Oral Corticosteroids Can Lead to Vitamin D DeficiencyArthritis Today10/17/11 People who take oral corticosteroids for arthritis and other illnesses are twice as likely as non-users to have a vitamin D deficiency, according to new research from Albert E…
Myeloma Patients Relapsing After Pomalidomide Therapy May Benefit From Certain … – The Myeloma Beacon
Myeloma Patients Relapsing After Pomalidomide Therapy May Benefit From Certain …The Myeloma BeaconFurthermore, patients who received a stem cell transplant after relapse achieved the highest response rate among all patients who received salvage thera…
High-Volume Liver Transplant Centers Up Recipient Survival – Doctors Lounge
High-Volume Liver Transplant Centers Up Recipient SurvivalDoctors Lounge… volumes use donors with higher mean donor risk index livers and have better risk-adjusted recipient and allograft survival than centers with low annual procedure volumes, accor…
Single Kidney Outcome Similar With Nephrectomy, Ablation – Doctors Lounge
Single Kidney Outcome Similar With Nephrectomy, AblationDoctors LoungeFor patients with a tumor in a solitary kidney, short-term renal function outcomes are similar for treatment with partial nephrectomy or percutaneous ablation, according to a study p…
Athersys Completes Enrollment In Repeat Dose Study Of MultiStem – RTT News
Athersys Completes Enrollment In Repeat Dose Study Of MultiStemRTT News… dose escalation trial evaluating the safety and maximum tolerated dose of a single or repeat dose administration of allogeneic MultiStem delivered intravenously following a trad…
“An Evening with Lucie Arnaz” Concert to Benefit Bone Marrow Transplantation … – Haute Living
Haute Living“An Evening with Lucie Arnaz” Concert to Benefit Bone Marrow Transplantation …Haute LivingOn November 12th, City of Hope will celebrate cultural, historic and medical milestones in “An Evening with Lucie Arnaz” to benefit the inst…
Broccoli-based compound beats drug resistance in lung disease – EurekAlert (press release)
Broccoli-based compound beats drug resistance in lung diseaseEurekAlert (press release)Given the central role of inflammation in COPD, it is surprising that patients derive little benefit from treatment with potent anti-inflammatory drugs known as cort…
Boston Scientific launches platinum chromium stent in China – Platinum today
Platinum todayBoston Scientific launches platinum chromium stent in ChinaPlatinum todayBoston Scientific Corporation has begun a phased launch of its PROMUS Element Everolimus-Eluting Platinum Chromium Coronary Stent System in China. It comes after the…
Kuwait expert calls for greater organ donation awareness – gulfnews.com
Kuwait expert calls for greater organ donation awarenessgulfnews.comIn the past, there were also been numerous instances in Kuwait of unrelated donors suddenly offering a kidney to a "friend" awaiting a transplant, the daily said. Upon furthe…
Hospital receives heart care achievement award – Petoskey News-Review
Hospital receives heart care achievement awardPetoskey News-ReviewNorthern Michigan Regional Hospital has received the Get With the Guidelines — Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The recognition signifi…