Monthly Archives: September 2011

Survival Rate Improved by Living Donor Liver Transplantation – MedIndia


MedIndia

Survival Rate Improved by Living Donor Liver Transplantation
MedIndia
Liver transplantation candidates without hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have a greater survival benefit from a living liver transplant than waiting for a deceased donor liver transplant, shows study. The study now available in the October issue of ...

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UK’s NICE Rebuffs Glaxo’s New Lupus Drug Benlysta – Wall Street Journal


Norfolk Eastern Daily Press

UK's NICE Rebuffs Glaxo's New Lupus Drug Benlysta
Wall Street Journal
NICE also said Benlysta should be compared with rituximab, sold by Roche Holding AG (ROG.VX), because some people with severe lupus currently receive rituximab, although it isn't licensed for this use. However, NICE noted there were no reliable data to ...
UK cost agency says “no” to GSK's new lupus drugArab News
NICE says no to lupus treatmentInPharm
Lupus Drug Rejected By U.K. Health ServicesThirdAge

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Lung Transplantation Resumes At Alfred hospital – TopNews United States


TopNews United States

Lung Transplantation Resumes At Alfred hospital
TopNews United States
The serious problem for which Alfred hospital stopped conducting lung transplant operations has finally been solved and the hospital would return to its normal work schedule from this Monday. Officially it was announced that due to the severe workload ...

Retroperitoneoscopic radical nephrectomy with a small incision for renal cell … – UroToday


Retroperitoneoscopic radical nephrectomy with a small incision for renal cell ...
UroToday
When retroperitoneoscopic radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma was introduced into our institution, we performed a combined small skin incision method. In this method, a small incision was made to approach the retroperitoneal space prior to ...

Everolimus-Eluting Stent Shows Acute MI Safety – Internal Medicine News Digital Network


Internal Medicine News Digital Network

Everolimus-Eluting Stent Shows Acute MI Safety
Internal Medicine News Digital Network
With first-generation drug-eluting stents [sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents], there was concern about stent thrombosis in STEMI. These data say that the everolimus-eluting stent is even safer than a bare metal stent. For the first time, ...

DARPA Extends Contract with AnaptysBio to Generate Additional High Affinity … – MarketWatch (press release)


DARPA Extends Contract with AnaptysBio to Generate Additional High Affinity ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Originally signed in 2010, AnaptysBio's contract with DARPA, a US Department of Defense agency, is focused upon generating antibodies that could be used in antibody-based biosensors to detect bioterror threats. AnaptysBio's proprietary SHM-XEL platform ...

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Self-care to prevent heart failure – Times of India


Self-care to prevent heart failure
Times of India
If not treated in time, it leads to heart muscle damage and can cause heart failure, dangerous cardiac rhythms, even sudden death. It can occur due to weakness of the heart muscles, valvular defects, or even by failure of the heart to relax when it is ...

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Few poor kids get asthma meds after ER visit – Reuters


Few poor kids get asthma meds after ER visit
Reuters
Inhaled corticosteroids, which control airway inflammation, are considered the most effective. But studies have shown that many children with frequent asthma symptoms are not on preventive medication. So in the past few years, guidelines have ...

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Survival Improved By Use Of Living Donor Liver Transplantation Compared To … – Medical News Today


Survival Improved By Use Of Living Donor Liver Transplantation Compared To ...
Medical News Today
According to a new study in the October issue of Hepatology, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases, patients listed for liver transplantation who do not have cancer of the liver ...

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Personal Perspective: MDS Patient Gets Involved With Advocacy And Raising … – The MDS Beacon


Personal Perspective: MDS Patient Gets Involved With Advocacy And Raising ...
The MDS Beacon
They learned that day that the only known cure for MDS is a donor (allogeneic) stem cell transplant. They decided then and there that Jack would have a transplant as soon as he was determined to be a viable candidate. Immediately after diagnosis ...