Duffy's Law would encourage organ donation

Duffy's Law would encourage <b>organ donation</b> : Members of the N.C. Senate on Wednesday passed Senate Bill 11, an act to...

One in ten U.S. adults has kidney disease. Are you the one?

One in ten U.S. adults has kidney disease. Are you the one? : “I'm grateful every day that it saved my life, and I'm grateful for th...

The Use of Smokers' Lungs in Organ Transplants

The Use of Smokers' Lungs in Organ Transplants : In a study conducted at Temple University Hospital, research has begun to suggest that ...

Retired hockey player shares organ donation experience

Retired hockey player shares organ donation experience : Orlando says he wants to spread the word about organ donation . “The most important...

FDA Has Finally Handcuffed Tobacco Manufacturers With New Rulings

FDA Has Finally Handcuffed Tobacco Manufacturers With New Rulings : This FDA ruling, which is described as a broad set of federal requireme...

'Blood and organ donation not yet part of the Church's giving culture' - survey

'Blood and organ donation not yet part of the Church's giving culture' - survey : fab whatif 300x250 A new survey suggests that ...

New kidneys for a new life

New kidneys for a new life : Staten received an en-bloc kidney transplant , which gave him two baby kidneys from a deceased donor, transpla...

Cape Teen's Heart Pump Making Medical History Before Transplant

Cape Teen's Heart Pump Making Medical History Before Transplant : Last November, her heart medication became ineffective and then, her ...

Bill proposes adult stem cell research at University Medical Center

Bill proposes adult stem cell research at University Medical Center : “The center will facilitate treatment and research with adult stem cel...

Charity worker survives six-organ transplant ordeal

Charity worker survives six-organ transplant ordeal : A CHARITY worker who had six of her organs transplanted after being given six months ...

Antibiotics, animals and us

Antibiotics, animals and us : Describing the routine use of antibiotics in meat and poultry production as a "serious threat to public h...

Stem cell heart repairs: 21st century medicine in action

Stem cell heart repairs: 21st century medicine in action : The study found that the injections built up the healthy heart tissue and reduced...

Discovery in bone marrow may improve chemotherapy, stem cell transplants

Discovery in bone marrow may improve chemotherapy, stem cell transplants : In research that could one day improve the success of stem cell ...

Consider organ donation

Consider organ donation : As a student, I am currently learning about the importance of transplants and being a donor. The article, “Risking...

Promising breakthrough for transplant patients

Promising breakthrough for transplant patients : A team led by Dr. Marie-Josée Hébert from the University of Montreal Hospital* Research Cen...

Cigar News: The FDA is Two Small Steps from Banning Handmade Cigars

Cigar News: The FDA is Two Small Steps from Banning Handmade Cigars : Jacob Grier (writer, cocktail expert, cigar smoker, and a friend of th...

Living 25 years on parents' kidneys

Living 25 years on parents' kidneys : Belle Vue was the pioneer in kidney transplant in eastern India and Bandana was one of the first...

Bill proposes adult stem cell research at University Medical Center

Bill proposes adult stem cell research at University Medical Center : “The center will facilitate treatment and research with adult stem cel...

Consider organ donation

Consider organ donation : As a student, I am currently learning about the importance of transplants and being a donor. The article, “Risking...

Sherpa Pak Transplant Heart Transport System Gets US Green Light

Sherpa Pak Transplant Heart Transport System Gets US Green Light : According to The International Society Of Heart and Lung Transplantation ...

Stranger donates kidney to 10-year-old girl

Stranger donates kidney to 10-year-old girl : DETROIT -- Brian Martindale said it was by chance that he saw a local newspaper story that wou...

Video Appeal By British boy, 5, Desperately Seeking Transplant

Video Appeal By British boy, 5, Desperately Seeking Transplant : Now Matthew and his family have received a touching video message from a fi...

Health Matters: Taking some trauma out of kidney donation

Health Matters: Taking some trauma out of kidney donation : Unfortunately our number of donors has not risen at the same rate as our waiting...

