Eva Markvoort inspires an appNew Westminster News LeaderMarkvoort had a double lung transplant in 2007 that initially gave her physical freedom before transplant rejection set in. She died two years ago at the age of 25 awaiting another transplant. Whe…
Meeting the Challenges in Treating Lymphoma A Conversation With Andrew D … – OncLive
OncLiveMeeting the Challenges in Treating Lymphoma A Conversation With Andrew D …OncLiveDr Zelenetz: The standard of care for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in the United States remains rituximab (R) in combination with cyclophosphamide, doxor…
HeartWare Completes Enrollment In 450-Patient Pivotal Destination Therapy Clinical Trial
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. and SYDNEY, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — HeartWare International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTWR; ASX: HIN), a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies that …
Overweight cat dies of heart failure – Myjoyonline.com
Myjoyonline.comOverweight cat dies of heart failureMyjoyonline.comSeriously overweight cat Meow, who became an animal celebrity after appearing on US TV, has died from heart failure. The massive mog weighed in at a whopping 40lbs — four times his ide…
Compulsory licensing sets off a wave of price cuts in cancer drugs – Livemint
Compulsory licensing sets off a wave of price cuts in cancer drugsLivemintSome of the key cancer drugs under patent protection in India—erlotinib (lung cancer), sunitinib (kidney cancer), sorafenib (liver and kidney cancer), trastuzumab (breast cance…
Neuralstem Updates ALS Stem Cell Trial Progress
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Neuralstem, Inc. (CUR) announced that the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the return of three patients from earlier cohorts in its …
Orgenesis Inc. Increases Depth of Governance With Latest Board Appointee – MarketWatch (press release)
Orgenesis Inc. Increases Depth of Governance With Latest Board AppointeeMarketWatch (press release)The Company believes that converting the diabetic patient's own tissue into insulin-producing cells overcomes the problem of donor shortage and remov…
Transplant: Great-grandmother finally finds relief from painful leg ulcers thanks to UK-first technique using dead …
Jessie Townley, 92, from Hyde in Cheshire, says she feels so fit she'd like to go dancing after her leg ulcers were completely healed at Wythenshawe Hospital.
Myths and misconceptions – PennLive.com
BloombergMyths and misconceptionsPennLive.comTruth: Brain death (when the brain dies due to lack of blood and oxygen) is a medically, legally and morally accepted determination of death. To determine brain death, more than one diagnosis of brain death …
Charities in cardiac rehab demand – The Press Association
Charities in cardiac rehab demandThe Press AssociationThey want more angina sufferers and people with heart failure to be able to benefit from the treatment. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) Scotland and Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) said t…