Monthly Archives: September 2008

Kidneys from Older Donors May Be Structurally Inferior – MedPage Today


Kidneys from Older Donors May Be Structurally Inferior
MedPage Today, NJ - Sep 25, 2008
25 -- Kidneys from older deceased donors function worse than those from younger donors because of structural problems, researchers here found. ...

New Hope On Organ Donation – New York Sun


New Hope On Organ Donation
New York Sun, United States - Sep 23, 2008
Transplantation lets people with kidney disease be cured by receiving a kidney from live or recently-deceased donors. But there aren't enough donated organs ...

Antibody Levels After Desensitization Predict Kidney-Graft Success – MedPage Today


Antibody Levels After Desensitization Predict Kidney-Graft Success
MedPage Today, NJ - Sep 23, 2008
... as induction therapy and maintenance immunosuppression consisting of prednisone, mycophenolate mofetil (Cellcept), and tacrolimus (Prograf, Protopic). ...

75 CAME OUT FOR KIDNEY WALK, RAISED ABOUT $10000 – Sarnia Observer


75 CAME OUT FOR KIDNEY WALK, RAISED ABOUT $10000
Sarnia Observer,  Canada - Sep 22, 2008
Kidney transplants from deceased donors have a success rate 85 to 90 per cent and transplants can last 10 to 15 years.

Kidneys from older donors function very well – Reuters UK


Kidneys from older donors function very well
Reuters UK, UK - Sep 18, 2008
Among deceased donors, 1219 met the standard donor criteria and 4551 were "expanded criteria donors," defined as donors older than 60 or those between the ...

Joe Biden’s Hair Loss Elects Hair Transplants – Make Me Heal


Joe Biden’s Hair Loss Elects Hair Transplants
Make Me Heal, CA - Sep 17, 2008
Today, well-planned and well-executed restoration using follicular-unit micrograft hair transplantation consistently deliver adequate density, coverage and ...

Alleged kidney racket kingpins get bail for $350 each in Mumbai – South Asian Focus


Alleged kidney racket kingpins get bail for $350 each in Mumbai
South Asian Focus, Canada - Sep 17, 2008
Mumbai- A Mumbai court has granted bail to the two main accused in the multi-million dollar illegal kidney transplant racket, Amit Kumar Raut and his ...

Kidney racket: Kingpin, brother granted bail – Times of India


Kidney racket: Kingpin, brother granted bail
Times of India, India - Sep 15, 2008
The second case against him dates back to 1994 when he was arrested for running a kidney racket from his clinic in Khar. He spent seven months in jail for ...
Kidney Racket kingpin brother granted bail Indlaw.com
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Kate living proof of organ donor program – The Northern Star


Kate living proof of organ donor program
The Northern Star, Australia - Sep 15, 2008
LifeGift NSW also places co-ordinators in NSW hospitals where deceased donors have been cared for, providing advocacy for donors and their families. ...

Informing Candidates for Transplantation about Donor Risk Factors – New England Journal of Medicine (subscription)


Informing Candidates for Transplantation about Donor Risk Factors
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription), MA - Sep 10, 2008
(June 26 issue) 1 blend two important but independent concerns — the quality of organs from various groups of deceased donors and the risk of transmission ...