial Heart Keeps Baby Alive
Italian doctors implant tiny pump into a 16-month-old boy awaiting his new heart. Here's a new twist on an long-running story: an artificial heart kept a baby boy alive for 13 days while doctors waited for his new heart, reports Reuters . The bridg…
Campbell dances again after double-lung transplant
Double-lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell stood and danced with her parents and doctors in Toronto on Thursday as they celebrated her progress recovering from a difficult surgery.
Heart Failure Stem Cells Induced to Cardiomyocytes – Doctors Lounge
Heart Failure Stem Cells Induced to CardiomyocytesDoctors LoungeHuman-induced pluripotent stem cells derived from patients with heart failure can be induced to differentiate into cardiomyocytes, which then can integrate with host cardiac tissue, accord…