The Oncology ReportSlowed Infusions Cut Hypersensitivity Reactions in Rituximab DesensitizationThe Oncology ReportORLANDO – A slowed, rate-controlled infusion of rituximab during a desensitization protocol significantly reduced the number of hypersen…
Treating The “Skin You're In” – North American Press Syndicate
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KTS and See Hua to hold blood donation campaign – The Borneo Post
KTS and See Hua to hold blood donation campaignThe Borneo PostSIBU: Donors will receive gifts tomorrow (Friday) as an appreciation for their participation in community service when they come for the mass blood donation co-hosted by KTS Club and See Hua…
St. Jude Medical will stop selling 2 types of wires used in heart failure devices – Washington Post
St. Jude Medical will stop selling 2 types of wires used in heart failure devicesWashington PostNEW YORK — St. Jude Medical Inc. will stop selling two types of wires used in devices that treat heart failure because in some cases, conductive wires wer…
Ministry of Health seeks YÖK probe of Hacettepe transplants – Sunday's Zaman
Ministry of Health seeks YÖK probe of Hacettepe transplantsSunday’s ZamanŞevket Çavdar dies in February three days after a quadruple-limb transplant surgery at the Hacettepe University Hospital. (Photo: Cihan) The Ministry of Health on Wednesday ann…
Transplant surgeons' breakthrough – Healthcare Today
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Chicago Man Receives Robotic Kidney Transplant After 17 Years – Newswise (press release)
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Organ transplants, 'brain death,' and Church teaching – Catholic Culture
Organ transplants, 'brain death,' and Church teachingCatholic CultureLast year my friend John Haas, the head of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, published a journal article in which he summarized the Vatican statements supporting organ t…
Organ Donation Means Life-Changing Opportunity For Many – WFMY News 2
Offaly ExpressOrgan Donation Means Life-Changing Opportunity For ManyWFMY News 2If you choose to be an organ donor, you can offer someone else another lease on life. See one man's story of why that's so important. http://www.digtriad.com/video/…
Reducing hospital admissions for asthmatics – Medical Xpress
Reducing hospital admissions for asthmaticsMedical XpressChildren with moderate or severe asthma attacks who are treated with systemic corticosteroids during the first 75 minutes of triage in the Emergency Department (ED) were 16% less likely to be adm…