The deadly condition short bowel syndrome is usually treated with a transplant. Now, doctors have a new way to treat infants.
Varying safety, efficacy of approved stents: Everolimus-eluting stent has … – TheHeart.Org
Varying safety, efficacy of approved stents: Everolimus-eluting stent has …TheHeart.OrgOverall, there is large difference in the performance of the DES types, with the everolimus-eluting stent (EES), sirolimus-eluting stent (SES), and the newest-gene…
'New Skin Transplant Method For Vitiligo Patients' – Medical News Today
'New Skin Transplant Method For Vitiligo Patients'Medical News TodayNow dermatologists at Henry Ford Hospital state that skin transplant surgery is safe and effective for restoring skin pigmentation caused by the disease. The study is published…
Life after a kidney transplant
"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…