FRIDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) — Current or previous smoking may increase the risk of hepatitis reinfection in people who have a liver transplant due to viral hepatitis, a new study suggests.
Health Highlights: July 27, 2012
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Sisters’ fundraising brings life-saving cancer treatment to Maine
Bernie Ring of Sullivan receives his photopheresis treatment at Lafayette Family Cancer Center in Brewer recently.
Sisters' fundraising brings life-saving cancer treatment to Maine – Bangor Daily News
Sisters' fundraising brings life-saving cancer treatment to MaineBangor Daily NewsWithout the procedure, also used for other autoimmune disorders and organ transplant rejection, plaque can stiffen patients' lungs and other organs, L'Italien…
CMC hosts largest-ever paired kidney transplant
Six Carolinians now have a life-long connection and it started with one kidney.
Blood donation identifies case of West Nile Virus – WPDE
USA TODAYBlood donation identifies case of West Nile VirusWPDEBlood donation identifies case of West Nile Virus. by Victoria Spechko. Posted: 3 mins ago. save. send. print · Victoria Spechko. In 1998 Victoria was named Assistant News Director/Re…
After liver transplant, Qatari boy hopes to play soccer again – Gulf Times
After liver transplant, Qatari boy hopes to play soccer againGulf TimesA Qatari teenager has successfully undergone liver transplant at an Indian hospital after suffering from a condition called hepatopulmonary syndrome due to congenital hepatic fibros…
Quick Study: Could Results of Bone Marrow Transplants Hold Secrets To an AIDS Cure?
Buzz about finding a cure for AIDS got a little stronger today when the results of a study were revealed at the International AIDS Conference about two men who may be free of the HIV virus after having bone marrow transplants for cancer. Dr. Daniel Kur…
RESET Published: Comparable Efficacy, Safety with EES, SES at 1 Year – TCTMD
TCTMDRESET Published: Comparable Efficacy, Safety with EES, SES at 1 YearTCTMDIn patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD), the use of either everolimus-eluting stents (EES) or sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) results in low rates of both target…
Sirolimus has anti-skin cancer effect in kidney transplant patients – News-Medical.net
Sirolimus has anti-skin cancer effect in kidney transplant patientsNews-Medical.netSwitching from calcineurin inhibitors (tacrolimus and cyclosporin) to a sirolimus-containing immunosuppression regimen may help reduce the incidence of secondary skin ca…