Geelong AdvertiserCancer sufferer turns to Facebook to find a cureThe Daily TelegraphPamela Bousejean has Hodgkin's Lymphoma and needs a stem cell transplant. Picture: Alison Wynd Source: News Limited A WOMAN battling cancer has turned to Facebook …
Southampton Hospital's Regional Dialysis Center Receives IPRO Five-Diamond Award – Hamptons.com
Hamptons.comSouthampton Hospital's Regional Dialysis Center Receives IPRO Five-Diamond AwardHamptons.comThe Five-Diamond Award is presented by IPRO's End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network of New York, which is dedicated to assisting dialysis a…
Women Fare Better With Heart Failure – U.S. News & World Report
Women Fare Better With Heart FailureU.S. News & World ReportTHURSDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) — Women with heart failure are less likely to die than men with the condition, according to new research from Europe. An analysis of data from 31 studies in…
Donate my organs after death: Health Minister – Himalayan Times
The HinduDonate my organs after death: Health MinisterHimalayan Times“Nepal is an accident-prone country and every year around Bir Hospital handles about 100 brain death cases,” said Shrestha. He added if the brain death organ donation was a succes…
Transplants beat blood group match – Times of India
Transplants beat blood group matchTimes of IndiaSo he offered them a complicated transplant surgery, in which donations are made across blood groups. The patient (of blood group O) and the donor (B) were discharged a week later after a successful trans…
NIH encourages reducing disparities in kidney transplantation – HealthCanal.com
The HinduNIH encourages reducing disparities in kidney transplantationHealthCanal.comIn recognition of World Kidney Day on March 8, the National Institutes of Health is promoting efforts to reduce disparities in organ transplantation. This is particula…
Men with heart failure more likely to die than women – msnbc.com
Men with heart failure more likely to die than womenmsnbc.comBy MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Women with heart failure, a condition in which the heart fails to pump enough blood to meet the body's demands, may live longer than their male counterparts, a …
Surgeons discuss the advantages, risks of bilateral total knee arthroplasty – Ortho SuperSite
Ortho SuperSiteSurgeons discuss the advantages, risks of bilateral total knee arthroplastyOrtho SuperSiteSculco also recommends using perioperative hydrocortisone to decrease lung complications. He said three doses can be given at 8-hour intervals. In …
Revolutionary New Kidney Transplant Procedure – Medical News Today
Revolutionary New Kidney Transplant ProcedureMedical News TodayThe doctors flush the kidney with oxygenated blood prior to the transplant surgery. This process, known as normothermic perfusion, is seen to reverse the damage done to the organ by storing…
Jogger Found Dead In Restroom Died Of Heart Failure – CBS Local
CBS LocalJogger Found Dead In Restroom Died Of Heart FailureCBS LocalROCHESTER HILLS (WWJ) – An autopsy shows a jogger found dead in a park bathroom died of heart failure. Oakland County Sheriff's detectives said, according to relatives, the 62-y…