Use of heart pumps to treat advanced heart failure increasingRichmond Times Dispatch"It's a hot topic," said Dr. Keyur B. Shah, a cardiologist and specialist in advanced heart failure and heart transplantation at VCU Medical Center's …
NSW push to lift level of organ donation – The Canberra Times
TopNews New ZealandNSW push to lift level of organ donationThe Canberra TimesThe low organ donation rate in NSW could be improved by families talking among themselves about the issue, state Health Minister Jillian Skinner says. NSW has a comparatively …
Ellen DeGeneres helps Ont. girl's quest for organ donation awareness (Video) – Regina Leader-Post
CTV.caEllen DeGeneres helps Ont. girl's quest for organ donation awareness (Video)Regina Leader-PostOTTAWA — Helene Campbell's one-woman crusade to raise organ donor awareness hit another high note Thursday when she made an unexpected appeara…
Doctors' prescription: Know your friendly liver – Indian Express
Doctors' prescription: Know your friendly liverIndian Express“Liver sustains life and we must understand that taking its care is as important as taking precautions to check diabetes, heart disease and obesity,” said Dr Subba Rao V Kanchustambam…
Dr. Myhill's notes on fatigue, the immune system's energy demands, and Rituximab – ProHealth
Dr. Myhill's notes on fatigue, the immune system's energy demands, and RituximabProHealthRituximab is primarily used in cancer chemotherapy. By pure chance a patient who had severe ME received this drug as part of a treatment for her lymphoma a…
MOORE REPORT: Keep religion out of my health care – Anchorage Press
MOORE REPORT: Keep religion out of my health careAnchorage PressHow about transplant surgery where the organ of a dead person is put in the body of someone living? If you're a Jehovah's Witness, a Christian Scientist or Shinto, that's most …
Fort Worth Organ Donor Has Hand In Medical History – CBS Local
CBS LocalFort Worth Organ Donor Has Hand In Medical HistoryCBS LocalAt the hospital, his parents learned their son had also wanted to make the most of death, as an organ donor. “It just put us at peace,” said Rob Heidemann, his father. Doctor at JP…
Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease – Medscape
Treatment of Chronic Kidney DiseaseMedscapeProtective effects of atorvastatin on chronic allograft nephropathy in rats. J Surg Res 2007; 143: 428–436. Sandhu S, Wiebe N, Fried LF et al. Statins for improving renal outcomes: a meta-analysis. J Am Soc …
SMD holds blood donation campaign – Gulf Today
SMD holds blood donation campaignGulf TodaySharjah: The Sharjah Museums Department (SMD) in collaboration with the Sharjah Blood Transfusion and Research Centre organised a blood donation drive at their main offices on Thursday. The blood donation driv…
Screening for adrenal suppression in children lacks standard approach – Endocrine Today
Endocrine TodayScreening for adrenal suppression in children lacks standard approachEndocrine TodayScreening for adrenal suppression in pediatric patients assigned inhaled corticosteroids for asthma can identify adrenal insufficiency and help prevent a…