Abbott Initiates Clinical Trial to Study Drug Eluting Bioresorbable Therapy …MarketWatchAbbott's Absorb and Esprit BVS devices deliver everolimus, the same drug used in the company's market-leading coronary drug eluting metallic stents. Evero…
Readied To Donate Organs, 21-Year-Old Emerges From Coma – ABC News
ABC NewsReadied To Donate Organs, 21-Year-Old Emerges From ComaABC NewsBy SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES Sam Schmid, a 21-year-old college student from Arizona, astounded doctors by recovering from traumatic brain injuries just hours before being readied to be …
2 HIV patients undergo kidney transplant in Bangalore hospital – IBNLive.com
2 HIV patients undergo kidney transplant in Bangalore hospitalIBNLive.comPTI | 03:12 PM,Dec 22,2011 Bangalore, Dec 22 (PTI) Two HIV positive patients from East Africa, who were suffering from renal problems, have got a new lease of life after kidney tr…
Pregnant women should only be given mild corticosteroids – GP online
Pregnant women should only be given mild corticosteroidsGP onlineBy Tom Moberly, 22 December 2011 Pregnant women should be given mild to moderate topical corticosteroids when such treatment is necessary, an international team of researchers has conclud…
Families are urged to discuss views on organ donation as relatives can refuse … – WalesOnline
Telegraph.co.ukFamilies are urged to discuss views on organ donation as relatives can refuse …WalesOnlineResearch published today reveals around four out of 10 families do not consent to organ donation after a loved one's brain death. Experts wri…
Relatives over-rule organ donor wishes of loved ones: research – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukRelatives over-rule organ donor wishes of loved ones: researchTelegraph.co.ukOnly 30 per cent of the UK population are registered on the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR). Campaigns should be mounted to promote the need for families to disc…
Health referral cost escalates – Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper
Health referral cost escalatesKuensel, Buhutan’s National NewspaperRecently, he said, the country introduced referral of patients for kidney transplantation with non-relative donors to Kolkota. “We've already received six patients for kidney tran…
Mechanical Cardiac Assist Device for Children with Heart Failure – Today's Medical Developments
Mechanical Cardiac Assist Device for Children with Heart FailureToday’s Medical DevelopmentsThe US Food and Drug Administration has approved a medical device that supports the weakened heart of children with heart failure to help keep them alive until …
Jacob Goldman, Founder of Xerox Lab, Dies at 90 – New York Times
Jacob Goldman, Founder of Xerox Lab, Dies at 90New York TimesThe cause was congestive heart failure, his son Melvin said. Emblematic of a time when American corporations invested heavily in basic scientific research, Dr. Goldman played an important rol…
Teva prednisolone recall – Dispensing Doctors' Association
Teva prednisolone recallDispensing Doctors’ AssociationBy Ailsa Colquhoun Teva is recalling four batches of blister-packed prednisolone 2.5mg and 5mg, due to stability concerns. 5mgx28: Batches: 80077 and 80057. Expiry date: January 2014, and 69896. Ex…