University of Rochester NewsroomURMC Surgeons Implant 1st Total Artificial Heart in Upstate New YorkHealthCanal.com“This is tremendous technology that can have a dramatic effect on patients who are experiencing advanced heart failure,” said H. Todd…
Study Shows New Option for Kids With Tough-to-Treat Leukemia – U.S. News & World Report
MedPage TodayStudy Shows New Option for Kids With Tough-to-Treat LeukemiaU.S. News & World Report"The study shows that even in these patients who have a poor response, there are a few subgroups that ultimately do well while there are other subgrou…
Chemotherapy Proves Life-Saving for Some Leukemia Patients Who Fail Induction … – MarketWatch (press release)
Chemotherapy Proves Life-Saving for Some Leukemia Patients Who Fail Induction …MarketWatch (press release)The largest study ever of such pediatric ALL patients identified a subset of young children who achieved 10-year survival rates of 72 percent af…
iPod video used to encourage organ donation – Reuters India
iPod video used to encourage organ donationReuters IndiaResearchers found that for folks getting a driver's license in their county, the iPod video seemed to sway the decision on becoming an organ donor. Of people who saw it, 84 percent consented t…
Is Animal Testing about to become Obsolete?
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Heart Failure Patients with Diabetes May Benefit from Higher Glucose Levels – Bioscience Technology
MediplacementsHeart Failure Patients with Diabetes May Benefit from Higher Glucose LevelsBioscience TechnologyBut for diabetes patients with heart failure, that might not always be the case, say UCLA researchers. A new study found that for advanced hea…
Skin Care: The Itchy Truth About Rashes – Newsolio
NewsolioSkin Care: The Itchy Truth About RashesNewsolioHas a rash been unresponsive to over-the-counter hydrocortisone or other home remedies? If you've tried treating a rash for two weeks with topical remedies and it hasn't gotten any better o…
Heavy/Light Chain Ratios May Be A Prognostic Marker For Myeloma Patients – The Myeloma Beacon
Heavy/Light Chain Ratios May Be A Prognostic Marker For Myeloma PatientsThe Myeloma BeaconSpecifically, the Spanish researchers found that multiple myeloma patients who experienced elevated heavy/light chain ratios after achieving complete remission fo…
Fears Of Organ Failure For Hunger Strike Prisoner – NPR
New York TimesFears Of Organ Failure For Hunger Strike PrisonerNPRIn Bahrain, demonstrators are demanding the release of imprisoned activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja. He has been on hunger strike for more than two months and his family now fears for his he…
Jesse White visits organ donation awareness event at JWCC – Quincy Herald Whig
Jesse White visits organ donation awareness event at JWCCQuincy Herald WhigEven after working for a decade in the organ donation field, she said, nothing could prepare her for actually needing an organ herself. A commercial featuring Tulcus was shown d…