Former constable recovers after heart transplantYour Houston NewsJust before he went into heart transplant surgery lasting nine hours Nov. 27, former Precinct 4 Constable Charles Hayden had only one thing to tell his son, Kenneth “Rowdy” Hayden.
Paying Marrow Donors Does Not Violate Organ Trafficking Law – Metropolitan News-Enterprise
Kansas City StarPaying Marrow Donors Does Not Violate Organ Trafficking LawMetropolitan News-EnterpriseThe Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday ruled that federal law prohibiting the trafficking of human organs does not criminalize the payment o…
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Gets Lift from FDA Action On One Of Its Cancer Treatments – Forbes
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Gets Lift from FDA Action On One Of Its Cancer TreatmentsForbesPrior to the FDA action, patients were required to get an infusion of rituximab the first day, followed by a pre-treatment diagnostic dose of radiolabeled indium-11…
Vedanta Aluminium organizes Blood Donation Camp at Niyamgiri Vedanta Nagar – Orissadiary.com
Orissadiary.comVedanta Aluminium organizes Blood Donation Camp at Niyamgiri Vedanta NagarOrissadiary.comOn the occasion, the villagers also arranged a blood donation camp with the help of VAL, Red Cross Society, Sambad and Ama Odisha. The Hanuman Templ…
Miracle Heart Pump – AARP News
AARP NewsMiracle Heart PumpAARP NewsThe device offers fresh hope for people with heart failure, which occurs when the heart is no longer strong enough to pump blood normally. More than 5 million Americans suffer from heart failure. Sometimes called con…
Michigan organ donors up sharply – WNEM Saginaw
Michigan organ donors up sharplyWNEM SaginawEntertainment News from AP By Craig McMorris, TV5 Anchor/Reporter – bio | email Michigan's organ donor numbers took a dramatic leap in November, with a 56 percent increase since November 2010. Secretary o…
Missouri Baptist Medical Center Physicians Are First in Missouri to Implant … – MarketWatch (press release)
Missouri Baptist Medical Center Physicians Are First in Missouri to Implant …MarketWatch (press release)The new pacing technology, developed by St. Jude Medical, offers more options to pace the left side of the heart and allows physicians to better m…
Leading doctors warn of liver failure epidemic in young adults as cases soar – Daily Mail
Daily MailLeading doctors warn of liver failure epidemic in young adults as cases soarDaily MailConsultants have called on the Government to introduce new curbs on alcohol advertising to protect young people. In an open letter they warned Britain is fa…
Success of immunomodulators in MS shifts discovery focus to neuroprotection – Nature.com
Nature.comSuccess of immunomodulators in MS shifts discovery focus to neuroprotectionNature.comThe other Phase III candidates include Sanofi's oral dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitor teriflunomide, Roche/Biogen Idec's injectable CD20-specif…
Drink green tea to ward off Hepatitis C – Times of India
MedIndiaDrink green tea to ward off Hepatitis CTimes of IndiaAccording to German researchers, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) may offer an antiviral strategy to prevent HCV reinfection following liver transplantation. HCV infection can lead to chroni…