RENSSELAER, Ind. — On her good days, it’s nearly impossible to tell that 4-year-old Savana Calero has a life-threatening gastrointestinal disease that has already required her to undergo 12 surgeries in her young life.
Treatment with Ixmyelocel-T Shown to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients – Sacramento Bee
Treatment with Ixmyelocel-T Shown to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure PatientsSacramento Bee"An increasing number of patients have progressive heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy, even after treatment with drug therapy and surgical interv…
Teenage organ donor saves eight lives – Telegraph.co.uk
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Rituximab does not appear to benefit children with INS – News-Medical.net
Rituximab does not appear to benefit children with INSNews-Medical.netThe drug rituximab, an antibody that targets the immune system and is often used to treat immune disorders such as lymphoma and arthritis, has recently emerged as a potential treatme…
ICD therapy significantly reduces mortality in patients with moderate heart … – News-Medical.net
MD NewsICD therapy significantly reduces mortality in patients with moderate heart …News-Medical.netSt. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced results of the SCD-HeFT (Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Tri…
Review finds 74% decline in annual ICU admissions for asthma – News-Medical.net
Review finds 74% decline in annual ICU admissions for asthmaNews-Medical.net"The main reason for the decline in cases is that more of our patients are taking their controller medications such as inhaled corticosteroids, which reduce the amount of …
Games boost local transplant register
HUNDREDS of transplant athletes will travel to Sheffield next summer for the annual British Transplant Games, which are set to come to the city for the second time in five years.
Disputes erupt over Memphis-area transplant changes
A pending change in the way organs are distributed for transplants has touched off an increasingly bitter dispute between the Memphis area's leading transplant center and the local nonprofit group that procures kidneys, livers and pancreases from d…
SYMBICORT® (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) Long-Term Study Shows … – EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
SYMBICORT® (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) Long-Term Study Shows …EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)Currently available data are inadequate to determine whether concurrent use of inhaled corticosteroids or other long-term asthma co…
New Technology Helps Woman Get New Heart
A Portsmouth woman recently became the first person in New England to receive a new type of experimental heart transplant.