Smokers 'at risk of hepatitis' after liver transplantNursing TimesAccording to research published in the July issue of the journal Liver Transplantation, tobacco in cigarettes can adversely affect the immune system in transplant patients. Resul…
Vitamin D deficiency may prevent improvements in lung function for some … – Private MD
Private MDVitamin D deficiency may prevent improvements in lung function for some …Private MDChildren who need to take inhaled corticosteroids for asthma may not see full benefits of the medication if they have a vitamin D deficiency, according to re…
St. Jude Medical Announces Japanese Launch of Industry's First Small … – MarketWatch (press release)
St. Jude Medical Announces Japanese Launch of Industry's First Small …MarketWatch (press release)The Unify Quadra CRT-D works with the company's first-to-market Quartet(TM) left ventricular pacing lead to offer a small quadripolar pacing syst…
HIV- and Oncology Research Expert Professor Gus Dalgleish Joins Clinical Advisory Board Bionor Pharma
OSLO, NORWAY– – Bionor Pharma ASA announced today that the HIV expert from the UK based St. George's University of London, Professor Angus "Gus" Dalgleish is joining Bionor's Clinical Advisory …
Canadian Liver Foundation and Comedian Mike MacDonald Urge Canadians to Get Tested for Hepatitis C
TORONTO, ONTARIO– – Attention: Health & Lifestyle EditorsHepatitis C is no laughing matter. In advance of World Hepatitis Day , the Canadian Liver Foundation and Canadian comedian Mike MacDonald are calling …
Vit C could help cut heart disease, stroke – Times of India
Vit C could help cut heart disease, strokeTimes of IndiaThe recommended dietary allowance, or RDA, of vitamin C is less than half what it should be, scientists have argued in a recent report.and more »
Terror to cricket, India has a 'bada bhai' complex with Pak – Firstpost
FirstpostTerror to cricket, India has a 'bada bhai' complex with PakFirstpostIn that estimation, a Pakistani cricket tour of India is the sporting equivalent of the Yaadon ki Baraat song that will reunite the brothers, now grown to manhood. But…
Organ transplant wait ends for Ewa Beach grandmother
After nine long years waiting for a kidney, an Ewa Beach grandmother received a call on Monday morning …
Resisting Cancer's Resistance – dailyRx
Doctor TipsterResisting Cancer's ResistancedailyRxAdding a second class of drugs called mTOR inhibitors boosts the effectiveness of a targeted therapy – Xalkori (crizotinib) – in children with neuroblastoma. Talk to your oncologist about combinatio…
Family blames Tacoma hospital for death of their 2-year-old son – Q13 FOX
Family blames Tacoma hospital for death of their 2-year-old sonQ13 FOXDEATH DIAGNOSIS: Complete Brain death; Closed head injury; Subdural Hematoma; Significant Herniation. That's bleeding and pressure on the brain — enough to move the brain from i…