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5 Questions: David Magnus on understanding brain death
Scope (blog) When is a person considered dead? Two recent cases have thrust the issue of “brain death” back into the national conversation. In Texas, the brain-dead Marlise Muñoz was connected to machines that kept her other vital organs functioning — over the … |
Sales of human body parts 'outlawed' – Daily News
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Sales of human body parts ‘outlawed’
Daily News In 1994, India passed the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, which banned both the sale of human organs and organ transplants between non-relatives. South Africa adopted the Human Tissue Act of 1983, which outlaws the transfer of tissue (including … |
Kentucky sets record for organ donor registration – WKYT
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Kentucky sets record for organ donor registration
WKYT Since 1992, the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks’ Trust for Life has worked to encourage organ donation registration and raise money for awareness, so that others can benefit from life-saving and life-improving organs and tissues. Every day, 18 people in … |
Some receive unnecessary prioritization for liver transplantation, says Penn … – Science Codex
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Some receive unnecessary prioritization for liver transplantation, says Penn …
Science Codex (PHILADELPHIA) – Patients waiting for liver transplants who develop hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), a lung disorder associated with end-stage liver disease, are eligible to move up on the wait list. In a new paper published in Gastroenterology, however … |
Some receive unnecessary prioritization for liver transplantation, says Penn … – EurekAlert (press release)
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Some receive unnecessary prioritization for liver transplantation, says Penn …
EurekAlert (press release) (PHILADELPHIA) – Patients waiting for liver transplants who develop hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), a lung disorder associated with end-stage liver disease, are eligible to move up on the wait list. In a new paper published in Gastroenterology, however … |
Some receive unnecessary prioritization for liver transplantation, study says – Medical Xpress
Some receive unnecessary prioritization for liver transplantation, study saysMedical XpressPatients waiting for liver transplants who develop hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), a lung disorder associated with end-stage liver disease, are eligible to move …
Some Patients Receive Unnecessary Prioritization for Liver Transplantation – Newswise (press release)
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Some Patients Receive Unnecessary Prioritization for Liver Transplantation
Newswise (press release) Newswise — (PHILADELPHIA) – Patients waiting for liver transplants who develop hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), a lung disorder associated with end-stage liver disease, are eligible to move up on the wait list. In a new paper published in … |
Cytoreductive nephrectomy has selective survival benefit in mRCC – The Oncology Report
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Cytoreductive nephrectomy has selective survival benefit in mRCC
The Oncology Report SAN FRANCISCO – Only selected patients with synchronous metastases from renal cell carcinoma derive a survival benefit from a cytoreductive nephrectomy, a retrospective cohort study showed. Researchers studied more than 1,600 patients from the … |
Living with Stiff Person Syndrome: 'I'm a statue for your lawn' – CNN
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Living with Stiff Person Syndrome: ‘I’m a statue for your lawn’
CNN Atkins decided SPS fit that bill and performed the stem cell transplant. His first SPS patient is now symptom-free, he says, and off all medications typically used for treating the rare disorder. He performed another transplant on a second SPS patient … |
Kochi doctors gift Pakistani toddler a healthy heart – Times of India
Kochi doctors gift Pakistani toddler a healthy heartTimes of IndiaKOCHI: Two-year-old Hina Talpur from Pakistan has a trauma of hospitals and she starts crying the moment she sees doctors. However, doctors at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS)…