Zee News'Rogue DNA' plays key role in heart failure, study showsScience CodexDNA from the heart's own cells plays a role in heart failure by mistakenly activating the body's immune system, according to a study by British and Japanese re…
Infection claims Hamilton heart-transplant girl Nicole Cassavetes days after … – Hamilton Spectator
Infection claims Hamilton heart-transplant girl Nicole Cassavetes days after …Hamilton SpectatorNicole had the transplant surgery April 13 and died after contracting an infection. In the weeks leading up to her surgery and in the days afterwards, man…
CARGO II Results on XDx's AlloMap Provide Validation for European Heart … – GenomeWeb
CARGO II Results on XDx's AlloMap Provide Validation for European Heart …GenomeWebBy Turna Ray XDx presented data last week that provided further confirmation that its AlloMap molecular diagnostic test can accurately assess which patients are at …
Proving laughter is the best medicine – KSN-TV
ABC NewsProving laughter is the best medicineKSN-TVMiles Austrevich, 19, will next month undergo a double stem cell transplant, and afterwards will spend at least three months recovering in total isolation. Austrevich's dad, Len, is on a campaign t…
Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease – EmpowHer
Autoimmune Inner Ear DiseaseEmpowHerThe primary treatment is corticosteroids. Not everyone responds to corticosteroids. Shresh Pathak of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in New York and colleagues investigated factors that may determine whi…
Disease compelled Barbara Comaduran to reach out to others – Benson News Sun
Disease compelled Barbara Comaduran to reach out to othersBenson News SunIn addition, she went through a stem cell transplant at Arizona Oncology in Tucson. “I had such an aggressive form of cancer, the oncologist felt I needed the stem cell transpla…
First-Of-Its-Kind Northern California Public Blood Collection Program Opens at … – EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
ScopeFirst-Of-Its-Kind Northern California Public Blood Collection Program Opens at …EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)… public cord blood collection program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, the first of its kind in Nor…
Double-lung transplant 'incredible'
After 10 days on life support in 2005, a double-lung transplant saved Shillane Labbett’s life. “My whole life I knew I would live a very short life,” the 40-year-old Kingston native said.[…]
Patients Drop MS Drug, Face Relapse Risk – MedPage Today
Patients Drop MS Drug, Face Relapse RiskMedPage TodayOf the nine patients who switched away from natalizumab, seven chose injectable drugs including interferon-beta products, glatiramer acetate (Copaxone), or rituximab (Rituxan). Two chose the oral dru…
The health services burden of heart failure: an analysis using linked … – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
The health services burden of heart failure: an analysis using linked …7thSpace Interactive (press release)The burden of patients with heart failure on health care systems is widely recognised,although there have been few attempts to quantify individ…