Use Redistricting Maps to Make Organ Allocation More Equitable, Researchers …Science Daily (press release)His situation brought national attention to the large geographic disparities in liver transplantation. Segev, a transplant surgeon, says that if…
Irish Medical Times |
Prof Freddie Wood is elected IMC President
Irish Medical Times From 1999 to 2010, Prof Wood served as Director of Heart and Lung Transplantation at the Mater Hospital, where Ireland’s first successful lung transplant was carried out in 2005. He is currently in private practice. Dr Dillon, who is in her fourth year … |
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Kims kidney seller arrested in Uganda
Deccan Chronicle Mathias Kavuma, an Ugandan national who came to Hyderabad recently for a kidney transplant, spoke to this correspondent over phone from Uganda and said, “We have filed a national petition regarding the kidney transplantation. In another case, the … |
Randy Travis Gets an LVAD, Future UncertainMedPage TodayTheoretically, if the heart continues to worsen, the next step would be to receive a larger LV pump, which can be permanent or temporary, serving as a bridge to heart transplantation. Viral cardio…
BioNews TexasAcetaminophen overdose survivors suffer poorer health than other liver failure …BioNews TexasAccording to a recent study published online in Liver Transplantation, spontaneous survivors of acetaminophen overdose have lower overall health…
Medical Xpress |
Beating new life into a heart transplant
Medical Xpress Professor Talbot said “Heart transplantation rates are dwindling year on year within the UK and abroad. This is partly good news as deaths from head injuries through road traffic accidents have fallen but other organ transplants such as the liver and … |
Pathfinder House hosting screeningsFremont TribuneDegenhardt previously worked at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in kidney/pancreas transplantation. Due to her experience in immunosuppressant and biologic medications, she has a special inter…
Poorer health for acetaminophen overdose survivors than other liver failure …EurekAlert (press release)Studies report that up to 3,000 patients develop ALF in the U.S. each year and 67% of these patients will survive, but nearly 30% of these patients…
The New Indian ExpressNew lease of life after successful liver transplantThe New Indian ExpressSasikumar, 49, a resident of Thykoodam got a new lease of life after a successful liver transplantation conducted at Medical Trust hospital. The transplantat…
Our View: Remembering Hannah Warren, who lit the way forwardPeoria Journal StarThe doctor who pioneered liver transplantation lost his first eight patients, noted Pearl. Today people lead productive lives following that surgery. Everybody knew going in…