Salisbury Drivers React to Proposed Organ Donor Education Bill

Salisbury Drivers React to Proposed Organ Donor Education Bill : Eighteen-year-old Richard Sell said he never was an organ donor the first ...

Bill introduced to extend coverage of transplant drugs

Bill introduced to extend coverage of transplant drugs  The Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Act of 2013 would offer lifetime c...

FDA warns online sellers for illegal contact lenses | MassDevice.com On Call

FDA warns online sellers for illegal contact lenses   MASSDEVICE ON CALL — FDA regulators this week issued a letter to online distributors,...

FDA Again Rejects Xarelto for ACS

FDA Again Rejects Xarelto for ACS : The FDA first denied rivaroxaban for ACS in July 2012, with the first complete response letter. Althoug...

Older Circulatory-Death Donor Kidneys Acceptable for Transplant

Older Circulatory-Death Donor Kidneys Acceptable for Transplant : They analyzed data from the National Health Service's U.K. transplant ...

FDA Says No To Using J&J Blood Thinner To Treat Heart Disease

FDA Says No To Using J&J Blood Thinner To Treat Heart Disease : The Food and Drug Administration has rejected Johnson & Johnson'...

Newly identified human cells might one day heal damaged tissue and organs ...

Newly identified human cells might one day heal damaged tissue and organs ... : To their surprise, UC San Francisco researchers have discove...

FDA Panel Advises Against Two Medicines to Treat Hot Flashes

FDA Panel Advises Against Two Medicines to Treat Hot Flashes : Menopausal women looking for an approved alternative to hormones to treat hot...

Retired hockey player will share organ donation experience

Retired hockey player will share organ donation experience : Retired Amerks and Sabres hockey player Gates Orlando will talk about the impor...

Patient receives Gulf South's first total artificial heart

Patient receives Gulf South's first total artificial heart : On January 9, 1970, John Ochsner performed the first heart transplant in t...

'Only 9% are signed up' as organ donors in Jersey

'Only 9% are signed up' as organ donors in Jersey : Neil MacLachlan said people were dying because not enough of the island's 98...

BX girl battling sickle cell anemia in need of bone marrow transplant

BX girl battling sickle cell anemia in need of bone marrow transplant : Tiffany Glasgow suffers from sickle cell anemia, a serious disorder ...

Healthcare Ministry to submit organ transplantation bill in 2014

Healthcare Ministry to submit organ transplantation bill in 2014 : MOSCOW, March 5 - RAPSI. Russia's Healthcare Ministry plans to draft ...

SIUT hails passage of human organ transplantation bill

SIUT hails passage of human organ transplantation bill : KARACHI: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) and Transplanta...

Human kidney cells created from stem cells

Human kidney cells created from stem cells : Stem cells are biological cells found in all most living things, including people. The cells c...

Stem cells used to repair knees, joint damage

Stem cells used to repair knees, joint damage : “I've had friends who've had replacements, with great success, extremely painful, bu...

'Hang in there buddy' - message from Australia for kidney patient Matthew ...

'Hang in there buddy' - message from Australia for kidney patient Matthew ... : ... appealing for a million people to "like...

Chance meeting 4 years ago saves Mill Creek man's life

Chance meeting 4 years ago saves Mill Creek man's life : In the late 1980s at the University of Oregon, Short, an athlete, was anemic an...

Ditch bad kidneys - Docs say transplants cheaper than dialysis

Ditch bad kidneys - Docs say transplants cheaper than dialysis : Prominent nephrologists are advocating the use of kidney transplantation a...

Devices aim to deliver on stem-cell therapies

Devices aim to deliver on stem-cell therapies : Bendable needle increases reach of a single injection to the brain. Monya Baker. 04 March 20...

Biogen Idec hemophilia B treatment wins FDA marketing approval

Biogen Idec hemophilia B treatment wins FDA marketing approval : Biogen Idec said today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted t...

Save lives through tissue donation

Save lives through tissue donation : GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — When we think about human tissue donation , it's generally associated with ...

