Researchers solve puzzle of proteins linked to heart failureUniversity of BristolSudden cardiac death is a risk for patients with heart failure because the calcium inside their heart cells is not properly controlled and this can lead to an irregular he…
How our BNP testing service saved £270000 in a year – Pulse
How our BNP testing service saved £270000 in a yearPulseBy Dr Richard Blakey | 22 Feb 2012 In East Sussex we have a very elderly population and a high prevalence of recognised heart failure, but we expect that true prevalence is even higher. For years…
Combined use of recommended heart failure therapies significantly boosts … – Medical Xpress
Combined use of recommended heart failure therapies significantly boosts …Medical Xpress(Medical Xpress) — A UCLA-led study has found that a combination of several key guideline-recommended therapies for heart failure treatment resulted in an improv…
Doctors want organ donor law to allow more life-savers like Cassie McCord – Chelmsford Weekly News
Doctors want organ donor law to allow more life-savers like Cassie McCordChelmsford Weekly NewsThe nature of organ donation means life-saving transplant operations can very often only be carried out because someone else had died. The crucial decisions …
Heart Failure Program Reduces Readmissions Down to 3% – Becker's Hospital Review
Heart Failure Program Reduces Readmissions Down to 3%Becker’s Hospital ReviewA new heart failure program at Mary Lanning Memorial Healthcare in Hastings, Neb., helped dramatically reduce heart failure readmission rates, according to a KHASTV report. Un…
Movie targets organ donor rates – SBS
French TribuneMovie targets organ donor ratesSBSBy Lisa Zilberpriver It is 'Donate Life' week this week, and the government hopes a powerful movie will help change minds in some communities whose cultural barriers have slowed down acceptance of…
Carrboro man to get stem cell transplant – Chapel Hill News
Carrboro man to get stem cell transplantChapel Hill NewsBY ELIZABETH SWARINGEN, Special to The Chapel Hill News CHAPEL HILL – Three infusions of your own stem cells – each infusion over a 21-day hospitalization – can seem daunting. But, when it's y…
NICE recommends earlier use of Roche's RoActemra for rheumatoid arthritis – PMLiVE
USA TODAYNICE recommends earlier use of Roche's RoActemra for rheumatoid arthritisPMLiVE… for people with RA as a third-line treatment option if DMARDs had been ineffective, and if patients had also both demonstrated an inadequate response to one…
Five myths about organ donation in Australia – SBS
USA TODAYFive myths about organ donation in AustraliaSBSPresumed consent legislation can be indicative of many things, including the willingness of a country's citizens to accept brain death and organ donation as a normal part of dying and to accep…
Israeli joins Kentucky surgeons in transplant surgery – Jerusalem Post
Israeli joins Kentucky surgeons in transplant surgeryJerusalem PostSurgeons consider attaching an arm from a deceased donor the most challenging type of hand transplant surgery. The recipient was 56-year-old Ronald Thurman, a farmer from Indiana whose …