Reusing Pacemakers from Deceased Donors is Safe and EffectiveNewswise (press release)Newswise — MAYWOOD, Ill. — Many heart patients in India are too poor to afford pacemakers. But a study has found that removing pacemakers from deceased Americans, r…
Lafayette doctor and organ transplant recipient, encourages organ donation – WLFI.com
Lafayette doctor and organ transplant recipient, encourages organ donationWLFI.comLAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) – Eighteen people in the US die every day while waiting for an organ donation. This holiday season, Indiana University Health is encouraging you to…
President of Myrtle Beach Area Chamber is expected leave Duke Wednesday – Myrtle Beach Sun News
WRAL.comPresident of Myrtle Beach Area Chamber is expected leave Duke WednesdayMyrtle Beach Sun NewsDean successfully underwent kidney transplant surgery for a voluntary organ donation Monday morning. The surgery took between three and four hours, said…
'One Person can Make a Difference' Top Ten List for 2011 – allvoices
'One Person can Make a Difference' Top Ten List for 2011allvoicesMillet received a stem cell transplant in the United States after being diagnosed with an advanced stage of bone cancer. When Millet returned to his home in Haiti, he was determin…
Transplant Patients Want a Role in Liver Quality Decisions – Doctors Lounge
MD NewsTransplant Patients Want a Role in Liver Quality DecisionsDoctors LoungePatients waiting for liver transplantation want to be involved in decisions about organ quality, and the level of risk they are prepared to tolerate is influenced by the pre…
Legislators approve organ donor IC cards – China Post
News TonightLegislators approve organ donor IC cardsChina PostShih, however, added that the amended act also gives the donor full rights to withdraw the organ donation. If a patient on his deathbed decided not to donate at the last minute, doctors must…
Safety alert on ursodeoxycholic acid containing drugs – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Safety alert on ursodeoxycholic acid containing drugs7thSpace Interactive (press release)It was found that the patients' risk was 2.1-fold greater for death and liver transplantation in the treatment group of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) ta…
Hope for Treating Chronic Kidney Disease Via Regeneration of Specialized Cells – MedIndia
MedIndiaHope for Treating Chronic Kidney Disease Via Regeneration of Specialized CellsMedIndiaPodocytes are specialized type of epithelial cells in the kidney, which get damaged in more than 90 percent of all chronic kidney disease cases. Now researche…
BG Medicine, Inc. to Host Interactive Webcast on Role of Galectin-3 in Heart … – MarketWatch (press release)
BG Medicine, Inc. to Host Interactive Webcast on Role of Galectin-3 in Heart …MarketWatch (press release)The interactive webcast will feature Pieter Muntendam, MD, President and CEO of BG Medicine, who will provide an overview of the role of galectin…
Major shareholder urges Thoratec to consider sale – BusinessWeek
Major shareholder urges Thoratec to consider saleBusinessWeekIt praised Thoratec's HeartMate pumps, which are intended for patients who are waiting for a heart transplant or for those who are too sick to have heart transplant surgery. But Oracle sa…