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Devices have changed heart transplants
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel … and is becoming a problem of engineering, miniaturization and, believe it or not, batteries,” says cardiologist Michael Hess , who directs the Pauley Heart Center’s heart transplantation program — one of the world’s oldest — at the Medical … |
Promising New Era in Hepatitis C TreatmentMedscapeIn a phase 2 trial of 61 patients infected with hepatitis C who were awaiting liver transplantation, 37 had an undetectable viral load (<25 IU/mL) after 48 weeks of treatment with sofosbuvir and riba…
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Australia ranks 21st for organ donation
Ninemsn “We are still not in the top 20 nations and have long way to go,” says ShareLife director Professor Allan Glanville, medical director of lung transplantation at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney. “Organ donation saves lives, saves money and improves … |
Could deceased heart attack victims expand donor pool?EurekAlert (press release)Results published in Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, show …
Viropharma Inc : Shire to Acquire ViroPharma in Strategic Move to Strengthen …4-traders (press release)ViroPharma has also sponsored or supported programs to examine potential new indications for CINRYZE in Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia, Antibody-Media…
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Adequate vitamin D levels vital for maintaining the health of kidney …
News-Medical.net “Low vitamin D predicts adverse allograft outcomes, and vitamin D supplementation early after kidney transplantation may improve patient outcome,” the authors concluded. Highlights. Vitamin D levels had an almost linear relationship with annual kidney … |
Oman Daily Observer8th international conference on surgical developments beginsOman Daily ObserverDr Salim al Busaidy, Director of Surgery Department at the Royal Hospital explained that the Conference would discuss surgical oncology, general surgery, …
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Good News Ukraine Blog
Kyiv Post The doctors at the Luhansk Regional Hospital conducted the first operation on kidney transplantation funded by local authorities. The transplantation process was participated by doctors’ team from Zaporizhia and Lugansk regions including nephrologists, … |
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Gift of Life campaign: Australia lagging behind other countries when it comes …
The Daily Telegraph Professor Allan Glanville, medical director of lung transplantation at St Vincent’s Hospital, said the issue had been politicised after he and other frontline workers and transplant recipients pushed for change in 2009. “The OTA was born, but progress … |
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Gift of Life campaign: Australia lagging behind other countries when it comes …
Perth Now Professor Allan Glanville, medical director of lung transplantation at St Vincent’s Hospital, said the issue had been politicised after he and other frontline workers and transplant recipients pushed for change in 2009. “The OTA was born, but progress … |