Stem cells found to relieve tough chronic pain in mouse studyWorld ScienceAn embryonic stem-cell transplant might quell the hardest-to-treat kinds of pain, scientists report, though such a medical advance could also raise acute ethical dilemmas. Univer…
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Congratulates Helene Campbell On Her Organ And … – Sacramento Bee
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Congratulates Helene Campbell On Her Organ And …Sacramento BeeConsidering that IPF is a main reason for lung transplantation, and that the demand for lungs exceeds the supply, Helene's message is extremely important …
Aetna's IOE Transplant Network to add UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital
Aetna announced today that UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital has been designated as a participating facility in Aetna's Institutes of Excellence Transplant Network.
World's smallest artificial heart saves life of 16-month-old boy
Italian doctors implant titanium pump weighing only 11 grams to keep infant alive until donor was found for transplant Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant …
Baxter’s Low Glucose PD Solutions Favorably Impacted Metabolic Measures Including Glycemic Control in Trials of …
Baxter International Inc. today announced results from two large, international multicenter trials demonstrating that a low glucose peritoneal dialysis regimen favorably impacted metabolic measures important for end-stage renal disease patients with di…
Organ donation advocate rejoices – Windsor Star
CTV.caOrgan donation advocate rejoicesWindsor StarThe campaign, which raised awareness for organ-donor shortages, picked up celebrity followers such as Justin Bieber and Ellen DeGeneres. At a news conference at a downtown Toronto hotel, Campbell was ov…
'Skin Cells From Heart Failure Patients Made Into Healthy New Heart Muscle Cells' – Medical News Today
CBS News'Skin Cells From Heart Failure Patients Made Into Healthy New Heart Muscle Cells'Medical News TodayFor the first time in medical science, Israeli scientists have successfully turned skin cells from heart failure patients into healthy ne…
Baby saved by artificial heart transplant surgery – Belfast Telegraph
Baby saved by artificial heart transplant surgeryBelfast TelegraphBy Michael Day in Milan Last-minute co-operation between doctors and medical authorities in Italy and the US enabled surgeons in Rome to transplant the world's smallest artificial he…
The Methodist Hospital on record pace to save more lives in 2012
Surgeons with the Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center performed 50 transplants in April, putting them on pace to perform more than 500 this year.
Man beats the odds despite medical condition
One North Valley man is beating the odds after facing a medical condition that almost cost him his life.