The majority of liver patients who die on, or are removed from, the transplant wait-list have declined an offer of transplant, show the findings of an American study.
Agennix Lung Cancer Drug in Doubt After Clinical Trial Failure – Bloomberg
Agennix Lung Cancer Drug in Doubt After Clinical Trial FailureBloomberg“We are extremely disappointed and surprised with today's results, especially considering the earlier promising results we had seen in two randomized Phase II trials with tala…
Exercise improves mood in heart failure patients – News-Medical.net
Zee NewsExercise improves mood in heart failure patientsNews-Medical.netBy Andrew Czyzewski. Structured exercise achieves modest reductions in depressive symptoms relative to usual care among patients with heart failure, the results of a randomized-con…
Less is definitely more for men who undergo nephrectomy – News-Medical.net
Less is definitely more for men who undergo nephrectomyNews-Medical.net"Our report is the first to suggest that ED, seen as a harbinger for developing cardiovascular disease, can be a consequence of renal surgery, and that preserving functioning r…
Exercise partially alleviates depression in heart failure patients – News-Medical.net
Exercise partially alleviates depression in heart failure patientsNews-Medical.netBy Andrew Czyzewski. Structured exercise achieves modest reductions in depressive symptoms relative to usual care among patients with heart failure the results of a rando…
Slain officer honored as an organ donor – U-T San Diego
Slain officer honored as an organ donorU-T San DiegoTwo lives were saved because Officer Jeremy Henwood, 36, had signed up to be an organ donor, said Lisa Stocks, executive director of Lifesharing, San Diego's regional organ recovery organization. …
Drugs promise to make life easier for cystic fibrosis patients
Shelly Weiner Maguire’s lung capacity is at 59 percent and dropping. Below 30 percent, she will need a lung transplant to survive.
Port Huron lung transplant recipient completes 214-mile trek
Kyle Bailey, a 27-year-old lung transplant recipient, trekked across Michigan to help raise money for cystic fibrosis. / Wendy Torello | Times Herald MUSKEGON — A recipient of a double lung transplant has completed a 214-mile trek across Michigan.
Michigan lung transplant recipient completes 214-mile trek across state
A recipient of a double lung transplant has completed a 214-mile trek across Michigan. MLive.com reports 27-year-old Kyle Bailey arrived Sunday in the West Michigan community of Muskegon, three days after leaving Port Huron. Bailey has cystic fibrosis.
Lung-Kidney Transplant Patient Wins Three Gold Medals in Transplant Games
Nathan Weimer, who has overcome extraordinary health challenges including transplants of one kidney and both lungs, has won three gold medals in the Transplant Games of America.