'Exercise, weight reduction can check fatty liver disease'Times of IndiaCHANDIGARH: Department of hepatology, PGI, in collaboration with department of gastroenterology, AIIMS, Delhi, organized a single theme conference on Hepatocellular Carcino…
Delco Girl Hosts Bake Sale for Uncle's Kidney Transplant
A 9-year-old Delco girl helps cover the cost of her uncle's kidney transplant by hosting a bake sale.
Recurrence rate of liver diseases discussed – Indian Express
Recurrence rate of liver diseases discussedIndian ExpressTwo-day conference on liver cancer organised by the Department of Hepatology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, in collaboration with the Department of Gastroenterology, …
Cardiologists get lessons from experts – Times of India
Cardiologists get lessons from expertsTimes of IndiaDr Raju Bharadwaj from Shimla said that India has maximum burden of heart disease and diabetes. However, when they scan patients with heart blockages, they also find a number of patients having clots …
16-year-old athlete organ donor saves 6 patients – Jerusalem Post
16-year-old athlete organ donor saves 6 patientsJerusalem PostAccording to Israel Transplant, Veturi's heart was given to a 56-year-old man who had an ADI organ donation card and was thus jumped ahead of the queue; his lungs were transplanted into …
PGI works out new norms to treat lung infections – Times of India
PGI works out new norms to treat lung infectionsTimes of IndiaRevised guidelines for treatment of lung infections have been formulated by PGI's department of pulmonary medicine, which also is a WHO collaborating center for research and capacity bui…
A womb of her own: risking uterus transplant for pregnancy – The Conversation
A womb of her own: risking uterus transplant for pregnancyThe ConversationOn a weekend in mid-September 2012, a team of gynaecologists and transplant specialists at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Sweden, performed two uterus transplants with living…
Moriguchi admits to lying about stem cell trial
Hisashi Moriguchi, a Japanese researcher who had said he implemented the world's first clinical trial using a trailblazing stem cell technology, admitted Saturday most of what he claimed in an academic conference presentation about the procedure wa…
Drug class linked to worse outcomes after transplant – Medical Xpress
Drug class linked to worse outcomes after transplantMedical XpressTamara Isakova, M.D., from the University of Miami, and colleagues compared clinical outcomes in 139,370 kidney transplant patients in the United States receiving mTOR inhibitors or calc…
Intestinal transplant patient fit
Australia's first intestinal transplant recipient can eat and work full-time for the first time in 14 years.