A Lifesaving Legal Ruling on Organ DonationWall Street JournalIn October of 2009, Kumud Majumder, the father of an 11-year-old son with advanced leukemia, joined a lawsuit challenging the federal ban on compensating bone-marrow donors. He wanted to sav…
Local man to be honored for Blood Donation – FOX19
Local man to be honored for Blood DonationFOX19CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) – Hoxworth Blood Center announced on Monday the induction of a long-time volunteer, Ralph Vanderman into the “Fenwal Blood Donation Hall of Fame.” Fenwal Inc. is a national leade…
12000 waiting for kidney transplants – The Borneo Post
12000 waiting for kidney transplantsThe Borneo PostThere are no legal or religious obstacles, and there is consensus on brain death which is essential to cadaveric organ retrieval. “There are no major ethical issues in cadaveric transplants,” Lee s…
FDA: Champion Monitor May Not Be a Winner – MedPage Today
FDA: Champion Monitor May Not Be a WinnerMedPage TodayWASHINGTON — Although results from the CHAMPION trial of an implanted pulmonary artery monitor for patients with heart failure were hailed as a major breakthrough last year, FDA reviewers are …FD…
Monmouth Medical Center is First in New Jersey to Perform Two Groundbreaking … – MarketWatch (press release)
Monmouth Medical Center is First in New Jersey to Perform Two Groundbreaking …MarketWatch (press release)Urologist Pierre Mendoza, MD, of Monmouth Medical Center's Robotic Surgery Department, performed the first partial nephrectomy in New Jersey …
Respiratory distress and pronounced muscular weakness signal trouble – Clinical Advisor
Clinical AdvisorRespiratory distress and pronounced muscular weakness signal troubleClinical AdvisorCentral nervous system effects can include anxiety, confusion, tremors, seizures, coma and ataxia, as there are nicotinic and muscarinic receptors in th…
Hubert Sumlin: one of the greats – Stuff.co.nz (blog)
ThirdAgeHubert Sumlin: one of the greatsStuff.co.nz (blog)He died of heart failure. I first heard about Sumlin as a devotee of Guitar World magazine when I was a teenager. Turns out I first heard Sumlin a long time before I heard about him (the opposit…
Myrtle Beach chamber president donates kidney – WPDE
Myrtle Beach chamber president donates kidneyWPDEThis is where an altruistic donor comes in because that altruistic donor obviously doesn't have a recipient who needs an organ and so that allows us a little bit of play," Medical Director of Ki…
Big Sis in Burgundy – At Long Last … The Transplant! – The Myeloma Beacon
Big Sis in Burgundy – At Long Last … The Transplant!The Myeloma BeaconFor those who have been through a stem cell transplant, you know exactly what that means. “Thankful” doesn't begin to express my feelings for the researchers who work tir…
Cuba Carried Nearly 5000 Kidney Transplants – Prensa Latina
Cuba Carried Nearly 5000 Kidney TransplantsPrensa LatinaTo correctly carry out a kidney transplant, it is necessary to HLA typing and conducting serology tests, however, the sole laboratory that carries out these tests are the US-based "One Lamda&…