Doctors save baby with smallest artificial heart
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
Double-Lung Transplant Recipient Will Hold News Conference Today
Double-lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell is set to hold news conference today in Toronto to discuss her recovery. The 21-year old was diagnosed with lung disease last October and launched a Twitter campaign. That attracted the attention of cele…
Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona vie in Copa del Rey final
Madrid, May 24 (IANS) The Spanish football season comes to an end Friday as Athletic Club Bilbao and FC Barcelona clash in the final of Copa del Rey in Atletico Madrid's Vicente Calderon Stadium.
Ice cream social to raise funds for lung transplant
An ice cream social will be held Saturday at the Glory Days Celebration in Holton to help raise money for the Madison Taliaferro Lung Transplant Fund.
100,000 organ transplants have been done in Iran over the years
Dr. Hassan Emami Razavi, the deputy health minister, said currently there are 33 centers for kidney transplant, eight centers for heart, two centers for lung, six centers for liver, one center for pancreas, and five centers for bone marrow.
Saving baby Clayton from a transplant: Intestinal Rehab
SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME: Short bowel syndrome is a health condition in which nutrients are not properly absorbed due to the surgical removal of a large portion of the small intestine or severe intestinal disease. When areas of the small intestine are …
Delhi heart transplant patient leading normal life: Doctors
A 44-year-old woman, who was Delhi's first heart transplant recipient an year ago, has recovered and is leading a normal life, said doctors at the private hospital here Wednesday monitoring her post-operative progress.
Transplant led to Balthazar's organ-donor advocacy
James Balthazar served in the Air Force as a graphic illustrator, sketching aircraft parts for flight manuals, before suffering one of 13 heart attacks and accepting a medical retirement. He became active in the National Kidney Foundation Transplant Ga…
Artificial heart pump helps save lives of heart attack patients
An artificial heart pump driven by cutting edge technology is proving handy in saving the lives of patients in near-death situations following a massive heart attack.The Extra Corporeal Memb…
18,000 patients waiting for organ transplant in Iran
The director of the organ transplant society announced recently that about 18,000 patients are waiting for organ transplant in the country.