Opera singer Charity Tillman-Dick has an enlarged heart, and suffers from idiopathic pulmonary hypertension, a condition that doesn't allow oxygen to be properly absorbed, causing the heart to work overtime.
A kidney transplant story, told through Twitter (the Storified version) #hcsm
I can only assume that other #hcsm fanatics were geeking out a little like I was this morning as IU Health took the Twitterverse through a four-and-a-half hour live tweet of a kidney transplant procedure. Using the hashtag #calebskidney, @IU_Health pos…
Tweeted Organ Donation A Success – 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis
93.1 WIBC IndianapolisTweeted Organ Donation A Success93.1 WIBC IndianapolisDoctors and patients are hopeful that tweeting out the organ donation surgery on the social network platform, will raise organ donation awareness, dispelling …Surgeons tweet …
Jays suffer more pitching woes – CANOE
Jays suffer more pitching woesCANOEDrabek, who had Tommy John elbow ligament transplant surgery in 2007, said he didn't believe that there was a recurrence of that problem this time around.and more »
Blood donation camp at IUST on June 14 – GreaterKashmir.com
Blood donation camp at IUST on June 14GreaterKashmir.comSrinagar: The J&K State AIDS Prevention and Control Society, Department of Health and Medical Education, Government of J&K in collaboration with the Islamic …and more »
Okyanos Heart Institute Hosts Upcoming June Seminars to Discuss … – Healthcare Global (press release)
Okyanos Heart Institute Hosts Upcoming June Seminars to Discuss …Healthcare Global (press release)In the seminar, Dr. Walpole will discuss the role of adult stem cell therapy and its potential benefits for people with CAD in danger of congestive hear…
Voluntary blood donation still cannot meet city's need – Deccan Chronicle
Voluntary blood donation still cannot meet city's needDeccan ChronicleTwenty-one-year-old Harsha (name changed) was admitted to a private hospital at Bannerghatta Road a week ago with very low blood platelet count and …and more »
Stem Cell Transplant Boosts Survival in Scleroderma – Skin and Allergy News Digital Network
Skin and Allergy News Digital NetworkStem Cell Transplant Boosts Survival in SclerodermaSkin and Allergy News Digital NetworkBERLIN – Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation appears to be a breakthrough in the treatment of poor-prognosis early diffus…
For 1st time, doctors transplant vein grown from patient's own stem cells
LONDON — For the first time doctors have successfully transplanted a vein grown with a patient’s own stem cells, another example of scientists producing human body parts in the lab.
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Robert Kendra earned membership in the Million Dollar Round Table