Scope (blog)Honoring a pioneer in heart-transplant medicineScope (blog)When Sharon Hunt, MD, arrived at Stanford as a first-year medical student in the fall of 1967, it was just months before the late cardiac surgeon Norman Shumway, MD, and his team wo…
FDA-Approved Drug Makes Established Cancer Vaccine Work Better – Newswise (press release)
FDA-Approved Drug Makes Established Cancer Vaccine Work BetterNewswise (press release)The team proposed that daclizumab, already used for kidney transplantation, would be effective in depleting regulatory T cells (Tregs) and restoring the immune system…
Is medication causing your patient's insomnia? – Clinical Advisor
Is medication causing your patient's insomnia?Clinical AdvisorCorticosteroids are also thought to disrupt sleep, but study findings on this topic are inconsistent. However, polysomnogram studies have shown marked decrease in REM sleep in patients t…
#CureForCourtney Twitter Campaign Takes Off – Shalom Life
Shalom Life#CureForCourtney Twitter Campaign Takes OffShalom LifeShe has previously undergone two cycles of chemotherapy, four weeks of radiation, an autologous stem-cell transplant and a trial drug in Detroit, but none of these treatments have managed…
B/R Exclusive with PGA Pro and 2-Time Heart Transplant Recipient Erik Compton
Nothing about Erik Compton's story is common. One successful heart transplant is often considered a miracle in its own right, which makes the fact that Compton's had two nearly unfathomable. But what may be more remarkable is that despite his a…
Liberty Dialysis Celebrates Milestone 1,000th Patient in Peritoneal Dialysis Program
MERCER ISLAND, Wash., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Liberty Dialysis ( www.libertydialysis.com ), owner and operator of more than 260 dialysis clinics nationwide, is celebrating its 1,000th patient to participate …
Modern Family star has kidney transplant
Modern Family star Sarah Hyland has had a kidney transplant after a lifetime of pain and fatigue.
Organ recipient to run half marathon
A Columbus man, who received a kidney and a pancreas from an Olmsted Falls man, will run the Cleveland half marathon this Sunday.
Alzheimer's Gene Causes Brain's Blood Vessels to Leak, Die – University of Rochester Newsroom
University of Rochester NewsroomAlzheimer's Gene Causes Brain's Blood Vessels to Leak, DieUniversity of Rochester NewsroomThe left photo shows destructive proteins (green) lining blood vessels in living brain tissue of mice with the human ApoE4…
Team use dual strategy to fight Type 1 diabetes – Sun-Sentinel
Team use dual strategy to fight Type 1 diabetesSun-SentinelThe two-step regimen involves bone marrow transplantation and substances that promote the growth of cells that produce insulin, the sugar-regulating hormone that is missing in people who have T…