News tagged with transfusion therapy
Screening to help prevent stroke in kids increases, but limited access a problem
Apr 13, 2009 |
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The number of children with a certain blood disorder undergoing an ultrasound to help prevent stroke is up significantly in the past 10 years since the publication of a major study showing its benefits. However, limited access ...
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Study finds iron levels not predictive of survival for form of blood cancer
May 11, 2009 |
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Iron chelating drugs have been heavily promoted for use in patients with primary myelofibrosis (PMF), a form of blood cancer often treated with blood transfusion. These drugs, however, which withhold available iron in the ...
Stem cells offer new hope for kidney disease patients
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Several cell-based therapy approaches could provide new treatments for patients with Alport syndrome, reports an upcoming paper in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). "Our study opens ...
Britain's Royal Society puts rare scientific manuscripts online
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Historic manuscripts by Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin and other ground-breaking scientists will be published online for the first time, Britain's Royal Society said Monday.
Inappropriate sepsis therapy leads to fivefold reduction in survival
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Patients experiencing septic shock who receive inappropriate therapy may have a fivefold reduction in survival, shows a new study. Researchers from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, retrospectively reviewed ...
Battling diabetes with beta cells
Sep 02, 2008 |
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Affecting eight percent of America's population, diabetes can lead to blindness, kidney failure, strokes and heart disease. Thanks to Tel Aviv University researchers, a new cure –– based on advances in cell therapy –– may ...
First stem cell transplant on Chilean leukemia patient
Jul 23, 2009 |
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A middle-aged leukemia patient has became Chile's first patient to receive stem cells from an umbilical cord in a radical procedure that could cure the disease, health officials here said Thursday.
Risk factors identified for pneumonia after heart surgery
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the main cause of nosocomial infection in patients undergoing major heart surgery. An international study of 25 hospitals from 8 European countries, published in BioMed Central's open ...
St. Jude and UF Proton Therapy Institute to begin proton therapy clinical trial
Nov 09, 2009 |
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute have formed a collaboration to provide proton therapy for St. Jude patients. The announcement follows the approval of the first ...
Intelligent blood bags
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Have the blood supplies got too warm? Do they match the patient?s blood group? In the future, these kinds of questions will be answered by intelligent radio nodes attached to blood bags. These ...
Rare pancreatic cancer patients may live longer when treated with radiation therapy
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Radiation therapy is effective in achieving local control and palliation in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNTs), despite such tumors being commonly considered resistant to radiation therapy, according to ...
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