ROME (Reuters) – Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant. The doctors at Rome's Bambino Gesu hospital said t…
TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Hundreds of thousands of Americans infected with chronic hepatitis C virus could develop potentially life-threatening liver complications over the next few years, according to a new study.
( University of Kentucky ) The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has received more than $6 million to study a deadly blood and bone marrow disease often caused by chemotherapy or radiation treatments. A $5 million grant from the Edward P. Eva…
Research being presented at Digestive Disease Week® offers insights into the progression of diseases leading to liver damage, which affect diverse populations, including young people. Studies show that the increasing rates of obesity are putting teens…
Antibiotics are being offered to kidney transplant patients in South Australia to help protect them from a potentially fatal infection.
Antibiotics are being offered to kidney transplant patients in South Australia to help protect them from a potentially fatal infection.
Gloria’s son, Seth, was born with sickle-cell anemia, a genetic blood disorder, and she suspected Celine had the disease as well. A state-mandated test from Michigan, where the family lived at the time, confirmed their suspicions
For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C.
When a baby is born in Colorado, a tiny blood sample from the heel is screened for 35 serious disorders. This year the state added what's often called "Bubble Boy Disease" to its list of newborn tests.
Multiple myeloma is a form of cancer where the plasma cells in the bone marrow grow out of control, causing damage to bones as well as predisposing patients to anemia, infection and kidney failure. A medical procedure called autologous hematopoietic st…