Memphis City Council members talked Tuesday about a change in the area's organ transplant policies, even though they have no say in the matter.
Doctors pull plug on donor liver, let original regrow – Times of India
Doctors pull plug on donor liver, let original regrowTimes of IndiaDoctors in the city transplanted part of a donor liver to a two-year-old girl from Oman two months ago. They announced on Tuesday that they will soon stop some of the anti-rejection med…
North Texas man among first to try stem cells for heart failure – WFAA
North Texas man among first to try stem cells for heart failureWFAALarry Rayes, 64, suffers from congestive heart failure, a condition caused by a heart so weak, it can't effectively pump blood through the body. He needs a transplant, but until the…
North Texas man among first to try stem cells for heart failure
DALLAS — Six weeks ago, 64-year-old Larry Rayes could only walk a few steps without resting. "I could only walk about 20 yards and I got very lightheaded, very dizzy," Rayes said. Rayes suffers from congestive heart failure, a condition cau…
Pakistani prisoner in jail even after completing sentence – The Hindu
The News InternationalPakistani prisoner in jail even after completing sentenceThe HinduA septuagenarian Pakistani citizen suffering from diabetes and heart-related ailments has spent two years in Indian jails after he was convicted for inadvertently c…
Kidney transplant recipient out of hospital, now at home
Nathan Saavedra is home for the holiday and, hopefully, for good. Doctors released the 3-year-old Carpentersville boy from Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago on Tuesday afternoon, 12 days after he underwent a kidney transplant. His mom said the f…
Study Sheds Light On Pregnancy Complications and Overturns Common Belief – Science Daily (press release)
Study Sheds Light On Pregnancy Complications and Overturns Common BeliefScience Daily (press release)Colostrum · Transplant rejection · Gynecologic hemorrhage · Pulmonary embolism. The researchers say that many doctors may be unnec…
Organ donor group reaching out to Oakvillians – InsideHalton.com
Organ donor group reaching out to OakvilliansInsideHalton.comThe group, which includes organ donation recipient Jennifer Malabar, Oakville MPP Kevin Flynn, Ward 2 Councillor Pam Damoff and Julie Pehar, whose family faced the painful decision to donate …
Bulgaria Launches Development of National Hepatitis Plan – Business Review India (press release)
Bulgaria Launches Development of National Hepatitis PlanBusiness Review India (press release)The Bulgarian Health Minister together with the European Liver Patient Association (ELPA) will initiate on 5 July the development of a National Hepatitis Plan …
Trovagene to Study Trans-Renal KRAS Mutation Detection in Pancreatic Cancer – Business Review India (press release)
Trovagene to Study Trans-Renal KRAS Mutation Detection in Pancreatic CancerBusiness Review India (press release)SAN DIEGO, July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Trovagene, Inc. (Nasdaq: TROV), a developer of trans-renal molecular diagnostics, announced today th…