Plain Dealer (blog)Getting kids to take their meds: Drs. Oz and RoizenPlain Dealer (blog)That's a million-dollar question, and one that frustrates moms and dads, docs and researchers: Almost half of kids (and adults, too) who need regular dosing of…
Partial nephrectomy may offer longer survival – ModernMedicine
Partial nephrectomy may offer longer survivalModernMedicineKidney cancer patients who underwent partial nephrectomy experienced better survival than patients who underwent radical nephrectomy, report researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehe…
Routine Kidney Disease Screening Not Worthwhile, Experts Say – U.S. News & World Report
Routine Kidney Disease Screening Not Worthwhile, Experts SayU.S. News & World ReportBy Steven Reinberg MONDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — As many as one in 10 Americans have chronic kidney disease, but most don't know it and for most it is not a …
Padgett returns to city council – StarNewsOnline.com
Padgett returns to city councilStarNewsOnline.comCouncilwoman Laura Padgett returns for the agenda meeting Monday after enduring dual organ transplant surgery in March. Padgett has Type 1 diabetes and was diagnosed with kidney disease in 1994 as a resu…
Deputy push for automatic organ donation – Channel Television
Deputy push for automatic organ donationChannel TelevisionBut only 8% of Islanders have joined the organ donor register, compared with 30% of Brits. Now, one Jersey Deputy is asking the States to consider changing the law. In the States on Tuesday, Dep…
Boise girl with rare disorder thrives after stem cell transplant funded with … – The Republic
Boise girl with rare disorder thrives after stem cell transplant funded with …The RepublicThanks to fund-raising efforts, in 2004 Annabelle received a stem cell transplant that changed the course of her illness. "Without the total support of the…
Golf outing to benefit Jace and his family – South Bend Tribune
Golf outing to benefit Jace and his familySouth Bend TribuneTo treat this disease, Jace is in need of a lifesaving stem cell transplant. It is estimated that transplant-related expenses could reach $25000 or more, so friends of the family are planning …
BMV branch honored for high organ donation rate among customers – Columbus Dispatch
BMV branch honored for high organ donation rate among customersColumbus DispatchTom and Kathy's daughter, Lindsay Jones, was an organ donor. It is the 8th time the agency has won the award. For the eighth time in 10 years, the Hayden Road Bureau of…
Priority Health: RA treatment – Bay News 9
Bay News 9Priority Health: RA treatmentBay News 9Abatacept is available as both an infusion and a self-injection, as noted above. Infliximab is given during a two-hour procedure every two to eight weeks. Rituximab is given over several hours. You may r…
Scar tissue gets new life as heart muscle – Futurity: Research News
Scar tissue gets new life as heart muscleFuturity: Research News(Credit: "human heart xray" image via Shutterstock) DUKE (US) — A new process that turns scar tissue that forms after a heart attack into heart muscle cells could eliminate the…