Lenalidomide prolongs disease control for multiple myeloma patients after stem …EurekAlert (press release)Multiple myeloma patients are better equipped to halt progression of this blood cancer if treated with lenalidomide, or Revlimid®, following a …
Leukaemia survivor joins Midnight Walk – Essex County Standard
Leukaemia survivor joins Midnight WalkEssex County StandardMise Knighton's life was saved by chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant. She is now recovering and is taking part in St Helena Hospice's Midnight Walk. Mise, who is 26, went to the do…
Turkish Press Review (May 16, 2012) – Journal of Turkish Weekly
Turkish Press Review (May 16, 2012)Journal of Turkish WeeklyTurkish daily newspapers covered in Wednesday editions face transplant surgery, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's criticism about super final cup ceremony, and the accident in the cons…
One-Year EVOLVE Trial Clinical Results Confirm Comparable Safety And … – Sacramento Bee
One-Year EVOLVE Trial Clinical Results Confirm Comparable Safety And …Sacramento BeeBy Boston Scientific Corporation NATICK, Mass., May 15, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces that the SYNERGY™ Everolimus-Elu…
Minnetronix Enters Licensing Agreement with Penn State – EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
Minnetronix Enters Licensing Agreement with Penn StateEON: Enhanced Online News (press release)(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Minnetronix announced today the exclusive licensing rights of Penn State Research Foundation's wireless energy transmission …
Guest column: Less organ access threatens West Tennessee lives
Something is rotten in the state of organ transplantation in Memphis. Our city is in danger of losing access to many of the organs that are donated in Tennessee for transplant; as a result, lives could be lost. As a native West Tennessean, I am deeply …
FDA expected to approve new heart transplant technology
HOUSTON—The FDA is expected to fully approve a heart device for use without a transplant in weeks. Syncardia is a pump implanted in place of the heart powered by a backpack-sized driver so the patient able to leave the hospital and lead a nearly norm…
Kidney Transplant Inspires Teen's Charity
While awaiting a kidney transplant, Chad Eaton formed a charity, giving toys and gifts to fellow kidney patients.
Obituary: Brenda Moss made most of early lung transplant
Brenda Moss, one of the first patients to receive a lung transplant in the Seattle area, 20 years ago, died at 71 on May 2 after her one working lung succumbed to viral pneumonia.
Heart Failure Hits Men in Head – The Ledger (blog)
The Ledger (blog)Heart Failure Hits Men in HeadThe Ledger (blog)Male heart failure patients are more likely than women to have depression and report poor quality of life, according to research findings presented in May at an American Heart Association …