Summer vacations hit blood donation drives in the cityHindustan TimesThe on-going summer vacations have hit city blood donation camps. Low donor turnout has particularly affected the number of blood platelets available in the city. The State Blood Tran…
Exercise Slows Muscle Wasting From Age and Heart Failure – GlobeNewsWire (press release)
Zee NewsExercise Slows Muscle Wasting From Age and Heart FailureGlobeNewsWire (press release)A four-week exercise program for heart-failure patients slowed muscle-wasting and improved their exercise capacity, regardless of age. The study confirms that …
Salix Pharmaceuticals Reports 1Q2012 Results – MarketWatch (press release)
Salix Pharmaceuticals Reports 1Q2012 ResultsMarketWatch (press release)… (Azathioprine) Tablets, USP, 75/100 mg, ANUSOL-HC(R) 2.5% (Hydrocortisone Cream, USP), ANUSOL-HC(R) 25 mg Suppository (Hydrocortisone Acetate), PROCTOCORT(R) Cream (Hydrocortiso…
Transplanting Whole Cornea Not Always Necessary
Worldwide, corneas are the most frequently transplanted tissue. However, because of rapid advances, the long-developed technique of complete transplantation, i.e. penetrating keratorplasty (PK) is no longer necessary in many instances. Dr Donald Tan fr…
Rituximab Promotes Long-Term Response for Patients with Immune Destruction of … – Business Review India (press release)
Rituximab Promotes Long-Term Response for Patients with Immune Destruction of …Business Review India (press release)WASHINGTON, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A new analysis concludes that rituximab, a drug commonly used to treat blood cancer…
OraSure Technologies' CEO Presents at Deutsche Bank AG Health Care Conference … – Seeking Alpha
OraSure Technologies' CEO Presents at Deutsche Bank AG Health Care Conference …Seeking Alpha… any kind of broad event where you want to collect a number of samples, self-collection like this event that was highlighted here for Susan G. Komen…
Transplanting Whole Cornea Not Always Necessary – Medical News Today
Transplanting Whole Cornea Not Always NecessaryMedical News TodayDr Donald Tan from the Singapore National Eye Centre and Professor John Dart, from the Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the University College in London, and their team de…
Asthma drugs: What every parent should know – Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia InquirerAsthma drugs: What every parent should knowPhiladelphia InquirerThere are two kinds of asthma medicines: Rescue medicines (in the US primarily albuterol and sometimes levalbuterol) and preventive medicines (inhaled corticosteroids …
Brother can you spare me a lung? – Moneyweb.co.za
Brother can you spare me a lung?Moneyweb.co.zaThe discovery of cyclosporone in soil fungus gave the world an answer to transplant-rejection. The survival rate has since increased dramatically. Still, the manual warns: “The decision to receive a trans…
Retinal Cell Transplant Restores Vision to Blind Mice
British scientists have transplanted light-sensitive photoreceptors into the eyes of visually-impaired mice, which has helped them to see again. The researchers hope that a similar procedure can be applied to humans.