Dr. Hassan Emami Razavi, the deputy health minister, said currently there are 33 centers for kidney transplant, eight centers for heart, two centers for lung, six centers for liver, one center for pancreas, and five centers for bone marrow.
Study Examines How Patients Use Facebook to Solicit Kidney Donors
Loyola University Medical Center researchers are reporting one of the first studies to examine how patients and families are soliciting living kidney donors on Facebook.
UF physician, colleagues identify successful blood cancer therapy – University of Florida
UF physician, colleagues identify successful blood cancer therapyUniversity of FloridaLow doses of a drug called lenalidomide can help hold off the return of multiple myeloma after bone marrow transplantation. Patients who took the drug to maintain hea…
WGS IDs Mutational Patterns, Clonal Evolution in Tumors that Could … – GenomeWeb
WGS IDs Mutational Patterns, Clonal Evolution in Tumors that Could …GenomeWebStanford Team Publishes Method for HLA Typing Using HiSeq and MiSeq · WGS IDs Mutational Patterns, Clonal Evolution in Tumors that Could Impact How …
Saving baby Clayton from a transplant: Intestinal Rehab
SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME: Short bowel syndrome is a health condition in which nutrients are not properly absorbed due to the surgical removal of a large portion of the small intestine or severe intestinal disease. When areas of the small intestine are …
Alere recalls 803000 tests for heart attacks and heart failure – Boston Globe
Mass High TechAlere recalls 803000 tests for heart attacks and heart failureBoston GlobeBy Bloomberg News Alere Inc. is recalling 803000 tests used to detect heart attacks and manage heart failure patients that failed to meet quality control guidelines…
Long-term ICS use reduces pleural effusion in patients with community acquired … – Medical Xpress
Long-term ICS use reduces pleural effusion in patients with community acquired …Medical XpressPrior treatment with inhaled corticosteroids in patients with respiratory disorders who develop community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is associated with a lowe…
Antibiotic Improves Function After Lung Transplantation
Azithromycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic with anti-inflammatory properties, may be an effective treatment for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), a life-threatening complication that occurs after lung transplantation.
Circ: DES can reduce TVR, but it depends on eluting drug – Cardiovascular Business
Circ: DES can reduce TVR, but it depends on eluting drugCardiovascular BusinessResearchers found that DES may be better at reducing the risk of target vessel revascularization without increasing other factors like stent thrombosis, and everolimus eluti…
Delhi heart transplant patient leading normal life: Doctors
A 44-year-old woman, who was Delhi's first heart transplant recipient an year ago, has recovered and is leading a normal life, said doctors at the private hospital here Wednesday monitoring her post-operative progress.