Toronto StarLeaside mom Cathy Anagnostopoulos championed stem cell donor campaigninsideTORONTO.comPhoto/COURTESY EAST YORK – A Leaside mother of three found out doctors have found a match for the stem cell transplant she… A year after Cathy Anagnosto…
High blood pressure, diabetes are primary risk factors in chronic kidney disease – The Mercury
High blood pressure, diabetes are primary risk factors in chronic kidney diseaseThe MercuryBy Zia Umruddin, MD Approximately 26 million American adults have chronic kidney disease – and millions of others are at risk, but may not know it. Kidney dise…
Heart failure patients with diabetes may benefit from higher glucose levels – EurekAlert (press release)
Heart failure patients with diabetes may benefit from higher glucose levelsEurekAlert (press release)But for those with heart failure, that might not always be the case, say UCLA researchers. A new study found that for advanced heart failure patients w…
Top 10 Things You Should Know about Organ Donation – HealthNewsDigest.com
Top 10 Things You Should Know about Organ DonationHealthNewsDigest.comThe Hospital has been on the forefront of developing and improving anti-rejection medications (immunosuppressants), minimally invasive surgery for living donors, genetic methods to d…
Organ donor's surgery death sparks questions – CNN International
Organ donor's surgery death sparks questionsCNN InternationalNow an associate at the Center for Biomedical Ethics at Metrohealth Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Luebke has developed an interest in the ethics of livi…
Japanese MHLW approves Abbott's XIENCE PRIME Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent … – News-Medical.net
Japanese MHLW approves Abbott's XIENCE PRIME Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent …News-Medical.netAbbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced it has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) for the next-generation XIE…
Double-lung transplant recipient Hélène Campbell breathing a bit on her own – Regina Leader-Post
Double-lung transplant recipient Hélène Campbell breathing a bit on her ownRegina Leader-PostHelene Campbell underwent lung transplant surgery in Toronto on Good Friday. The 20-year-old Barrhaven woman has been waiting for the operation since last fa…
What are the “Blood Cancers?” – WebMD (blog)
WebMD (blog)What are the “Blood Cancers?”WebMD (blog)Treatments may range from observation to well-tolerated immune therapies (such as rituximab, which has revolutionized the treatment of NHL) to intensive chemotherapy and even a stem-cell transpla…
Indian to head world’s first trial with liver stem cells
An Indian-origin professor in the U.K. will head the world’s first trial using liver stem cells that could avoid transplant surgery. Paediatric liver consultant Professor Anil Dhawan, who w…
Indian to head world's first trial with liver stem cells – The Hindu
Zee NewsIndian to head world's first trial with liver stem cellsThe HinduAn Indian-origin professor in the UK will head the world's first trial using liver stem cells that could avoid transplant surgery. Paediatric liver consultant Professor An…