Transplant recipients thank donor's family

Transplant recipients thank donor's family : DALLAS — There was a remarkable reunion at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas on Sa...

Nigerian Actor Ifeanyi Diks Kidney Transplant Surgery A Success ...

Nigerian Actor Ifeanyi Diks Kidney Transplant Surgery A Success ... : Prince Ifeanyi Dike, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Actors Gui...

Support for transplant patient appreciated

Support for transplant patient appreciated : Sawyer Mobley, a third-grader at Bel Air Elementary School, just celebrated his one-month anniv...

Rejection of transplant livers cut: researchers | The Japan Times

Rejection of transplant livers cut: researchers | The Japan Times : Researchers at Hokkaido University and Juntendo University announced Sat...

Calcitonin Salmon Drugs Linked To High Risk Of Cancer, FDA Says

Calcitonin Salmon Drugs Linked To High Risk Of Cancer, FDA Says : An FDA panel is slated to meet on March 5 to discuss whether the sales of...

The Conversation: Can stem cell treatment cure type 1 diabetes?

The Conversation: Can stem cell treatment cure type 1 diabetes? : If California voters are ever going to be happy with the $3 billion stem c...

Bone Marrow Tx in Kids May Lead to Eye Problems

Bone Marrow Tx in Kids May Lead to Eye Problems : There was evidence of eye complications during the first year following hematopoietic stem...

Conway firefighters team up for kidney transplant

Conway firefighters team up for kidney transplant : Conway firefighter Mike Cullum, 37, left, received a kidney from fellow firefighter Bill...

OPERATION: Heart Transplant : PBS Learning Media

OPERATION: Heart Transplant : PBS LearningMedia  In this hands-on exercise from the NOVA: "Electric Heart" Web site, you'll en...

Face transplant patient: 'You can't blink'

Face transplant patient: 'You can't blink'   Video on NBCNews.com: A Vermont woman, the victim of a brutal attack, has become th...

Joining Forces to Improve Transplant Medicine - Featured Stories ...

Joining Forces to Improve Transplant Medicine - Featured Stories ...  An immunology scientist and a transplant surgeon are co-leading a new...

FDA Wants to Regulate Drug Firms on the Internet and It's Targeting Facebook 'Likes' - Forbes

FDA Wants to Regulate Drug Firms on the Internet and It's Targeting Facebook 'Likes' - Forbes FDA Wants to Regulate Drug Firms o...

Rejection of transplant livers cut: researchers

Rejection of transplant livers cut: researchers : Transplant recipients are usually required to take such medicines twice a day. Around 500...

New therapy may eliminate transplant patients' need for lifelong drug intake

New therapy may eliminate transplant patients' need for lifelong drug intake : Transplant recipients typically have to continue taking ...

Deceased organ donation advocacy campaign set in Davao City

Deceased organ donation advocacy campaign set in Davao City : The organization is also mandated to initiate and implement programs that will...

Stem Cell Face Cream - Stem Cell Anti Aging Creams - ELLE

Stem Cell Face Cream - Stem Cell Anti Aging Creams - ELLE : See our list of the best stem cell creams of the moment. www.elle.com/beauty/ma...

Hold campaigns to promote organ donation

Hold campaigns to promote organ donation : I WAS pleased to read “Family donates teen's organ” (The Star, Feb 27) and thank the family f...

'Educate J'cans about organ donation'

'Educate J'cans about organ donation' : 'Educate J'cans about organ donation '. Published: Friday | March 1, 2013 Co...

Committee to examine opt-out system of organ donation

Committee to examine opt-out system of organ donation : The Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children is to hold a series of meetings to c...

Save lives through tissue donation | GJFreePress.com

Save lives through tissue donation | GJFreePress.com : GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — When we think about human tissue donation , it's generall...

UC Health stakes claim with bone marrow transplant program

UC Health stakes claim with bone marrow transplant program : UC Health will invest at least $10 million in its new bone marrow transplant p...