Reason Online (blog)Encouraging News on Human Embryonic Stem Cell TreatmentReason Online (blog)The injected cells attached with the patients' retinas and have shown no signs of producing tumors or transplant rejection after four months. Some of the…
Skier Sarah Burkes' death raises organ donation awareness – newjerseynewsroom.com
Skier Sarah Burkes' death raises organ donation awarenessnewjerseynewsroom.comCanadian freestyle-skier Sarah Burke, who died in a training accident last week, wanted to be an organ donor. Burke, 29, was one of the top half-pipe athletes in the worl…
Federal judge rules for Medtronic, Abbott, Boston Scientific over J&J in DES … – Mass Device
Federal judge rules for Medtronic, Abbott, Boston Scientific over J&J in DES …Mass DeviceThe Xience V and Promus stents are coated in everolimus. Medtronic's Endeavor is coated in zotarolimus. Both everolimus and zotarolimus are made by modif…
Severe High-Density Lipoprotein Deficiency Associated With Autoantibodies … – Archives of Internal Medicine
Severe High-Density Lipoprotein Deficiency Associated With Autoantibodies …Archives of Internal MedicineOn July 2007, treatment started with 3 cycles of cyclophosphamide, hydroxyldaunorubicin (doxorubicin), oncovin (vincristine), and prednisone (CHOP…
Tall men at lower risk of heart failure, study suggests – Chicago Tribune
Tall men at lower risk of heart failure, study suggestsChicago TribuneTall men are less likely than shorter men to develop heart failure, suggests a study of US doctors. The finding doesn't prove that a few extra inches protect the heart, and it…
Study pinpoints excretion times for 12 horse drugs – Horsetalk
Study pinpoints excretion times for 12 horse drugsHorsetalkThe 12 drugs included in the report are Phenylbutazone, Flunixin, Ketoprofen, Hydrocortisone, Prednisolone, Methylprednisolone, Buscopan Compositum, Lignocaine, Mepivacaine, Prilocaine, Detomid…
Beyond the Abstract – Persistent overuse of radical nephrectomy in the elderly … – UroToday
Beyond the Abstract – Persistent overuse of radical nephrectomy in the elderly …UroTodayIn our study, we demonstrated that patients over the age of 75 with the smallest of renal masses (<2cm) are at nearly a 20% increased chance of receiving a rad…
Positive CHMP Rec for Merck's Remicade – Zacks.com
Positive CHMP Rec for Merck's RemicadeZacks.comThe CHMP recommended the use of Remicade in pediatric patients who have not responded sufficiently to conventional therapy, including corticosteroids and 6-mercaptopurine or azathioprine, or who are un…
Allegheny General Hospital Heart, Liver Transplant Programs Rank Among … – PR Web (press release)
Allegheny General Hospital Heart, Liver Transplant Programs Rank Among …PR Web (press release)The heart transplant and liver transplantation programs at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) are among the nation's best in patient care quality, accordi…
Blood donation: Positive about giving life – gulfnews.com
gulfnews.comBlood donation: Positive about giving lifegulfnews.comHis Highness first visited the Thalassaemia Centre to talk to the patients, and then visited the blood donation centre. The patients later expressed how valued they felt because their le…