Three get hepatitis from Kentucky donorLouisville Courier-JournalIn 2010, 28262 transplants were done, a vast majority from deceased donors, according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. The CDC's report says the unidentified dono…
Follicular Lymphoma – Autologos Stem Cell Transplant Does Not Improve Overall … – Medical News Today
Follicular Lymphoma – Autologos Stem Cell Transplant Does Not Improve Overall …Medical News TodayAccording to an online study published in the December issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem …
New heart valve procedure available in SWFL – NBC2 News
New heart valve procedure available in SWFLNBC2 News"This will probably have a bigger impact than heart transplantation or anything else," says Dr. Hummel. He's talking about a transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or "TAVR." …
Elgin man's 200th blood donation gives inspiration – Chicago Sun-Times
Elgin man's 200th blood donation gives inspirationChicago Sun-TimesBy Emily McFarlan emcfarlan@stmedianetwork.com December 21, 2011 9:56PM Warren Krup of Elgin relaxes at the Heartland Blood Center in Elgin Wednesday prior to his 200th blood donati…
Late effects of stem cell transplant common and often debilitating – Curetoday.com (press release)
Late effects of stem cell transplant common and often debilitatingCuretoday.com (press release)NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Up to three-quarters of patients who receive hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT) will have late adverse effects, and many …
Organs Donation in Great Shortage – CRIENGLISH.com
Organs Donation in Great ShortageCRIENGLISH.comFor many people it's a revolution to recognize brain death as the end of life." If a person's death can be judged by the lack of brain function, the source for organ donation will surge by 40%…
Buffalo Grove basketball tournament promotes organ donation – Chicago Daily Herald
Buffalo Grove basketball tournament promotes organ donationChicago Daily HeraldBy Daily Herald staff report A sixth grade basketball tournament celebrating the life of a former St. Mary student and raising awareness of the importance of organ donation …
Poised to Donate Organs, 21-Year-Old Emerges From Coma – ABC News
ABC NewsPoised to Donate Organs, 21-Year-Old Emerges From ComaABC NewsSo while the family was given a realistic picture of Schmid's poor chances for survival, Spetzler ordered one more MRI to see if the critical areas of the brain had turned dark, …
Rhett Butler/The Daily Reflector – Greenville Daily Reflector
Greenville Daily ReflectorRhett Butler/The Daily ReflectorGreenville Daily ReflectorDr. Robert Harland, Chief of Transplant Surgery at PCMH, discuss the triple kidney transplant operations as he stands with the recipients and their donors Thursday. By …
Promising treatments for blood cancers presented by JTCancerCenter researchers … – EurekAlert (press release)
Promising treatments for blood cancers presented by JTCancerCenter researchers …EurekAlert (press release)In the current study, 551 patients were randomized to receive either an unrelated donor peripheral blood stem cell transplant or bone marrow tra…