Neuro patients meet their heroesChicago Sun-TimesMatthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media JOLIET — A toddler recovered from a fall that left him minutes from brain death. A 23-year-old suffering a stroke received quick intervention and a new lease on life. A t…
MoF hosts blood donation campaign – Khaleej Times
MoF hosts blood donation campaignKhaleej TimesABU DHABI – The Ministry of Finance (MoF) in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Central Blood Bank held its annual blood donation campaign at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, where both MoF employees and visitors…
Prior Glucocorticoid Therapy Influences Infection Risk in RA – Family Practice News Digital Network
Prior Glucocorticoid Therapy Influences Infection Risk in RAFamily Practice News Digital NetworkThe findings showed that taking a 5 mg/day dose of prednisolone for 12 months increases risk of serious infection by 55%, compared to non-users. Furthermore…
Phoenix 13-year-old, Riley Davis, loses cancer fight – Baltimore Sun
Baltimore SunPhoenix 13-year-old, Riley Davis, loses cancer fightBaltimore SunHe had a bone marrow transplant, a stem cell transplant and underwent chemotherapy and dozens of procedures. His parents, John and Mary, and older brother Cole, were at his s…
Kidney Transplantation: Parents Say Disabled Girl Denied Life-Saving Operation – ThirdAge
Kidney Transplantation: Parents Say Disabled Girl Denied Life-Saving OperationThirdAgeThe parents of a 3-year-old New Jersey girl say she's being denied a kidney transplantation because of her mental disabilities, but experts caution that the issue…
Regorafenib Anticipated to Show Survival Advantage in Colorectal Cancer – Family Practice News Digital Network
InPharmRegorafenib Anticipated to Show Survival Advantage in Colorectal CancerFamily Practice News Digital NetworkOther noteworthy studies include a reanalysis of the phase III RADIANT-2 trial suggesting that everolimus (Afinitor) may be of greater ben…
Saint Thomas Heart Opens New Ventricular Assist Device Center; One of Only 33 … – MarketWatch (press release)
Saint Thomas Heart Opens New Ventricular Assist Device Center; One of Only 33 …MarketWatch (press release)The center, which is one of only 33 dedicated VAD centers in the United States, will meet the needs of the sickest heart failure patients in Mid…
Mohammad urges blood donation to ease shortage – gulfnews.com
gulfnews.comMohammad urges blood donation to ease shortagegulfnews.comDubai: A call for blood donation was made yesterday by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The initia…
Gas on Autoimmune Diseases Hit by A Genetic Accelerator – MedIndia
Gas on Autoimmune Diseases Hit by A Genetic AcceleratorMedIndiaThe therapies currently used are based on cortisone, anti-malarial drugs and immunosuppressants (azathioprine, mycophenolate, cyclophosphamide) and biologic drugs (rituximab, Belimumab). Bu…
Peds Liver Transplant Patients Tolerate Drug Withdrawal – Doctors Lounge
Peds Liver Transplant Patients Tolerate Drug WithdrawalDoctors LoungeEight patients did not meet the primary end point because of an exclusion criteria violation (one patient), acute rejection (two patients), or indeterminate rejection (five patients)….