"There's life after a transplant: a better life to live," this is how Vanessa Javier described her second life after she underwent kidney transplant 12 years ago. It was when she knew she had a kidney problem when she most felt how loved …
Treatment of bone loss in patients with chronic liver disease awaiting liver … – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Treatment of bone loss in patients with chronic liver disease awaiting liver …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Most of the patients awaiting liver transplantation already have osteopenia or even osteoporosis by end-stage liver disease.In a retrosp…
Kidney Transplant Candidates Take to Facebook to Find Donors
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about actress Sarah Hyland and her recent kidney transplant . Sarah was fortunate enough to have a family member who was both a match and willing to donate, but many kidney transplant patients are not so lucky. When othe…
Google Warns Chinese Users on Faulty Web Searches – Voice of America (blog)
Google Warns Chinese Users on Faulty Web SearchesVoice of America (blog)The terms included “301″ — the name of the Beijing military hospital where China's top leaders are treated — as well as characters for “brain death” and “brain de…
Nature and Nurture – GenomeWeb
Nature and NurtureGenomeWebThe team's discovery-phase GWAS results did indeed replicate in its family-based HLA typing study. The researchers confirmed the associations, reporting their results in the New England Journal of Medicine in March. In th…
University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center performs 500th heart device implant – MarketWatch (press release)
University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center performs 500th heart device implantMarketWatch (press release)LVADs are used in patients with very advanced heart failure as a last resort to help them survive the wait for a heart transplant, or serve as a …
Organ donation: 'highest form of mitzah' – Canadian Jewish News (blog)
Canadian Jewish News (blog)Organ donation: 'highest form of mitzah'Canadian Jewish News (blog)Even if you've already filled out an organ donor card, you should register there – cards are rarely available when needed, whereas the TGLN cent…
Tumor thrombus of inferior vena cava in patients with renal cell carcinoma … – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Tumor thrombus of inferior vena cava in patients with renal cell carcinoma …7thSpace Interactive (press release)To evaluate oncological and clinical outcome in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and tumor thrombus involving inferior vena cava (…
Partial Nephrectomy Is An Option for Larger Tumors – Renal and Urology News
Partial Nephrectomy Is An Option for Larger TumorsRenal and Urology NewsPartial nephrectomy (PN) can be safely performed in patients with renal tumors 7 cm or more in diameter with acceptable technical, oncologic and functional outcomes, according to r…
International Organ Donation Chain Ends In SD – KGTV San Diego
kypost.comInternational Organ Donation Chain Ends In SDKGTV San DiegoLA JOLLA, Calif. — A San Diego man and his friend, a woman from San Marcos, have become part of the first intercontinental kidney donation chain, officials with Scripps Health announ…