Essentia sees success with pioneering heart programDuluth News TribuneIt's one tool in Essentia Health's heart failure program, which has cut the readmission rate for patients with congestive heart failure to 7 percent — compared with the nat…
Story photo gallery Photos: Bee Cause is all abuzz in support of organ donation – Deseret News
Story photo gallery Photos: Bee Cause is all abuzz in support of organ donationDeseret NewsThis year the cause went to tissue and organ donation through Intermountain Donor Services. Mark Bushman's 8-year old grandson, Zachary Mark Bushman, was kil…
Weight-loss surgery aids transplant candidates – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesWeight-loss surgery aids transplant candidatesLos Angeles TimesNow surgeons are finding another use for it: preparing patients for transplant surgery. Obesity places patients at high risk for complications during transplant surgery. &q…
IV Iron Drug Shows Advantages in Head-to-Head Trial – Renal and Urology News
IV Iron Drug Shows Advantages in Head-to-Head TrialRenal and Urology NewsPHILADELPHIA—Ferumoxytol has an efficacy comparable to iron sucrose in treating iron deficiency anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but is associated with lowe…
Udupi: Blood donation camp conducted on Forest Martyrs day – Bellevision
BellevisionUdupi: Blood donation camp conducted on Forest Martyrs dayBellevisionHe was speaking upon inaugurating the blood donation camp and offering flower bouquets to the Martyrs on the occasion of the Forest Martyrs day. The blood donation camp was…
Black Transplant Patients with FSGS Are At Higher Risk – Renal and Urology News
Black Transplant Patients with FSGS Are At Higher RiskRenal and Urology News13% and 14%, respectively), as was the rate of acute rejection (42% vs. 28%, and 31%, respectively). Allograft failure occurred in 27% of AA recipients compared with 16% among …
High Pretransplant Phosphorus Raises Post-Transplant Death Risk – Renal and Urology News
High Pretransplant Phosphorus Raises Post-Transplant Death RiskRenal and Urology NewsPHILADELPHIA—High pre-transplant serum phosphorus levels are associated with worse outcomes following renal transplantation, according to study findings presented at…
UCLA Nursing Faculty Research on Cardiovascular Disease Featured at Upcoming … – MarketWatch (press release)
UCLA Nursing Faculty Research on Cardiovascular Disease Featured at Upcoming …MarketWatch (press release)Monday, November 14: Mary Woo, RN, DNSc, FAAN, will present "Heart Failure is Accompanied by Loss of Brain Axons Between Short-Term Memory A…
Bristol-Myers Squibb Earnings In Retrospect: Down 3.6% in the Last 16 Days (BMY) – Financial News Network Online
Bristol-Myers Squibb Earnings In Retrospect: Down 3.6% in the Last 16 Days (BMY)Financial News Network OnlineThe Company's products and experimental therapies address cancer, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis, organ…
Depressive Symptoms after Kidney Transplantation Are Associated with Decreased … – Renal and Urology News
Depressive Symptoms after Kidney Transplantation Are Associated with Decreased …Renal and Urology NewsIn a study of 527 renal transplant recipients who had a median follow-up of seven years, researchers Dorien M. Zelle, MD, and colleagues at the Univ…