Researchers identify link between nephrectomy, EDModernMedicine"What we are seeing is a dramatic yet delayed effect. Approximately 6 years after surgery, patients who had a total nephrectomy were 3.5 times more likely to develop erectile dysfuncti…
Undiagnosed Chronic kidney disease is estimated to cross one million in England – Health(Y) Destination
Daily MailUndiagnosed Chronic kidney disease is estimated to cross one million in EnglandHealth(Y) DestinationNHS Kidney care published to-day that the cost spent on kidney disease in England is more than £1.4bn each year and this amount is more than …
Lung transplant recipient completes 214-mile trek
A recipient of a double lung transplant has completed a 214-mile trek across Michigan.
Mandi Lusby Wins BIG at Transplant Games of America
HOUSTON—(August 3, 2012)— Spearman resident Mandi Lusby, who received a heart/lung transplant at the Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center in Houston in 2009, took home six medals in swimming at this year’s Transplant Games of America in Gr…
Equity Briefing: Pluristem's PLX Cell Therapy in Failed Bone Marrow Transplant Proven Successful a Second Time
Last month we examined emerging biotech Pluristem Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PSTI), whose cell therapy treats vascular disease with a novel intramuscular injection that restores patency to damaged arteries. …
Organ donation keeps daughter's memory alive – San Francisco Chronicle
Organ donation keeps daughter's memory aliveSan Francisco Chronicle(AP) — Two years before she died, 19-year-old Cristina Hadley became an organ donor. According to her mom, it was the natural extension of her giving nature. "She would'v…
A kidney transplant goes a long way
US surgeons have performed a 'kidney chain' transplant, helping 5 people.
Bone marrow recipients face grueling fight
Debi Jackman knows what awaits Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts.So does Jay Feinberg.Jackman, 55, and Feinberg, 43, of Boca Raton and Delray Beach, respectively, are locals who belong to an exclusive medical club: recipients of bone-marrow transp…
Blood donation myths busted – India.Com Health
Blood donation myths bustedIndia.Com HealthBlood donation is something that we all want to do but never get around to it either due to fear or a number of myths surrounding it. Here we attempt to bust some of the most common myths associated with blood…
SWOG Selects Sequenta’s LymphoSIGHT™ Platform for Use in 180-Patient Mantle Cell Lymphoma Clinical Trial
Sequenta, Inc. announced today that SWOG has selected Sequenta’s LymphoSIGHT™ platform for the measurement of Minimal Residual Disease in a clinical trial.