Central Retinal Vascular Occlusion Associated With Acute Retinal NecrosisArchives of OphthalmologyAll patients were elderly, received systemic corticosteroids prior to their referral, and 2 patients had preexisting cardiovascular disease. The combinati…
Poor organ donor figures not linked to survival rates – Brimbank Weekly
Brimbank WeeklyPoor organ donor figures not linked to survival ratesBrimbank WeeklyThe federal government has used the reduced traffic toll and improved emergency care to partly explain why organ donation has languished at only 14 deceased donors per m…
Funding Will Help Kentucky Researchers Battle Heart Disease – WKU Public Radio
Laboratory EquipmentFunding Will Help Kentucky Researchers Battle Heart DiseaseWKU Public RadioHere's a quick and basic explanation of how cardiac stem cells work: researchers in Louisville are harvesting heart tissue from adult patients who have s…
Top Ten Things You Should Know about Organ Donation
Every year, more than 100,000 Americans will need a life-saving organ transplant, yet in 2011 fewer than 22,000 transplants took place in the United States. In New York only 18 percent of New Yorkers who are eligible to donate are registered as organ d…
Leaside mom Cathy Anagnostopoulos championed stem cell donor campaign – insideTORONTO.com
Toronto StarLeaside mom Cathy Anagnostopoulos championed stem cell donor campaigninsideTORONTO.comPhoto/COURTESY EAST YORK – A Leaside mother of three found out doctors have found a match for the stem cell transplant she… A year after Cathy Anagnosto…
High blood pressure, diabetes are primary risk factors in chronic kidney disease – The Mercury
High blood pressure, diabetes are primary risk factors in chronic kidney diseaseThe MercuryBy Zia Umruddin, MD Approximately 26 million American adults have chronic kidney disease – and millions of others are at risk, but may not know it. Kidney dise…
Heart failure patients with diabetes may benefit from higher glucose levels – EurekAlert (press release)
Heart failure patients with diabetes may benefit from higher glucose levelsEurekAlert (press release)But for those with heart failure, that might not always be the case, say UCLA researchers. A new study found that for advanced heart failure patients w…
Top 10 Things You Should Know about Organ Donation – HealthNewsDigest.com
Top 10 Things You Should Know about Organ DonationHealthNewsDigest.comThe Hospital has been on the forefront of developing and improving anti-rejection medications (immunosuppressants), minimally invasive surgery for living donors, genetic methods to d…
Organ donor's surgery death sparks questions – CNN International
Organ donor's surgery death sparks questionsCNN InternationalNow an associate at the Center for Biomedical Ethics at Metrohealth Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Luebke has developed an interest in the ethics of livi…
Japanese MHLW approves Abbott's XIENCE PRIME Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent … – News-Medical.net
Japanese MHLW approves Abbott's XIENCE PRIME Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent …News-Medical.netAbbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced it has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) for the next-generation XIE…