China plans end to harvest of executed inmates' organsSacramento BeeFor many years, China resisted even passing national legislation for organ donation or for establishing when brain death had occurred. The worry was that particularly in poorer are…
Ethics committee rules organ donation: 'a selfless gift without expectation of … – MaltaToday
Gozo NewsEthics committee rules organ donation: 'a selfless gift without expectation of …MaltaTodayThe Live Organ Transplant Advisory Committee (LOTAC) has decided that organ donation to specific donors by patients or their relatives against paym…
Woman recognized as blood donation champion – Shreveport Times
Woman recognized as blood donation championShreveport TimesDebbie Colvin demonstrated her commitment to blood donation during an interview with LifeShare Blood Center in Shreveport 30 years ago. "The day that I came in to apply for the job, they w…
Blood donation ban under review; success in recent HIV/AIDS clinical trial – Amsterdam News
Blood donation ban under review; success in recent HIV/AIDS clinical trialAmsterdam NewsAs a result, questions have been raised about the need to continue an indefinite deferral of all MSM and whether there could be blood donation by MSM who may not be…
Wainwright is impressive again – STLtoday.com
Wainwright is impressive againSTLtoday.comThe 20-game winner in 2010, who missed all of last season after ligament transplant surgery for his right elbow, is "way further along than I ever would have thought," said Matheny. Wainwright held th…
Dr. K: New medications treat pancreatic cancer – GoErie.com
Dr. K: New medications treat pancreatic cancerGoErie.comThe two new drugs sunitinib (Sutent) and everolimus (Afinitor) are exciting alternatives to conventional chemotherapy. Sunitinib inhibits an enzyme critical to a complex chain of chemical events -…
How Music Helps Prevent Organ Rejection – Science Daily (press release)
How Music Helps Prevent Organ RejectionScience Daily (press release)The link between the immune system and brain function is not clearly understood, nevertheless music is used clinically to reduce anxiety after heart attack, or to reduce pain and nause…
Classical Music Slows Mice Transplant Rejection – Scientific American
Classical Music Slows Mice Transplant RejectionScientific AmericanMice getting mismatched heart transplants and that were exposed to classical music had much slower rejection rates than did mice exposed to other music and sounds. Sophie Bushwick report…
Transplant recipient testifies in Kosovo organs case – AFP
AFPTransplant recipient testifies in Kosovo organs caseAFPRaul Fain, 66, testifying by video link from Ontario, Canada, told the court Friday he had had transplant surgery in mid-2008 at the Medicus clinic, which has since been shut down. Fain said tha…
Everolimus DES: Stent-thrombosis advantage vs bare-metal stents in meta-analysis – TheHeart.Org
MedPage TodayEverolimus DES: Stent-thrombosis advantage vs bare-metal stents in meta-analysisTheHeart.OrgLondon, UK – Drug-eluting stents (DES) should have a stent-thrombosis risk as low as possible, and compared with other types, cobalt-chromium evero…