MetroWest Medical Center looks to keep patients from returningMetroWest Daily NewsThat's what nurse Mary Bottachiari found with one woman who had vision problems and congestive heart failure — a disease in which the organ fails to pump properly a…
Diffuse erythematous papules – Clinical Advisor
Clinical AdvisorDiffuse erythematous papulesClinical AdvisorOTC hydrocortisone cream provided no relief of symptoms or resolution of the rash. On clinical examination, erythematous papules, linear papules, and pustules were seen diffusely, with the gre…
Health digest: Blood-donation locations in Berks are announced – Reading Eagle
Health digest: Blood-donation locations in Berks are announcedReading EagleNext Tuesday: AAA Reading-Berks, 920 Van Reed Road, Wyomissing, 8:20 am to 2 pm St. Joseph's Hill Lutheran Church, 225 Koch Road, Colebrookdale Township, 2 to 7 pm Hamburg B…
Healthy Living: Learn more about heart failure – Norwich Bulletin
Healthy Living: Learn more about heart failureNorwich BulletinBy Cindy Arpin A common misconception is that heart failure is a heart attack. It is not. It also does not mean your heart has stopped or is even about to stop. But it is a very serious cond…
Organ Donation: your questions answered – Whyalla News
Organ Donation: your questions answeredWhyalla NewsNo one really wants to think about organ donation. Most of us think “It won't happen to me”. But transplantation may one day save the life of someone you love. Modern science can now transform …
Beta blocker use in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus and systolic heart … – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Beta blocker use in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus and systolic heart …7thSpace Interactive (press release)The prognostic benefits of beta-blockers (BB) in patients with systolic heart failure (SHF) are known but despite this, in patients wit…
Study: Mobile phone-based heart failure monitoring convenient, easy to use – mobihealthnews
mobihealthnewsStudy: Mobile phone-based heart failure monitoring convenient, easy to usemobihealthnewsA recently published study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research found that mobile phone-based heart failure telemonitoring was an easy to use s…
Organ donor bill reaches Patrick's desk – WWLP 22News
ABC Action NewsOrgan donor bill reaches Patrick's deskWWLP 22NewsBOSTON (State House News Service) – The House and Senate on Monday gave final approval to legislation clarifying the consent process and streamlining organ donation procedures, a bill…
A new face – and a chance at life – The West Australian
The West AustralianA new face – and a chance at lifeThe West AustralianA Turkish man who was seriously disfigured in a house fire has seen his new face for the first time after surgeons carried out the country's first face transplant surgery, nearl…
Researchers aim to cut risk of cornea transplant rejection – Irish Times
Researchers aim to cut risk of cornea transplant rejectionIrish Times“Normally corneal transplantation has a good prognosis of graft survival,” he said. “However, many patients who have had previous transplants or have problems with infections in…