Questions asked about euthanasia for brain-damaged Dutch princeBioEdgeGerman doctors use biological life as the standard, while Dutch doctors use “brain death”. If Dutch patients are permanently neurologically unresponsive, they are allowed to die….
Organ donor list skyrockets thanks to Barrhaven woman – Ottawa Citizen
Organ donor list skyrockets thanks to Barrhaven womanOttawa CitizenIn the meantime, however, the 20-year-old's organ donation awareness campaign has caught the imaginations of people everywhere. Her crusade gained international attention in January…
'A Gifted Man' 'In Case of Heart Failure' Recap on CBS – Gather.com
TV Equals'A Gifted Man' 'In Case of Heart Failure' Recap on CBSGather.com"A Gifted Man" is good-looking Patrick Wilson who plays Dr. Michael Holt, a neurosurgeon with a state-of-the-art practice who is visited by his dead ex-w…
Cocoa may help diabetes, heart failure – Outcome Magazine
Best SyndicationCocoa may help diabetes, heart failureOutcome MagazineSAN DIEGO, March 2 (UPI) — Patients with advanced heart failure and type 2 diabetes showed improvement after three months of consuming epicatechin-enriched cocoa, US researchers sa…
Blood Donation Campaign Targets Black Community – Huffington Post
Blood Donation Campaign Targets Black CommunityHuffington PostWhile high rates of sickle cell anemia and lupus prevail in the black community, often requiring blood transfusions, experts say African Americans currently donate less than one percent of t…
Cocoa may help diabetes, heart failure – UPI.com
Best SyndicationCocoa may help diabetes, heart failureUPI.comSAN DIEGO, March 2 (UPI) — Patients with advanced heart failure and type 2 diabetes showed improvement after three months of consuming epicatechin-enriched cocoa, US researchers said. Dr. Fr…
COPD linked with increased heart failure risk – Nursing Times
COPD linked with increased heart failure riskNursing TimesChronic obstructive pulmonary disease is strongly and independently linked with an increased risk of heart failure, according to a study in the European Journal of Heart Failure. You now need to…
Gift of life arrives for cystic fibrosis patient – KHOU
Houston ChronicleGift of life arrives for cystic fibrosis patientKHOUHe was frail and time was growing short, but Tyler wanted to spread the message about the worldwide need for organ donation. "God is gonna bless me with a lung and liver pretty s…
Alexion, Zoll Lead Medical Sector In Market Rally – Investor's Business Daily
Alexion, Zoll Lead Medical Sector In Market RallyInvestor’s Business DailyAlexion, which focuses on cancer, transplant rejection and blood disease, was last featured on Page A1 on Feb. 10. Zoll Medical (ZOLL) also has been making multiple appearances i…
Organ donor registry numbers surging – Southgate News Herald
WSJMOrgan donor registry numbers surgingSouthgate News HeraldLANSING — Nearly 41000 residents joined the state's organ donor registry last month, an increase of 89 percent from February 2011 and further evidence that Michigan is improving the odd…