Research Roundup: Distance From A Transplant Center; Medicaid Prenatal …Kaiser Health NewsCentralization of specialized health care services such as organ transplantation and bariatric surgery is advocated to improve quality, increase efficiency, and…
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Study takes on fatty liver disease
WWL Her liver was scarred. She was on her way to cirrhosis. “That’s one of the unfortunate things about liver disease, until it’s very, very advanced, there’s simply no symptoms often,” said Dr. Nathan Shores, the Tulane Medical Director of Liver … |
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Penn Study Shows Geographic Disparities in Access to Liver Transplantation
Penn: Office of University Communications PHILADELPHIA — Veterans with liver disease who live more than 100 miles from a Veterans Administration hospital that offers liver transplants are only half as likely to be placed on the liver transplant waitlist to receive a new organ compared to … Distance to Veterans Affairs Transplant Center affects likelihood of liver …2 Minute Medicine Effect Of Distance From Transplant Center On OutcomesRedOrbit Distance From VA Liver Transplant Center May Affect Vets’ SurvivalHealth.com |
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Houston’s Procyrion, Inc. To Present Aortix Catheter-Deployed Circulatory …
BioNews Texas … Aortix to the Cardiological community. Procyrion also announced that it will present Aortix™ at the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation’s 34th Annual Meeting & Scientific Session in San Diego April 10–13, 2014. 2014-03-27 … Procyrion, Inc. Accepted to Present Catheter-Deployed Circulatory Assistance …Free Press Release Center (press release) |
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Johns Hopkins researchers use 3-D MRI scans to accurately measure tumor …
News-Medical.net All were treated with surgery or liver transplantation after chemoembolization. The research team used existing MR analysis techniques, as well as the new 3-D method to compare the radiologists’ analyses with pathologic review of tumor samples after … |
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Star Health Insurance launches ‘Star Diabetes Safe’ policy
Moneycontrol.com When the insured requires a kidney transplantation, the expenses related to donor surgery is also covered. The entry age for the policy is 18 yrs to 65 yrs, but renewal is allowed lifelong. The policy is available on Individual Basis as well as on … |
The Heart HardensOZYHe also used emerging DNA sequencing techniques to profile the activity of thousands of genes in aortic valve samples derived from patients undergoing heart transplantation. Illustration of 2 valves, both round and pink, left one ha…
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Vitamins D-3 and K can assist calcium metabolism
Sarasota Herald-Tribune Unfortunately, we do not have any way to reliably prevent Type 1 diabetes, although studies with drugs that modulate the immune system have shown early promise. Pancreas transplantation, and even islet cell transplant, can “cure” Type 1 diabetes … |
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BC Economists Co-Finalists for Edelman Prize
Boston College Chronicle “It is truly gratifying to see that what initially started as theoretical research evolved into one of the main kidney transplantation modalities has been recognized as a finalist for the Edelman Prize,” Sönmez said. “But for me the ultimate … |
2 Minute MedicineDistance to Veterans Affairs Transplant Center affects likelihood of liver …2 Minute MedicineStudy Rundown: Healthcare centralization is necessary among highly specialized services such as liver transplantation resulting in difficult…