BACKGROUND: The bile duct is a thin tube, about four to five inches long, that reaches from the liver to the small intestine. The major function of the bile duct is to move a fluid called bile from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine, wher…
TRAPIANTI, BELATACEPT MANTIENE LA FUNZIONE RENALE – Salus
TRAPIANTI, BELATACEPT MANTIENE LA FUNZIONE RENALESalusBelatacept è il primo bloccante selettivo della co-stimolazione delle cellule T approvato per la profilassi del rigetto dell'organo in pazienti sieropositivi al virus di Epstein-Barr (EBV) che …
Seminar to address chronic kidney disease – Camarillo Acorn
Seminar to address chronic kidney diseaseCamarillo AcornThe Community Memorial Health System will host a free seminar about chronic kidney disease from 6 to 8 pm Tues., June 19 in the eighth-floor Nichols Auditorium at 147 N. Brent St., Ventura. It is …
Amgen drug Sensipar fails to meet trial goal – Reuters India
Amgen drug Sensipar fails to meet trial goalReuters IndiaThe goal of the study was to show a reduction in the risk of death, heart attack, unstable angina or heart failure in patients with chronic kidney disease who were receiving dialysis. Although pa…
Gravely ill NY man who lost sister in kidney operation has transplant canceled
A gravely ill New York man whose sister died on the operating table trying to donate her kidney to him had yet another kidney transplant canceled at the last minute
Altered serum levels of IL-33 in patients with advanced systolic chronic heart … – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Altered serum levels of IL-33 in patients with advanced systolic chronic heart …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Interleukin-33 (IL-33) has been linked to chronic heart failure (CHF) in animal studies, but data on serum IL-33 levels in human CHF a…
Double arm transplant patient feels new hands
A Mexican man whose arms were severely burned by electricity became the first patient in Latin America to receive a double arm transplant, doctors said Thursday.
U of M, AbSorber to evaluate XM-ONE in their Living Donor program – News-Medical.net
U of M, AbSorber to evaluate XM-ONE in their Living Donor programNews-Medical.net"Non-HLA antibodies, especially endothelial cell antibodies, play a significant role as risk markers of acute rejection in kidney transplant recipients" says Dr….
PM Says Ailing Wife Suffered "Heart Failure" – Channel 7 Daily News
Channel 7 Daily NewsPM Says Ailing Wife Suffered "Heart Failure"Channel 7 Daily NewsKim Barrow was rushed to the emergency room on Monday May 28th with heart failure. She was placed in the intensive care unit for three days, and released from…
Cystic Fibrosis No Longer a Kids' Disease
Patients with cystic fibrosis live well into their 30s and 40s, but their pyscho-social needs are often ignored during long hospital stays.