Evening Standard |
Crash victim’s elbow saved in pioneering transplant surgery
Evening Standard A mother of two who suffered severe arm injuries in a car crash has undergone pioneering transplant surgery. Jo Macleod’s shattered right elbow was rebuilt by surgeons using tissue from a donor. Doctors re-sculpted the bone then grafted a donor tendon … |
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Diana gets out of bed, walks around the hospital
Mid-Hudson News NEW YORK – Orange County Executive Edward Diana continues to make progress in recovery from liver transplant surgery last Saturday at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York, his family reports. Diana has begun working with a physical therapist … |
Korea Times |
Asan leading medical ‘hallyu’
Korea Times “In some transplant surgery, we are on a par with Johns Hopkins or MD Anderson while the treatment expense is less than one-third of the top global hospitals,” said Prof. Kim who specializes in gynecological cancer. Around 10,000 foreign patients were … |
Saudi Gazette |
A courageous act of kindness
Saudi Gazette Everything moved quickly after Wael received a phone call confirming he was a match for the liver transplant surgery needed to save Bakar’s life. A week and a half later, the family was back in Riyadh preparing for surgery. The night before, they kept … |
Mt Waverley quadriplegic looking to raise money for electric wheelchair and …Herald SunHe tried stem cell treatment in Panama, and earlier this year was the fourth person to undergo nerve transplant surgery at the Austin Hospital. Mr Kunc hopes to ra…
NME.com |
Laurie Anderson says Lou Reed ‘wasn’t afraid’ as he died
NME.com … Sunday October 27 aged 71. His cause of death was confirmed as liver disease by his doctor, Dr Charles Miller of the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where the singer had liver transplant surgery this year and was being treated again until shortly before … |
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Donating kidney to mom saved son’s life
STLtoday.com They had no effect on the transplant surgery, he said. “It saved my life,” Milton said. Milton said stepping up to donate a kidney was nothing heroic. “That was no big deal. Any son would do that for his mother; anything in my body that she needs, she … |
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Radford University women’s basketball struggles with depth, experience
Roanoke Times She suffered a torn meniscus last summer and wound up undergoing cartilage transplant surgery on Halloween. Ayana Avery, who averaged 7.7 points last season, will start on the wing. Aisha Foy, Kiera McIvor and freshman Kermisha Clark are other players … |
10News |
SDSU receives $8.5M grant for heart research
San Diego Source (subscription) … of the program is to develop new therapeutic strategies using stem cell-based treatment to regenerate the heart. Advancing these strategies is critical — as current alternatives are costly and include painful transplant surgery for severe heart … SDSU receives $8.5M for heart researchPhys.Org |
WAMCWestchester County Executive Astorino Wins Re-ElectionWAMCOrange County Executive Ed Diana, who is recovering from liver transplant surgery, had said earlier this year he would not run. Republican Chester Town Supervisor Steven Neuhaus handily defe…