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Indian hospital offers kidney transplantation to Edhi
Pakistan Daily Times KARACHI: An Indian kidney hospital, through an NGO, contacted Pakistan’s world famous philanthropist and founder of Edhi Foundation, Abdul Sattar Edhi, and offered him help for a complete kidney transplant; however, Edhi politely declined the offer. |
Transplant doctor leaves Carolinas HealthCareCharlotte ObserverHayes, 58, a Spartanburg native, came to Charlotte in 1993 after having been director of liver transplantation at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans. At the time, Carolinas Medical Center wa…
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Some ‘high-risk’ kidneys may be safe for organ transplant
MyFox Philadelphia Therefore, we believe that the current . . . classification [division] is misleading and does a disservice to those patients on the waiting list,” Gallagher added. More information. The National Kidney Foundation has more about kidney transplantation … |
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Life with a new heart: Cheney, other transplant patients survive thanks to new …
Washington Post … 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 … |
Putting canines to good useGreaterKashmir.comLiver transplantation is an established therapy for both acute and chronic liver failure. However, graft dysfunction remains a problem affecting up to one-third of the recipients, despite reports of good to …
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Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital Celebrates 20 Years with Public …
PR Web (press release) LLUCH has pioneered and continues to lead in the area of infant heart transplantation, and has received acclaim for its many programs to treat pediatric patients, including proton treatment for cancer, trauma care, physical rehabilitation, intensive … |
Dialysis made affordableThe New Indian ExpressVery small percentage of patients have access to kidney transplantation and dialysis because of the cost of the treatment, said Governor K Rosaiah. Addressing the gathering at the inauguration of Sri Sumati…
Alcoholism Treatment Before, After Liver Transplantation Reduces RelapseToronto NewsFIXNew research reports that liver transplant recipients who receive substance abuse treatment before and after transplantation have much lower alcohol relapse rates th…
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Paying living donors for kidney transplantation could result in incremental …
News-Medical.net A strategy where living kidney donors are paid $10,000, with the assumption that this strategy would increase the number of transplants performed by 5% or more, would be less costly and more effective than the current organ donation system, according … Paying kidney donors is cost-effective, researchers sayFox News Opinion: Why selling kidneys still won’t workNBCNews.com Some ‘High-Risk’ Kidneys May Be Safe for Organ Transplant: StudyHealth.com |
A mathematical model for optimizing the indications of liver transplantation …7thSpace Interactive (press release)The criteria for organ sharing has developed a system that prioritizes liver transplantation (LT) for patients with hepatocellular carci…