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The cause of heart attacks or strokes among some patients treated with anti-platelet drugs may be different than for patients who have undergone surgical procedures to restore blood flow, according to researchers at Duke Medicine. The finding -- reported Nov. 4, 2012, at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions annual meeting and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association – provides new insights into a subset of heart patients with acute coronary syndromes...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --HemaTerra Technologies, an end-to-end operational software systems provider to organizations that collect blood, platelets, plasma and other biologic products, announced that Carter BloodCare has purchased and will pilot the first implementation of HemaControl. HemaControl is the only comprehensive inventory management system in the blood industry that combines data from demand forecasting, collections planning, product quarantines...
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injections have been emerging as a treatment for joint pain and osteoarthritis for some years. But many orthopaedic doctors have now found that photoactivating PRP using AdiStem's Adi-Light – prior to injection – reduces pain even further and accelerates healing. Melbourne, Australia (PRWEB) October 07, 2012 Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injections have been emerging as a treatment for joint pain and osteoarthritis for some years. But many orthopaedic...
Progress toward a new emergency treatment for internal bleeding ― counterpart to the tourniquets, pressure bandages and Quick Clot products that keep people from bleeding to death from external wounds ― was reported here today at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. Erin Lavik, Sc.D., who described the advance toward developing synthetic platelets, said it is among the efforts underway world-wide to treat...
2012 Olympic Bronze winner Kellie Wells has joined elite athletes Tiger Woods, Hines Ward and Takaishi Saito in using Cell Therapy. According to A.J. Farshchian, MD, an Orthopedic Regenerative practitioner at The Center for Regenerative Medicine Miami, FL (PRWEB) August 08, 2012 U.S.A. Hurdle specialist Kellie Wells has joined elite athletes Tiger Woods, Hines Ward and Takaishi Saito in using Cell Therapy. According to A.J. Farshchian, MD, an Orthopedic Regenerative practitioner at The...
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardium Therapeutics (NYSE MKT: CXM) today announced that its professional-use Excellagen® (formulated collagen gel 2.6%) wound care product was selected as one of the top ten podiatry innovations in 2012 by the publication Podiatry Today. The Company also announced that it will be introducing Excellagen at the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) National Meeting (Booth 1910) being held August 16 - 19, 2012 in Washington, DC....
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Findings presented at the American Heart Association's Basic Cardiovascular Sciences 2012 Scientific Sessions show that adult stem cells extracted during liposuction can be used to grow small-diameter blood vessels that could be used in heart bypass surgery. Matthias Nollert, the lead author of the study, said these liposuction-derived vessels could help solve major problems associated with grafting blood vessels from other places in...
Beverly Hills PRP Facilitates Access to Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) July 23, 2012 People suffering from chronic pain, acute injuries and non-healing wounds sometimes think that surgery is their only option. The development of platelet-rich plasma therapy (PRP) provides them with another option—a non-surgical option now covered by many insurance companies. To help patients and physicians determine whether PRP will be reimbursed by specific insurance carriers,...
Beverly Hills PRP Launches Program To Assist Physicians With Innovative Treatment Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) July 19, 2012 When superstars like Tiger Woods, Alex Rodriguez and Kobe Bryant turned to platelet-rich plasma injections (PRP) for injuries, the world took notice. In use for over a decade, only now is PRP widely available to anyone with chronic pain. However, this innovative therapy presents a number of challenges to physicians who provide PRP to patients. Beverly Hills PRP has...
NEW YORK, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cytomedix, Inc. (OTC/BB: CMXI), a regenerative therapies company commercializing and developing innovative platelet and adult stem cell technologies for wound and tissue repair, announced that their July 12th RetailInvestorConferences.com presentation is now available for on-demand viewing. LINK: www.retailinvestorconferences.com > red "register/ watch event now" button Cytomedix, Inc.'s presentation will be available 24/7 for 90...
