CPET measurement predicts mortality in patients following liver transplantationNews-Medical.netResearchers from the UK determined that preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a specific predictor of 90-day survival following liver trans…
Ottawa heart researchers lauded – Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa heart researchers laudedOttawa CitizenTwo Ottawa researchers have won a national award for answering a question no one else had asked: does a next-generation pacemaker save the lives of people with moderate heart failure? Everyone knew that coro…
Heart failure 'affects memory' – Telegraph.co.uk
Heart failure 'affects memory'Telegraph.co.ukHaving heart failure, where part of the organ dies, can affect a person's brain to such an extent that they forget to take their medication, according to a study. By Stephen Adams, Medical Corres…
SC Johnson rallies blood donation campaign – The Sun Daily
The Sun DailySC Johnson rallies blood donation campaignThe Sun DailySC JOHNSON, in partnership with the National Blood Bank of Malaysia, recently launched a blood donation campaign and dengue prevention programme. The blood donation drive commenced in …
Diagnostic device for liver failure on FDA fast track – Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (press release)
Diagnostic device for liver failure on FDA fast trackIsrael Ministry of Foreign Affairs (press release)"Most liver patients are chronic patients," notes Steven Eitan, CEO of Israel's Exalenz Bioscience, a small, Modi'in-based company …
Illini, Hoosiers go pint-to-pint in Red Cross blood donation contest – Daily Illini
Mother Nature NetworkIllini, Hoosiers go pint-to-pint in Red Cross blood donation contestDaily IlliniThe University of Illinois and Indiana University have long been competitors in athletics and academics, but the two are participating in a different k…
States of mind – PennLive.com
States of mindPennLive.comBrain death is a complete lack of electrical activity and is synonymous with physical death, according to Brody's book. “It is now the universally accepted definition of death used, for example, in determining when it is…
LAURA BATTLES ON – Gulf Weekly
Gulf WeeklyLAURA BATTLES ONGulf WeeklyThe 10-year-old from Saar has recently received a revolutionary umbilical cord stem cell transplant after being struck down by an aggressive form of leukaemia after the disease flared up again following what appear…
Commit to organ donation with Facebook app – MetroNews Canada
ITBusiness.caCommit to organ donation with Facebook appMetroNews CanadaA Sudbury-based company launched a new Facebook application Monday to help raise awareness about organ donation after high-profile figures, such as Justin Bieber and Tom Brady, rece…
Suing the state? – Greenwich Time
Suing the state?Greenwich Time11, 2011 showing Nash after face transplant surgery, right. Nash was mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009 and received the transplant in May 2011 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts. Nash, 57, said in a statemen…