New Delhi, May 24 — A year after having undergone a heart transplant at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, first ever in a private hospital in the Capital, Sunita Gupta (name changed) feels fit as a fiddle. "My life has gone back to normal and I cannot than…
WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) — A new study in mice suggests that scientists may someday be able to treat nerve pain by transplanting embryonic nerve cells to restore a broken nervous system.
Antibiotic Improves Function After Lung TransplantationNewswise (press release)Newswise — ATS 2012, SAN FRANCISCO – Researchers in the United Kingdom have determined that azithromycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic that also has anti-inflammatory pro…
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AUSTIN — Every day an average of 18 people die in the United States waiting for an organ transplant. Right now, doctors say there is simply not enough organs to meet the need. "In many ways, it's sort of like wartime triage where you have to …
Zee NewsStatins prevent cancer in heart transplant recipientsCBS42Cancer is the leading cause of death late after heart transplantation. Now, new research shows that statins, immunomondulatory drugs, may benefit patients beyond their lipid lowering eff…
TopNews Arab EmiratesStatins May Cut Cancer Risk Post Heart TransplantMedPage TodayThe risk of incident cancer of any type was roughly halved among statin users in a single center's heart transplantation registry. The cumulative rate at 8 years rea…
Oman Daily ObserverKidney donation or buying it abroad!Oman Daily ObserverOUTLOOK — By Ali Al Matani — Currently kidney transplantation in the Sultanate witnesses a good development that reflects the efforts exerted by the authorities concerned in …
Cardio Notes: Race a Factor in TransplantsMedPage TodayBy Chris Kaiser, Cardiology Editor, MedPage Today Hispanics and blacks have real, but different, disparities compared with whites when it comes to heart transplantation. Also this week, 'old…
Statins prevent cancer in heart transplant recipientsMedical XpressCancer is the leading cause of death late after heart transplantation. Skin cancer is particularly common, but solid organ cancers including colorectal cancer, prostate cancer and lymph…