Family Opposing Woman's Organ Donation Now Allowing ItKTXLThe family filed a lawsuit late in the day (Wednesday) to block the organ donation, and UC Davis Medical Center and Sierra Donor Services (the organ procurement organization) delayed the org…
FDA Backs Implantable Heart Pump – dailyRx
FDA Backs Implantable Heart PumpdailyRxA US Food and Drug Administration panel has recommended approval of HeartWare's Ventricular Assist System, which acts as a bridge to heart transplantation in end-stage heart failure patients. The FDA Circulato…
An immoral incentive – Haaretz
An immoral incentiveHaaretzRecent Israeli law effectively recognizes two different diagnoses of death: irreversible cardiopulmonary arrest and brain death. Defining when death occurs, however, is not a question for medicine or science. It is not about …
Facebook today enabled users to declare their status as a potential organ … – RedEye Chicago (blog)
USA TODAYFacebook today enabled users to declare their status as a potential organ …RedEye Chicago (blog)SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc aims to raise about $10.6 billion in Silicon Valley's largest IPO, dwarfing the coming-out parties of …
Jeffrey Sirott, pharmacist – Washington Post
Jeffrey Sirott, pharmacistWashington PostHe had complications from liver transplant surgery. The death was confirmed by his wife, Aldra Sirott. Mr. Sirott worked at Peoples Drug Stores from 1968 to 1974, followed by 25 years at Giant Food. He was a pha…
Warfarin Edges Out Aspirin in Heart Failure – MedPage Today
Myjoyonline.comWarfarin Edges Out Aspirin in Heart FailureMedPage TodayWarfarin was no better than aspirin in reducing the composite of stroke of any kind or death in heart failure patients in sinus rhythm, but had an advantage for reducing ischemic st…
Company Fails To Disclose Details About Heart Failure Risk of Drug – Forbes
Company Fails To Disclose Details About Heart Failure Risk of DrugForbesBoehringer Ingelheim failed to fully disclose data suggesting that one of its drugs, pramipexole, a dopamine agonist sold under the brand name of Mirapex, is associated with a sign…
Drivers to get organ donation reminder at gov't centres – CBC.ca
Toronto StarDrivers to get organ donation reminder at gov't centresCBC.caThe province already mails out organ donor consent forms when someone renews their driver's licence or health card. But staff at ServiceOntario centres will also ask drive…
Facebook calls on members to flag organ donor status – Reuters
CBC.caFacebook calls on members to flag organ donor statusReuters"We think that people can really help spread awareness of organ donation and that they want to participate in this to their friends, and we think that can be a big part in helping to…
In Some Brain Bleeds, Patients Do Better at High-Volume Hospitals – MSN Health & Fitness
In Some Brain Bleeds, Patients Do Better at High-Volume HospitalsMSN Health & FitnessAneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage occurs when a weakened blood vessel within the brain ruptures, resulting in bleeding into the space around the brain. Death rates wi…