Artificial heart to cost only Rs 3-4 lakh in 5 yrsDeccan ChronicleBy Sangeetha Chengappa People will live to celebrate their 95th birthdays Heart failure is one of the commonest causes of death, but implanting an artificial heart in a patient, whatever…
FDA-approved Drug Makes Established Cancer Vaccine Work Better, Penn Study Finds – Penn: Office of University Communications
FDA-approved Drug Makes Established Cancer Vaccine Work Better, Penn Study FindsPenn: Office of University CommunicationsA team from the Perelman School of Medicine and the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania fou…
Using a DMV Wait to Enroll Organ Donors – New York Times (blog)
New York Times (blog)Using a DMV Wait to Enroll Organ DonorsNew York Times (blog)After a few minutes she broke the silence and asked, “Do you want to be an organ donor?” As a surgeon specializing in liver transplants, I've spent more time than …
Tips for Staying Safe at Home With Heart Failure – Everyday Health
Tips for Staying Safe at Home With Heart FailureEveryday HealthManaging heart failure calls for a handful of healthy habits and daily self-checks. Find out what you should do to protect your heart health. By Beth W. Orenstein Heart failure sounds scary…
Commentator Andrew Breitbart died of heart failure, narrowing of artery … – Boston Herald
Commentator Andrew Breitbart died of heart failure, narrowing of artery …Boston HeraldBy Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton / The Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES – Conservative commentator and website editor Andrew Breitbart died of heart failure and…
Sigmoid Pharma Completes Phase II trial of CyCol(TM) in more than 100 … – MarketWatch (press release)
Sigmoid Pharma Completes Phase II trial of CyCol(TM) in more than 100 …MarketWatch (press release)CyCol(TM) is Sigmoid's proprietary formulation that delivers cyclosporine orally in its optimal form, targeted directly to the site of action in the…
5000 register on new organ donation website – Winnipeg Free Press
Hertfordshire Mercury5000 register on new organ donation websiteWinnipeg Free Press"Five thousand registered is a terrific start, and I'm confident that the drive will continue to take us higher so ultimately more lives can be saved through or…
Kidney Transplant for “Modern Family” Actress Sarah Hyland
The hit comedy show “ Modern Family ” has TV audiences laughing out loud every week, but star actress Sarah Hyland recently shared a sobering story about a little-known health issue. The 21-year-old actress, who plays teenager Hayley on the show, h…
Stem Cell Transplant Patients Show Long Term Improvement – LiveScience.com
Stem Cell Transplant Patients Show Long Term ImprovementLiveScience.comby LiveScience Staff An injection of a patient's own stem cells seems to help heal spinal cord injury in the long run, new research suggests. Thirty percent of stem cell therapy…
Turkey's Fourth Face Transplant Patient Wakes up – Journal of Turkish Weekly
Turkey's Fourth Face Transplant Patient Wakes upJournal of Turkish WeeklyDr. Murat Yilmaz told AA on Thursday that Turan Colak, who underwent a successful face transplant surgery at Akdeniz University two days ago, woke up yesterday, adding that hi…