(Reuters) – Hispanic patients in need of a heart transplant are 50 percent more likely to die before they get one that white patients, according to a U.S. study. Previous studies found that black patients fared poorly after transplants compared to whit…
Doctors look to cure HIV patients with cord blood units
Timothy Brown made medical history when he became the first patient who was essentially cured of HIV, after receiving a stem cell transplant from a person who was genetically resistant to the infection.
Doctors turn to cord blood transplants in hopes of curing patients with HIV – Fox News
Mother Nature NetworkDoctors turn to cord blood transplants in hopes of curing patients with HIVFox NewsTimothy Brown made medical history when he became the first patient who was essentially cured of HIV, after receiving a stem cell transplant from a …
Bone Marrow Transplant Milestone
Today is a big day for the Waikato Hospital Haematology Department and equally big for consultant haematologist Dr Humphrey Pullon who established the transplant service there 20 years ago.
Woman needs a lung as surrogate twins become due
A Melbourne woman is hoping a lung transplant will allow her to live to see her twin babies being born next month as part of a surrogacy pact with her sister-in-law.
New blood donation center to open in Crestview – WEAR
New blood donation center to open in CrestviewWEARBANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets fell Friday, deflated after US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave no hint of immediate action to jump-start growth in the world's No. 1 economy. MINNETONK…
The History Of Declaring Death – Huffington Post (blog)
The History Of Declaring DeathHuffington Post (blog)Here in the present, compromised by the needs of organ transplantation and other factors, we embrace the lowest standard for death in history: brain death. Brain-dead people are still breathing (with …
Sunshine Heart Receives Health Canada Approval to Modify Its Ongoing … – MarketWatch (press release)
Sunshine Heart Receives Health Canada Approval to Modify Its Ongoing …MarketWatch (press release)SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA and EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, Jun 07, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Sunshine Heart, Inc. (NASDAQ:SSH) (asx:SHC), a global medical device comp…
Cystic Fibrosis: For First Time, No Longer a Kids' Disease
Patients Live Longer, But Their Needs Are Often Not Met
DeAngelo Williams Joins Samaritan's Feet Event
Two NFL players from the Carolina Panthers are scheduled to be in Memphis Friday, June 8, to help provide 500 kids with new shoes and socks. Former Un…