Skin transplant surgery gives patients new lease on lifeDallas Morning News (subscription)DETROIT — Adil Siddiqui was reluctant to go out in public because he thought everybody was staring at the patches of white skin on his face. Siddiqui suffers fr…
Health dept seeks young blood donors in district – Times of India
Health dept seeks young blood donors in districtTimes of IndiaALLAHABAD: The health department has initiated measures to sensitise the youths to the need for voluntary blood donation. The health officials have chalked out a campaign to promote voluntar…
Everolimus and long acting octreotide as a volume reducing treatment of … – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Everolimus and long acting octreotide as a volume reducing treatment of …7thSpace Interactive (press release)mTOR inhibitors such as everolimus inhibit cell proliferation and might thereby reduce growth of liver cysts. This trial aims to assess the b…
Delawarean inducted into Worldwide Blood Donation Hall of Fame – Maxwell Gunter Dispatch
WDEL 1150AMDelawarean inducted into Worldwide Blood Donation Hall of FameMaxwell Gunter DispatchJoe McDonough was inducted into the Worldwide Blood Donation Hall of Fame on Monday for his continuous donations of blood and platelets. Since McDonough los…
Interplay of hypertension and infection underlies heart disease in Africa – TheHeart.Org
Interplay of hypertension and infection underlies heart disease in AfricaTheHeart.OrgOrlando, FL – Identifying and treating high blood pressure in sub-Saharan Africa and improving the uptake of evidence-based therapies for heart failure would bring the…
EBV in RA patient marrow strongly predicts rituximab success – ProHealth
EBV in RA patient marrow strongly predicts rituximab successProHealthMethods: Blood and bone marrow from 35 RA patients were analysed for CMV, EBV, HSV-1, HSV-2, parvovirus B19 and polyomavirus using real-time PCR before and 3 months after rituximab (R…
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Awarded FACT Accreditation for Rigorous … – Duluth Weekly
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Awarded FACT Accreditation for Rigorous …Duluth Weekly“We are pleased that the Aflac Cancer Center of Children's has met the requirements of the Foundation and has been granted accreditation for bone marrow …
Rich have edge for organ transplants – Palm Beach Post (blog)
Rich have edge for organ transplantsPalm Beach Post (blog)For that reason certain cancers are a contraindication to liver transplantation. Also, the drugs to prevent rejection of the liver weaken the immune system and might contribute to cancer coming …
Azathioprine Monotherapy No Better Than Placebo For Sustained Remission in … – Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News
Azathioprine Monotherapy No Better Than Placebo For Sustained Remission in …Gastroenterology & Endoscopy NewsChicago—Although thiopurines have shown benefit in children with Crohn's disease (CD), the efficacy of azathioprine (AZA) in newly diag…
Low vitamin C portends worse heart-failure outcomes – TheHeart.Org
Low vitamin C portends worse heart-failure outcomesTheHeart.OrgOrlando, FL – Heart-failure patients consuming a diet high in vitamin C are about half as likely to suffer a cardiac event within a year as patients with low vitamin-C levels, according to …