Organ donor legislation introducedThe West AustralianOrgan Donation and Transplant Foundation of WA executive director Simone McMahon, who is herself waiting for a kidney transplant, welcomed the proposed laws, saying "any mechanism which increase…
Possible changes to blood donation policy – The Runner
Possible changes to blood donation policyThe RunnerMen who have sex with other men, (or MSM), are currently not allowed to donate blood for transfusion to Canadian Blood Services (CBS). This policy may soon change, but some critics wonder how much chan…
Tylenol Slight Overdosing Can Eventually Become Life Threatening – Medical News Today
USA TodayTylenol Slight Overdosing Can Eventually Become Life ThreateningMedical News TodayAcetaminophen (paracetamol, Tylenol) can become life-threatening if you repeatedly keep taking slightly more than you should, researchers from University of Edin…
Athlete gets new lease on life – Daily Comet
Athlete gets new lease on lifeDaily Comet… poses for portraits at the swimming pool at the Cut off Youth Recreation Center on Friday, November 18, in Cut Off. Danos, who has cystic fibrosis, returned to the sport of swimming after recovering from dou…
Stem cell transplant success 'determined by immune response' – Private Healthcare UK
Stem cell transplant success 'determined by immune response'Private Healthcare UKThe strength of a patient's immune system could have a major bearing on the success of any transplant surgery. New research from the Center for Craniofacial Mo…
FDA approves Boston Scientific drug-eluting stent – Mass High Tech
WTNHFDA approves Boston Scientific drug-eluting stentMass High TechBoston Scientific Corp. has won FDA approval of its drug-eluting stent, the Promus Element Plus Everolimus-Eluting Platinum Chromium Coronary Stent System, and plans to market it in the…
Exposure to rituximab did not affect ofatumumab efficacy in CLL – HemOncToday
Exposure to rituximab did not affect ofatumumab efficacy in CLLHemOncTodayOfatumumab is active in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia refractory to fludarabine regardless of prior treatment with rituximab, according to the results of a phase 2 r…
SCIPIO Appears Victorious in Initial Treatment of Heart Failure – Medgadget.com
Medgadget.comSCIPIO Appears Victorious in Initial Treatment of Heart FailureMedgadget.comSCIPIO was the first in-human trial to assess whether cardiac stem cells (CSCs) can restore heart function in patients suffering from post-myocardial-infarction he…
Clinical Context – Multiple Sclerosis – MedPage Today
MedPage TodayClinical Context – Multiple SclerosisMedPage TodayTreatment with the monoclonal antibody daclizumab (Zenapax) resulted in significant decreases in contrast-enhancing lesions on MRI in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), a small, open-…
Community Digest – PennLive.com
Community DigestPennLive.com30, Wilkes-Barre Blood Donation Center, 29 New Commerce Blvd., Ashley. As part of the observance of November as National Diabetes Awareness Month, the Wilkes-Barre Family YMCA is encouraging area residents to assess their ri…