BARCELONA (Reuters) – Barcelona and Spain defender Carles Puyol will be out of action for around six weeks and miss Euro 2012 after having successful surgery on his injured right knee, doctors confirmed on Saturday. Described by Spain coach Vicente del…
5K to benefit organ donation in New Providence – NJ.com
5K to benefit organ donation in New ProvidenceNJ.comBy Independent Press The NJ Sharing Network Foundation announces its second Annual Share NJ 5K Race to Save Lives Through Organ and Tissue Donation on Sunday, June 10 in New Providence. Transplant rec…
PCa Patients on HD Would Benefit from Early Kidney Transplantation – Renal and Urology News
PCa Patients on HD Would Benefit from Early Kidney TransplantationRenal and Urology NewsThe study included 32 male HD patients aged 46-78 years diagnosed with PCa within six months after renal transplantation. Within the first two years post-transplant…
PGI to streamline organ donation from brain-dead patients – Hindustan Times
PGI to streamline organ donation from brain-dead patientsHindustan TimesBrain death is the irreversible end of all brain activity due to total death of the cells of the central nervous system. The list of patients requiring organ replacement is getting…
Teenager's organ donations have helped save eight other lives – This is Cornwall
The SunTeenager's organ donations have helped save eight other livesThis is CornwallJemima Layzell had already discussed her own mortality in the months prior to her death and said she wished to be an organ donor if ever the worst should happen. Je…
Friends come through for ailing Davis artist Gay Powers – Modesto Bee
Modesto BeeFriends come through for ailing Davis artist Gay PowersModesto BeeBy Anita Creamer At 66 and desperately ill with the recurrence of an aggressive form of non- Hodgkins lymphoma, Davis artist Gay Powers needed to move closer to the Sutter Can…
Study: Exercise Slows Muscle Wasting from Age, Heart Failure – Occupational Health and Safety
Men’s FitnessStudy: Exercise Slows Muscle Wasting from Age, Heart FailureOccupational Health and SafetyExercise can counteract muscle breakdown, increase strength, and reduce inflammation caused by aging and heart failure , according to new research in…
Cell Therapeutics' lymphoma drug, Pixuvri gets EU conditional marketing approval – pharmabiz.com
Cell Therapeutics' lymphoma drug, Pixuvri gets EU conditional marketing approvalpharmabiz.comThe EMA's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has accepted PIX306, CTI's ongoing randomized controlled phase 3 clinical trial, wh…
First, Second Kidney Transplants Have Similar Success: Study
FRIDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) — One failed kidney transplant doesn't mean a second transplant is likely to fail, according to a new study that found similar kidney survival, rejection and infection rates in people who undergo repeat transplants …
Man sues UCSD over cancerous kidney transplant
A San Diego County man who received a cancerous kidney during a transplant goes to court next week against the doctor who performed the operation.