Our weekly CHAMP & CHUMP: Pat Williams & Urban MeyerOrlando SentinelWilliams, who recently underwent a stem-cell transplant, has kept his trademark positive attitude throughout his ordeal. At a time when NBA owners and players deserve disdain f…
Noble harvest – Indian Express
Noble harvestIndian ExpressIn a country where the number of cadaver donation per million is just 0.3, it could, in the event of brain death, alert authorities that organs can be harvested without damaging delay. Among the many who are unsure of cadaver…
Novartis Highlights Advances for Patients With Breast Cancer and Hematological … – Bradenton Herald
Novartis Highlights Advances for Patients With Breast Cancer and Hematological …Bradenton HeraldEverolimus – Updated data from the BOLERO-2 (Breast cancer trials of OraL EveROlimus) Phase III trial of everolimus in combination with exemestane for p…
Patients 'Shopping' for a Liver Want Only the Best – MedPage Today
Patients 'Shopping' for a Liver Want Only the BestMedPage TodayThe mean risk of acceptable graft failure was 32% at three years after transplantation, the researchers wrote in the December issue of Liver Transplantation. Despite being told that…
Getting a new kidney – Deccan Chronicle
Deccan ChronicleGetting a new kidneyDeccan ChronicleFor people with advanced and permanent kidney failure, kidney transplantation is the best option to lead a normal life. Patients with kidney dysfunction start off with dialysis at least twice a week, …
Transplant Candidates Seek Best Quality Livers, Even if it Means Waiting Longer – Bradenton Herald
MedIndiaTransplant Candidates Seek Best Quality Livers, Even if it Means Waiting LongerBradenton Herald1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Liver transplantation candidates want to be involved in decisions regarding quality of the donor organ, and many a…
Reflections on the upcoming winter – Shoshone News Press
Reflections on the upcoming winterShoshone News PressJoe has been fighting multiple myeloma cancer for five years, and because of the generosity of Silver Valley residents, has been able to continue his work… a stem cell transplant in February 2011 h…
Former constable recovers after heart transplant – Your Houston News
Former constable recovers after heart transplantYour Houston NewsJust before he went into heart transplant surgery lasting nine hours Nov. 27, former Precinct 4 Constable Charles Hayden had only one thing to tell his son, Kenneth “Rowdy” Hayden.
Paying Marrow Donors Does Not Violate Organ Trafficking Law – Metropolitan News-Enterprise
Kansas City StarPaying Marrow Donors Does Not Violate Organ Trafficking LawMetropolitan News-EnterpriseThe Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday ruled that federal law prohibiting the trafficking of human organs does not criminalize the payment o…
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Gets Lift from FDA Action On One Of Its Cancer Treatments – Forbes
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Gets Lift from FDA Action On One Of Its Cancer TreatmentsForbesPrior to the FDA action, patients were required to get an infusion of rituximab the first day, followed by a pre-treatment diagnostic dose of radiolabeled indium-11…