Ras Al KhaimahTop Ras Al Khaimah Updates Surgeon who did first US heart transplant dies (AP) <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_he_me/obit_kantrowitz"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081119/capt.5da8a298cb2544739226c43bc574d5a5.obit_kantrowitz_dt101.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=YSNUiuGff6DPw.GDIQdYaw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="In this photo released by L.VAD Technology Inc., Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz is shown in New York in 1968. Dr. Kantrowitz, who performed the first human heart transplant in the United States in 1967 also pioneered development of mechanical devices to prolong the life of patients with heart failure, died in Ann Arbor, Mich., Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. He was 90. (AP Photo/L.VAD Technology Inc.)" border="0" /></a>AP - Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, a cardiac surgeon who performed the nation's first human heart transplant and who also developed lifesaving medical implants, has died. He was 90. Kantrowitz died Friday in Ann Arbor of complications from heart failure, said his wife, Jean Kantrowitz.</p><br clear="all"/> Insurers make pitch for health coverage mandate (AP) AP - The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all customers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions — but in return it wants lawmakers to mandate that everyone buy coverage. Drug combo may help curb bedwetting (Reuters) Reuters - In children who continue to wet the bed despite standard treatment with desmopressin, adding the bladder-control drug tolterodine (Detrol) to therapy leads to a significant decrease in the risk of bedwetting, Missouri-based researchers have found. Colorectal Cancer Treatment Costs Vary Widely (HealthDay) HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The cost of treating colorectal cancer can vary by tens of thousands of dollars per patient. Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 17, 2008 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: Ginkgo fails to prevent Alzheimer's in large study (AP) AP - The dietary supplement ginkgo, long promoted as an aid to memory, didn't help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the longest and largest test of the extract in older Americans. "We don't think it has a future as a powerful anti-dementia drug," said Dr. Steven DeKosky of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, who led the federally funded study. Growth Hormone Boost May Not Slow Alzheimer's (HealthDay) HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A compound that boosts growth hormone levels in Alzheimer's patients may not slow the disease, new research suggests. Pfizer drops bid to sell Viagra over the counter in Europe (AFP) <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081120/ts_alt_afp/uspharmacompanypfizereu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081120/capt.cps.ogr93.201108171014.photo00.photo.default-365x512.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=U7xJ4K6P2q13DXZs2Ojc1Q--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Pfizer has dropped its bid to market its potency pill Viagra over the counter in Europe, the US pharmaceutical giant announced Thursday.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Pfizer has dropped its bid to market its potency pill Viagra over the counter in Europe, the US pharmaceutical giant announced Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> Obese have right to 2 airline seats: Canada court (Reuters) Reuters - Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday. Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells (AP) <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_windpipe_transplant"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081119/capt.cps.ogi82.191108132916.photo00.photo.default-512x384.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=jNkFqI.RwWvDKTqLpymrhQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Undated file picture of 30-year old Colombian female recipient Claudia Castillo, taken at the Hospital clinic of Barcelona. The pioneering transplant of a windpipe stripped of its cells and seeded with recipient stem cells has given Castillo a new lease on life, according to a study released Wednesday.(AFP/LANCET PRESS OFFICE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs. "This technique has great promise," said Dr. Eric Genden, who did a similar transplant in 2005 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. That operation used both donor and recipient tissue. Only a handful of windpipe, or trachea, transplants have ever been done.</p><br clear="all"/> Top Ras Al Khaimah Information
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