DALLAS – As Dana Pack walks by the wall of transplant milestones in Baylor University Medical Center's history, it never occurred to her that she is now one of them. The 46 year old has long lived with non-cancerous, but potentially deadly, liver t…
Wayne Gonsalves has been on the organ transplant waiting list for 3 years. The Providence man was diagnosed in 2008 with liver disease and has been hoping for a new one ever since. It's the same organ
eYugoslavia.comGalectin plans clinical trials in first quarter 2013Mass High TechThe company has selected GR-MD-02, a novel galectin inhibitor, as its lead candidate for NASH, a disease affecting 9 to 15 million Americans, with the only treatment being…
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Digestive CARE™, a medical group of 52 gastroenterologists in Broward and Palm Beach County, today announced that they are the first gastroenterology group …
New York TimesDonor Obesity Ups Risk of Poor Pediatric Transplant OutcomeDoctors LoungeSevere obesity, but not overweight, in adult donors is a risk factor for graft loss and mortality in pediatric liver transplant recipients, according to a study publ…
A 27-year-old Rhode Island prison inmate has received a liver transplant. The Providence Journal reports ( http://bit.ly/MaXNyl ) the procedure was performed last week in Boston on 27-year-old Jose Pacheco, who is serving a 6 1/2-year prison sentence f…
An active lifestyle is possible after transplant surgery, and a Montgomery man is proof of that after winning four medals at a recent competition for transplant recipients.
Two-time kidney transplant patient creates collages to trace her healing journey Vickie Dash's creative process begins with a blank page. She is not looking to reproduce an image from the external world. Instead she observes her feelings within as …
MONDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) — Children who receive a liver from a severely obese adult organ donor are at greater risk for graft loss and death following their transplant surgery, according to a new study.
The majority of liver patients who die on, or are removed from, the transplant wait-list have declined an offer of transplant, show the findings of an American study.