Recipient, donor stable: SZH makes its mark in liver transplantDAWN.comThis time a four-member team of Shaikh Zayed Hospital surgeons performed the 15-hour long successful living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) independently and without the help of …
Sharon Runner undergoes lung transplant surgery – Signal
Sharon Runner undergoes lung transplant surgerySignalBy Tammy Marashlian Signal Senior Education Writer Sen. Sharon Runner is undergoing a lung transplant today as part of treatment for limited scleroderma, or CREST syndrome, her husband, George Runner…
What Are Steroids? – Gizmodo Australia
What Are Steroids?Gizmodo AustraliaCorticosteroids are less controversial and treat things like allergic reactions and autoimmune diseases. Cortisone is one common example, which doctors use to treat the pain and swelling that comes with skin condition…
Charlie Knuth's Family Suffers a Loss – WBAY
Charlie Knuth's Family Suffers a LossWBAYBy Emily Matesic – email You may recall Charlie is the young boy from Darboy who received a groundbreaking stem cell transplant to treat EB, a rare and often fatal skin disorder that causes painful blisterin…
Dieting Can Prove Dangerous for Kidney Disease Patients – Health.com
Dieting Can Prove Dangerous for Kidney Disease PatientsHealth.com24 (HealthDay News) — Overweight or obese people with chronic kidney disease may suffer further kidney damage if they use certain weight-loss methods, a new study warns. Cleveland Clini…
Complications Seen in 40 Percent of Living Liver Donors – MD News (press release)
MD News (press release)Complications Seen in 40 Percent of Living Liver DonorsMD News (press release)… the Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, and colleagues conducted a longitudinal observational cohort study involving 760 live liver donors acce…
Organ donor presumed consent needed, says advocate – CBC.ca
CBC.caOrgan donor presumed consent needed, says advocateCBC.ca(Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press) A longtime advocate for organ donation is calling on the New Brunswick government to adopt a presumed consent law to help boost the number of donors. P…
Turkish hospital performs second successful full-face transplant – Sunday's Zaman
Turkish hospital performs second successful full-face transplantSunday’s Zaman(Photo: AA) The Ankara-based Hacettepe University School of Medicine Hospital on Friday successfully performed Turkey's second full-face transplant surgery on a 25-year-o…
Bendigo sisters' stem cell blessing – Bendigo Advertiser
Bendigo sisters' stem cell blessingBendigo Advertiser“I'm alive today because I was able to have a stem cell transplant from my younger sister Juana,” Tanya said. “I'ma breast cancer survivor of 17 years and I first had leukaemia in 2…
Harvey woman receives double-lung transplant – CBC.ca
Harvey woman receives double-lung transplantCBC.caA Harvey woman has been given a chance to breathe again after she underwent double-lung transplant surgery in Toronto this week. Heather MacInnis, a 25-year-old cystic fibrosis patient, had precious lit…