Improved Device Helps to Better Treat Heart PatientsWHSVTreating patients with heart failure just became a little easier for one doctor in the Valley. Dr. Robert VerNooy became the first physician in Virginia to implant an improved heart pacing device …
Local 3 Year Old Battling Cancer Gaining World Wide Support – FOX2now.com
Central Florida News 13Local 3 Year Old Battling Cancer Gaining World Wide SupportFOX2now.comJust recently he had a bone marrow stem cell transplant on the 10th of January, which is why this brave little boy has to remain in this room. There he paints….
Sandoz Initiates Two More Phase III Biosimilar Trials, Reinforcing Long-term … – VAdvert Press Center (press release)
Sandoz Initiates Two More Phase III Biosimilar Trials, Reinforcing Long-term …VAdvert Press Center (press release)Ameet Mallik, global head of Sandoz Biopharmaceuticals, added: “The start of these two studies represents significant progress for our…
Smiles for the first US face transplant recipient – KPLC-TV
Smiles for the first US face transplant recipientKPLC-TVIn March 2010, Wiens became the only patient of the firstthree surgeries done in the US who did not suffer an acute rejection of thetransplant within the first six months. "It's hard to b…
Don your own superhero cape with blood donation – Opelika Auburn News
KCRGDon your own superhero cape with blood donationOpelika Auburn NewsBlood donors are quiet superheroes who have saved the lives of people in our communities and they are the people you can count on if your friends or family members are in need. Janua…
Turkey's First Face Transplant Surgery Underway – CRIENGLISH.com
Turkey's First Face Transplant Surgery UnderwayCRIENGLISH.comTurkish doctors are operating Saturday the country's first ever face transplant surgery on a Turkish man, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. The face of a 45-year-old do…
Cord blood donation programme opens at Royal Free next week – Times Series
Cord blood donation programme opens at Royal Free next weekTimes SeriesBy Kate Jenkinson » A LIFESAVING cord blood collection programme will be launched at the Royal Free Hospital by Health Minister Anne Milton next week. On Wednesday, January 25, the…
Heart failure less likely for tall men – Vancouver Sun
Daily MailHeart failure less likely for tall menVancouver SunTall men appear less likely than shorter ones to develop heart failure, according to a study covering thousands of US doctors. Researchers in Boston said that while there is no proof that a f…
Organ donation: Church in Wales debate on presumed consent – BBC News
BBC NewsOrgan donation: Church in Wales debate on presumed consentBBC News"But sadly, only about 30% of us join the organ donor register. This is why the Welsh government wants to bring forward legislation to allow organs to be used for transplant…
Newport hosts debate on organ donation change – South Wales Argus
Newport hosts debate on organ donation changeSouth Wales ArgusBy Melissa Jones » MEMBERS of the public discussed the Welsh Government's proposals to try and increase the number of organ donors during what proved to be a heated exchange. They met a…