Patient who lost two kidneys gets one back
Doctors at the Hue Central Hospital in central Vietnam on Tuesday completed a kidney transplant for a woman who had both her kidneys removed in a bizarre act of malpractice by doctors in the Mekong Delta.
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Women Fare Better than Men Post-Nephrectomy – Renal and Urology News
Women Fare Better than Men Post-NephrectomyRenal and Urology NewsThe effects of gender on the outcome of many types of surgery have been demonstrated and widely debated.
Albertans push for online organ donor registry – Calgary Herald
Jarrow & Hebburn GazetteAlbertans push for online organ donor registryCalgary HeraldTo voice your opinion about an online organ donor registry or other improvements to Alberta's organ donation system, contact your MLA; for a list of contacts, go to…
Acella Pharma seeks US FDA approval for topical corticosteroids lotion – pharmabiz.com
Acella Pharma seeks US FDA approval for topical corticosteroids lotionpharmabiz.comAcella Pharma seeks US FDA approval for topical corticosteroids lotion.and more »
Britain¿s first womb transplant could be carried out in just TWO YEARS
Surgeons in London say they are on the verge of perfecting the procedure that will allow childless women to carry their own babies. Derya Sert, from Turkey, was the first woman to have a womb transplant last August.
Malaysia suffers acute organ shortage
Kuala Lumpur (The Star/ANN) – An estimated 7,000 potential cadaveric organ donors die in Malaysia every year yet there is an acute shortage of organs for transplant here.
Potential stem cell cure for HIV to enter human trials – Big News Network.com
Potential stem cell cure for HIV to enter human trialsBig News Network.comThe approach is based on the case of an American, known as the Berlin patient, who was cured of HIV after receiving a life-saving bone marrow transplant to treat leukaemia from a…
Cross border diseases, organ donation and transplantation discussed – Malta Independent Online
Cross border diseases, organ donation and transplantation discussedMalta Independent OnlineCross border organ donation and transplantation, healthcare workforce and cross border diseases were the focus of discussion at an informal meeting of EU Health …
Liver Stiffness Predicts Liver Failure, Cancer, Mortality – Fars News Agency
Fars News AgencyLiver Stiffness Predicts Liver Failure, Cancer, MortalityFars News AgencyParticipants were followed between nine and 34 months, and 13% of patients developed liver failure (decompensation). The incidence of decompensation was 6.7 cases …
New frontier for health ads: Online outreach
When the University of Pennsylvania Health System sought new patients for its lung transplant service last year, it turned to Facebook and Google.