Ministry of Health seeks YÖK probe of Hacettepe transplantsSunday’s ZamanŞevket Çavdar dies in February three days after a quadruple-limb transplant surgery at the Hacettepe University Hospital. (Photo: Cihan) The Ministry of Health on Wednesday ann…
Healthcare TodayTransplant surgeons' breakthroughHealthcare TodayLiver transplant surgeon Mr Paolo Muiesan said: “Usually after brain death we flush and store the organs with cold solutions, but the organs can sustain some damage. “This time af…
Chicago Man Receives Robotic Kidney Transplant After 17 YearsNewswise (press release)Jones, now 64, had learned that physicians at UI Hospital were performing robotic kidney transplantation on obese patients who would not otherwise be candidates for su…
Organ transplants, 'brain death,' and Church teachingCatholic CultureLast year my friend John Haas, the head of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, published a journal article in which he summarized the Vatican statements supporting organ t…
Offaly ExpressOrgan Donation Means Life-Changing Opportunity For ManyWFMY News 2If you choose to be an organ donor, you can offer someone else another lease on life. See one man's story of why that's so important. http://www.digtriad.com/video/…
Reducing hospital admissions for asthmaticsMedical XpressChildren with moderate or severe asthma attacks who are treated with systemic corticosteroids during the first 75 minutes of triage in the Emergency Department (ED) were 16% less likely to be adm…
Tucson man on a mission to promote organ donationKVOA Tucson NewsTUCSON – A Tucson man is calling on Arizonans to give the greatest gift of all – a chance to save another person's life. John Salazar's message coincides with National Donate Life…
Synta Announces Results on Ganetespib Across a Range of Malignancies at the …MarketWatch (press release)In an effort to maximize antitumor activity ganetespib was further combined with PI3K/mTOR inhibitors. As single agents, ganetespib effectively bl…
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute performs most adult heart transplants of any US …News-Medical.netSince 1988, when the Heart Transplant Program was established, 741 patients have undergone heart transplantation. Andrew S. Klein, MD, MBA, director of the …
Globe and MailBurgeoning OneMatch donor registry gives hope for life-saving matchesGlobe and MailAt any given time, about 900 Canadians are awaiting a stem-cell transplant. Only about one-third of them will manage to find a match. One child who defied …