FDA Panel To Review PMA Application For HeartWare Ventricular Assist DeviceNASDAQThe company noted that its PMA submission encompasses data from its pivotal ADVANCE clinical trial, an FDA approved Investigational Device Exemption study designed to eval…
LETTER: Hepatitis C can be curedNew Haven Register… MD, New Haven The article on former emergency medical technician Joseph Tomaso sheds light on the plight of patients with advanced liver disease who have to endure the arduous process of insurance p…
HealthNewsDigest.comVitamin E Tocotrienol Supplement Delays Progression of Advanced Liver DiseaseHealthNewsDigest.com… Center suggests an alternate form of natural vitamin E delays the progression of disease in patients awaiting liver transplantation…
Four-Factor Model Predicts Post-Heart Transplant MortalityDoctors LoungeA risk-prediction tool using four factors at the time of transplant can help predict post-transplant mortality for children undergoing heart transplantation, according to a study p…
Why To Exercise Today: Liver Transplants And Other OrdealsWBURThe study came out in this month's edition of the journal Liver Transplantation. It performed “cardiopulmonary exercise testing” — heart and lung testing — in patients facing liv…
Seventeen-month-old San Mateo twins recovering after liver transplantsSan Jose Mercury NewsIn a small but growing number of cases, doctors are trying early liver transplantation to help manage the body's biochemistry and minimize toxicity to organs…
The HinduIndia, Pakistan achieve medical featThe HinduHighlighting the unexploited potential for collaboration in medical treatment, Indian doctors on Friday provided a helping hand to their Pakistani counterparts in conducting what is being billed as …
Indian surgeons`support: Two liver transplant surgeries at SZHDAWN.comThe living donor liver transplantation was conducted for the first time in the country. Earlier, a cadaver liver transplant was performed at Shaikh Zayed Hospital in August last year…
ThirdAgeRacial Disparities Exist in Kidney Transplant AccessRenal Business TodayATLANTA—Racial disparities exist in both the early and late steps in access to kidney transplantation, according to a study in February issue of the American Journal of T…
ThirdAgeKidney Transplantation Rates Vary Along Racial LinesThirdAgeThe rates of kidney transplantation among patients with end stage renal disease vary according to race, a new study shows. According to MedPage Today, researchers at Emory University i…