MLive.comStudent organ donation recipients reflect on life during Donate Life monthMSU State NewsAfter catching an autoimmune virus that caused her body to attack her heart, she was hospitalized and eventually placed on the organ donation wait list —…
N.J. Hospital Association Launches Consumer Website for Heart Failure Patients – Becker's Hospital Review
N.J. Hospital Association Launches Consumer Website for Heart Failure PatientsBecker’s Hospital ReviewThe Institute for Quality and Patient Safety, a non-profit affiliate of the New Jersey Hospital Association, has launched a consumer-oriented website …
Quality healthcare for kidney patients – Oman Daily Observer
Oman Daily ObserverQuality healthcare for kidney patientsOman Daily ObserverOut of this 1620 have survived with 898 patients undergoing dialysis on regular basis while 780 others have had kidney transplantation. On an average, 100-110 out of one millio…
We've got hand transplants and face transplants… could brain transplants be next? – io9
We've got hand transplants and face transplants… could brain transplants be next?io9In 1964 the first human hand transplantation was performed, but that failed after two weeks when the hand was rejected by the recipient. It wasn't until 1998 …
Organ-donation advocate improving after surgery – CBC.ca
CBC.caOrgan-donation advocate improving after surgeryCBC.caHélène Campbell, the young Ottawa woman who gained fame for her campaign to raise awareness about organ donation, is showing some signs of improvement since her double lung transplant last we…
Higher HbA 1c levels predict better outcomes in advanced heart failure with … – TheHeart.Org
Higher HbA 1c levels predict better outcomes in advanced heart failure with …TheHeart.OrgThe primary end points were death or urgent need for heart transplantation and all-cause mortality at two years. At two years, 181 patients had undergone urgent …
Annual David Viens Memorial Blood Drive Is May 5 – The Chattanoogan
The ChattanooganAnnual David Viens Memorial Blood Drive Is May 5The Chattanoogan8, 2008, from complications from a stem cell transplant he received earlier in the fall to treat the Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia he had been diagnosed with five years prio…
Dick Teresi Talks About the Line Between Life and Death – New York Times (blog)
New York Times (blog)Dick Teresi Talks About the Line Between Life and DeathNew York Times (blog)By JOHN WILLIAMS In his new book, “The Undead,” Dick Teresi writes provocatively about the science of brain death and the impact it has on organ transp…
Heart transplant recipient crusades to boost organ donor numbers
It was not so much the heart transplant that got Roxanne Watson a guest spot on Oprah Winfrey’s new network, but what happened afterward.
Heart Failure Patients On Hypertensive Drugs Have No Higher Mortality Risk – Medical News Today
Heart Failure Patients On Hypertensive Drugs Have No Higher Mortality RiskMedical News TodayObservational studies had indicated that losartan was likely to be linked to a higher mortality rate amongst patients with heart failure than other medications …