Day: December 22, 2016

Earl Fleming

His surgery was no simple operation. We’re told it took around 16 hours to complete the heart transplant and give him a new kidney.

Past Kidney Damage Linked to Pregnancy Problems

“We believe that this study highlights an important finding that will be useful for medical providers caring for reproductive-age women,” said study author Dr. Jessica Sheehan Tangren, a nephrologist from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The researchers reviewed data from almost 25,000 women who gave birth at Massachusetts General Hospital between 1998 and 2007.

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The flu season is underway and the Virginia Department of Health says they are seeing an increase in cases across the state. According to Web MD’s flu map, which tracks the amount of cases across the country, Virginia is one of a handful of states that ranks as severe.

Notable deaths in the Washington area

… and collecting antique rolling pins. Yvonne Rodler, 85, who during the 1970s gave tours of the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda to visiting doctors from foreign countries and helped plan events for other health-related organizations, …

A look at some of 2016’s most inspiring sports moments

We watch sports to see who wins and loses, but also to be inspired – and 2016 offered plenty of examples of the latter, from a touching moment between two strangers on the Olympic track, to a little boy from a war-torn land who met his favorite soccer player, to a warm ovation fueled by empathy for a visiting NHL goalie. Moments and feelings that will be recalled more vividly than any numbers on a result sheet or etched in bright lights on a scoreboard.

Howard Hospital rises in the ranks

Frank Howard Memorial Hospital’s makeover is complete, with a flood of new equipment capable of offering patients better, faster care. Improvements include new hospital beds, portable X-ray machines, 3D mammography and more.

Ebola vaccine ‘highly protective’ against deadly virus, scientists say

Girls play a kickball match in Monrovia, Liberia, in late 2014, during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. that a major trial of an experimental vaccine shows that it may be “highly protective” against the virus, which has Although the current outbreak has been contained, health officials fear the deadly pathogen could come back and have been racing to develop new ways to stop it should that scenario unfold.

Robotic Therapy Cats Aid Dementia Patients

The Memory Care unit at a Bronx medical facility is utilizing robotic therapy pets to soothe those with varying degrees of dementia and Alzheimer’s. Agitation and anxiety often plague these types of patients, so nursing facilities are using furry robotic friends to reduce the stress and isolation that accompanies the disease.

Olivia Kelsey’s first Christmas at home since 2014

Waking up at the crack of dawn to open presents, eating until you’re stuffed and spending time with loved ones are givens for most Kiwis on Christmas Day. But for nine-year-old Olivia Kelsey, being able to do all these things at home in Te Aroha with her family will be extra special this year.

How many social media accounts do YOU have? Those with more than…

How many social media accounts do YOU have? Those with more than seven are three times more likely to suffer from depression, researchers warn The number of social media accounts you have can reveal a lot about your mental health, a new study has found. Young adults who use seven to 11 different platforms are more than three times more likely to report depressive symptoms – compared to those who use zero to two, according to Pittsburgh researchers The number of social media accounts you have can reveal a lot about your mental health, says researchers.

Atlantic row in memory of friend

Rory Buchanan, part of Row for James, a team of four men taking on the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge 3. Picture by Andreas Pettersson. Below, Harry Wentworth-Stanley A GROUP of friends will take on the treacherous challenge of rowing across the Atlantic to raise awareness of a charity near and dear to their hearts.

Celebrate the true spirit of Christmas this season

My first Christmas in the U.S. was electrifying, in a Griswold millions-of-lights-on-the-roof, attic-stairs-hitting-you-in-the-face kind of way. When I arrived in Tennessee in January of 1984, I had just missed Christmas, but the world was at my fingertips, which remained frozen until May–my first year in the warm South.

Liver transplant to give coach ‘second chance at life’

Eric Wells was diagnosed at age 19 with ulcerative colitis, an intestinal condition that has a direct effect related to liver function and can lead to other complications of the digestive system. The only cure is a liver transplant and for the last two years, with his health in decline since February 2015, the Seacoast United Pirates baseball coach, now 27, had been looking for a donor.

Novelion files European marketing application for metreleptin for leptin deficiency

Novelion Therapeutics’ European subsidiary files a Marketing Authorization Application seeking approval for Orphan Drug-tagged metreleptin as replacement therapy to treat complications of leptin deficiency in patients with congenital or acquired generalized lipodystrophy and in a subgroup of patients with partial lipodystrophy . If approved, the product will be marketed under the brand name MYALEPTA.

Cellceutix Wishes Shareholders Happy Holidays, Prepares for 2017 Focused on Partnerships

Cellceutix Corporation, , a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies with dermatology, oncology, anti-inflammatory, and antibiotic applications, would like to wish all Cellceutix shareholders, their families and friends a happy and healthy holiday season. In 2016, Cellceutix remained extremely transparent in keeping shareholders current on developments, including comprehensive updates via news releases and corporate presentations covering the status of clinical trials and anticipated milestones pertaining to those trials for 2017.

Cancer Supportive Care Products Market Worth US $31.7 Billion by 2021

The global cancer supportive care products market is projected to expand at a CAGR of 4.3% during the forecast period . Cancer supportive care products are mainly used in the treatment of adverse effects associated with cancer therapy as well as for treatment of symptoms and signs of cancer, such as chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, chemotherapy induced neutropenia and anemia, bone metastasis, hair loss, etc.

Washington Spirit striker Francisca Ordega joins Sydney FC on loan

After reports in Australia broke overnight, the Washington Spirit confirmed that Francisca Ordega will play the rest of the W-League season on loan with Sydney FC this morning. Ordega has joined Sydney already, and will stay in Australia through the end of the W-League season in February before returning to rejoin the Spirit for the preseason.

Ohio Jury Hits DuPont with $2M Ruling over Teflon-making Chemical

A U.S. jury in Ohio ordered DuPont to pay $2 million to a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical leaked from one of the company’s plants, according to the plaintiff’s lawyer Robert Bilott. The federal jury also found DuPont acted with actual malice, raising the possibility of punitive damages, Bilott said.

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