Dieting Can Prove Dangerous for Kidney Disease PatientsHealth.com24 (HealthDay News) — Overweight or obese people with chronic kidney disease may suffer further kidney damage if they use certain weight-loss methods, a new study warns. Cleveland Clini…
MD News (press release)Complications Seen in 40 Percent of Living Liver DonorsMD News (press release)… the Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, and colleagues conducted a longitudinal observational cohort study involving 760 live liver donors acce…
CBC.caOrgan donor presumed consent needed, says advocateCBC.ca(Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press) A longtime advocate for organ donation is calling on the New Brunswick government to adopt a presumed consent law to help boost the number of donors. P…
Turkish hospital performs second successful full-face transplantSunday’s Zaman(Photo: AA) The Ankara-based Hacettepe University School of Medicine Hospital on Friday successfully performed Turkey's second full-face transplant surgery on a 25-year-o…
Bendigo sisters' stem cell blessingBendigo Advertiser“I'm alive today because I was able to have a stem cell transplant from my younger sister Juana,” Tanya said. “I'ma breast cancer survivor of 17 years and I first had leukaemia in 2…
Harvey woman receives double-lung transplantCBC.caA Harvey woman has been given a chance to breathe again after she underwent double-lung transplant surgery in Toronto this week. Heather MacInnis, a 25-year-old cystic fibrosis patient, had precious lit…
Scottsdale Healthcare opens stem cell transplant programPhoenix Business JournalScottsdale Healthcare has opened a stem cell transplant program at its new Cancer Transplant Institute. The institute is housed within Scottsdale Healthcare's Virginia …
Abbott's Plex-ID to be utilised by leading forensics centreZenopa… step toward establishing Plex-ID as a system of choice for DNA testing in forensics laboratories." Earlier this month, the company published data showing the benefits of its …
Chronic kidney disease increases risk in diabetes patientsDiabetes.co.ukA new study from the United States has claimed that patients suffering from type 2 diabetes are at twice the risk of dying from chronic kidney disease than people who don't hav…
PR WebPittsburgh Surgeons Implant New Total Artificial HeartBradenton HeraldThe SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, developed by SynCardia Systems Inc., was implanted into a 62-year-old Pittsburgh man at AGH on Friday, February 17 by a team of …