LifeSaving

Opinion: Cost-cutting jeopardizes many Americans’ access to lifesaving oxygen therapy

What could a fit mountaineer scaling the world’s tallest peak possibly have in common with an obese store clerk living at sea level? Both need equipment that can deliver extra...

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Guest commentary: Identifying barriers to life-saving health care

In this guest commentary, Gerald Fletcher, MD, MBA, from Harlem Hospital Center, discusses the data he presented during Digestive Disease Week 2019. His study, titled “Disparities in colorectal cancer screening:...

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Researchers create a better way to transport life-saving vaccines

Researchers at McMaster University have invented a stable, affordable way to store fragile vaccines for weeks at a time at temperatures up to 40C, opening the way for life-saving anti-viral...

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Recombinant insulin could potentially address key concerns about the lifesaving drug

[ad_1] A researcher from the University of Houston has created a form of recombinant insulin that could potentially address some of the biggest concerns about the lifesaving drug, including its...

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BIOTRONIK Releasing in U.S. Its Lifesaving PK Papyrus Stent for Treating Coronary Perforations

BIOTRONIK is releasing in the United States its PK Papyrus covered coronary stent, the first new device in many years to be used as an emergency therapy for acute coronary...

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BIOTRONIK Releasing in U.S. Its Lifesaving PK Papyrus Stent for Treating Coronary Perforations

[ad_1] BIOTRONIK is releasing in the United States its PK Papyrus covered coronary stent, the first new device in many years to be used as an emergency therapy for acute...

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Innovative model improves access to life-saving stroke care

[ad_1] Training interventional radiologists to perform endovascular thrombectomies results in positive outcomes for patients experiencing stroke, according to a study presented today at the Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Scientific...

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Opinion: India should heed a teenager’s historic fight for lifesaving tuberculosis treatment

[ad_1] Malala Yousafzai and Greta Thunberg have shown us the formidable power of a single adolescent girl with determination. Shreya Tripathi of India, who didn’t live to see her 20th...

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Sheba Medical Center to Collaborate with Lonza Pharma on State-of-the-Art "Cocoon" Platform to Aid Cancer Patients' Access to Life-Saving CAR-T Immunotherapy Treatments

RAMAT GAN, Israel and BASEL, Switzerland (PRWEB) March 19, 2019 Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer, the largest hospital in Israel and the Middle East region, and Swiss-based CDMO Lonza...

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Study: Life-saving antibiotic receives new use guidelines from researchers around world

[ad_1] An international panel of the foremost researchers on infectious disease and antimicrobials has formed new guidelines on the use of polymyxins, a class of antibiotics employed as a last...

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App that alerts CPR-trained bystanders could make lifesaving connection

[ad_1] If you should collapse of a sudden cardiac arrest at the mall food court, your lifesaver could be shopping nearby and completely unaware that someone is in urgent need...

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Real Patients, Real Stories: Emory Provides Less-Invasive Lifesaving Heart Surgery Option for 95 Year Old

[ad_1] Feeling lightheaded at his home in South Carolina, Ed Iler, 95, was rushed by paramedics to the nearest hospital emergency room. He complained of chest pain and was told...

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Fears over life-saving drug unfounded, finds review

[ad_1] Fears over a drug that can be used to treat alcohol addiction are unfounded, according to its first ever systematic review, led by academics at The University of Manchester....

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Hands-Only CPR training kiosks can teach life-saving skills in just minutes

[ad_1] Prompt action from a bystander can impact the likelihood a person survives cardiac arrest that occurs outside of a hospital. One common and proven intervention that anyone can learn...

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Should Foreigners Get Costly Lifesaving Treatments in the United States?

[ad_1] Many foreign parents bring their children to the United States for medical treatments that are unavailable in their own country. Often, however, parents cannot afford expensive treatments. Doctors and...

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Natural killer cells may open lifesaving cancer treatements to more patients

Immunotherapy is making headlines for saving the lives of hundreds of cancer patients including former President Jimmy Carter. But many of these therapies, only work for a small portion of...

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Working with the NHS to build lifesaving technology

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Dr. James Callahan, Co-Author of Policy Statement on Life-Saving Training for Cardiac Arrest: Even Children Can Help Save a Life

Dr. James Callahan, emergency medicine physician and co-author of the May 2018 AAP policy statement on Life Support Training, is available to speak with the media. He says that even...

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