MediplacementsHeart failure increased by lung blockagesMediplacementsBlockages to a persons lungs can increase the chance of heart failure, according to new research by a team of doctors at the University of North Carolina. Those in locum cardiology wo…
Organ donation — let's do better – InsideHalton.com
Organ donation — let's do betterInsideHalton.comWhy then, when it comes to organ donation, do we have such an abysmal record? A recent report released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), showed donor rates have stagnated in t…
Abington Memorial Hospital Announces Ventricular Assist Device Program to … – PR Web (press release)
Abington Memorial Hospital Announces Ventricular Assist Device Program to …PR Web (press release)For heart failure patients with end stage disease, mechanical assist devices can take over the heart's pumping function and improve blood flow and or…
Carnival burns victim receives successful transplant surgery – Austrian Independent
Carnival burns victim receives successful transplant surgeryAustrian IndependentThe victim of a carnival accident, who suffered severe burns, has woken up after six hours of surgery. The 18-year-old schoolgirl from Styria, Austria, was hit by a jet of …
Zytiga¬Æ (abiraterone acetate) recommended for use in Wales for men with … – PharmiWeb.com (press release)
Zytiga¬Æ (abiraterone acetate) recommended for use in Wales for men with …PharmiWeb.com (press release)Äù ZYTIGA is indicated with prednisone or prednisolone for the treatment of metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer in adult men whose …
Al-Shifa holds blood donation camp at Madrasa Shamsul Huda – TwoCircles.net
Al-Shifa holds blood donation camp at Madrasa Shamsul HudaTwoCircles.netBy TCN News, Patna: Al-Shifa Blood Donors Club organized a blood donation camp at Madrasa Shamsul Huda on 26th Feb. A number of people, men and women, students and youths lined up …
Ian Paisley returns home after health scare – RTE.ie
BBC NewsIan Paisley returns home after health scareRTE.ieFormer DUP leader Ian Paisley, who was admitted to hospital with heart failure last month, has returned home. The Reverend Ian Paisley, who was admitted to hospital with heart failure last month,…
Journal of Cardiac Failure explains new recommendations for CRT use – News-Medical.net
Journal of Cardiac Failure explains new recommendations for CRT useNews-Medical.netBased on a review of the latest evidence, the Guidelines Committee of the Heart Failure Society of America now recommends that the use of cardiac resynchronization thera…
Google Science Fair 2012: How can I improve the human condition? – The Guardian (blog)
Google Science Fair 2012: How can I improve the human condition?The Guardian (blog)This is probably because the deaths due to to these conditions have been decreasing, thanks to modern medications, particularly inhaled corticosteroids. Yet despite thes…
Slowing down kidney disease – Times Herald-Record
Slowing down kidney diseaseTimes Herald-RecordChronic kidney disease patients who are not on dialysis can benefit from medical nutritional therapy offered at the Diabetes Education Center in Kingston. At right, Rachel Carron, the center's program c…