|
Simple tool to identify patients at risk of engaging in “medication tradeoffs …
News-Medical.net Researchers conducted detailed, in-person interviews with 105 patients at the two transplant centers who underwent liver transplantation in 2011 and 2012 with the goal of exploring relationships between medication tradeoffs, medication non-adherence … |
Sugar intake not directly linked with fatty liver disease – Zee News
Zee NewsSugar intake not directly linked with fatty liver diseaseZee NewsHowever, in the weight-gaining period, both diets produced equivalent features of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, including steatosis (fatty liver) and elevated serum transamina…
Inline-hockey event logs blood-donation mark – OCRegister (subscription)
|
Inline-hockey event logs blood-donation mark
OCRegister (subscription) IRVINE – An annual inline-hockey tournament that supports area hospitals collected 296 pints of blood and at least $105,000 in donations, according to organizers. The amount of blood donated exceeded event goals and notched a new record for the event … |
This Bhai Duj, a sister to give brother a fresh lease of life – Daily News & Analysis
|
This Bhai Duj, a sister to give brother a fresh lease of life
Daily News & Analysis Matunga-based businessman Champak Haria, 67, has seen many a Diwali and has celebrated an equal number of Bhai Duj. But this year’s will be an emotionally overwhelming one for him as he is set to receive his most significant gift — a kidney — from … |
Liver Meeting speaker: HCC exceptions contributing to MELD inflation … – Healio
Liver Meeting speaker: HCC exceptions contributing to MELD inflation …HealioResearchers analyzed all adult, initial transplant candidates listed for liver transplantation from 2005 to 2012, other than status one candidates, to determine whether HCC e…
Spanish doctors press for transplant policy in Mumbai hospitals – Daily News & Analysis
|
Spanish doctors press for transplant policy in Mumbai hospitals
Daily News & Analysis Recently, the Spanish doctors have sent their recommendations to the Zonal Transplantation Co-ordination Committee (ZTCC) on what should be done to boost cadaver organ donation programme. “All hospitals should define their transplant policy document … |
Insomnia concerns go unaddressed in heart failure patients – medwireNews
|
Insomnia concerns go unaddressed in heart failure patients
medwireNews medwireNews: The impact of insomnia on health and function is a major concern for patients with heart failure (HF), qualitative and quantitative research shows. “Our findings underscore the critical importance of evaluating sleep, including insomnia … |
Update on recovering Orange County Executive Ed Diana – YNN Hudson Valley
|
Update on recovering Orange County Executive Ed Diana
YNN Hudson Valley Officials say Diana’s liver transplant surgery lasted around nine hours. He’s currently resting at Columbia Hospitals Critical Care Recovery Unit. They say Diana is now awake and talking. Steven gross, Deputy County Executive will take over Diana’s … |
Breast cancer prevented by shark antibodies – Toronto NewsFIX
Toronto NewsFIX |
Breast cancer prevented by shark antibodies
Toronto NewsFIX (NewsFix) Scientists are analyzing whether antibodies found only in sharks can be used to help treat breast cancer. Dr Helen Dooley, from the University of Aberdeen’s school of biological sciences, who is leading the study, said: “Our work centres on a … |
Many Liver Transplant Patients Unable to Afford Meds – Medscape
|
Many Liver Transplant Patients Unable to Afford Meds
Medscape Session comoderator David Reich, MD, said, “When I started transplant surgery, I perceived the surgical hurdles, the immunosuppressive hurdles, and the organ shortage hurdles as the real challenges, but what you find is it’s the simple things.” Dr … |