Monthly Archives: May 2010

Transplant patients to get help finding rare matches – Epworth Bells

Transplant patients to get help finding rare matches
Epworth Bells
A LOCAL Euro MP has called on ministers to act now and help boost access to life-saving organ transplants. Yorkshire and Humber Labour MEP Linda McAvan has

Wyeth Targeted "High Risk" Black Patients for Off-Label Kidney Drug Sales … – BNET

Wyeth Targeted "High Risk" Black Patients for Off-Label Kidney Drug Sales
BNET
Mr. Wasserman's representations directly contradict the FDA's Black Box warning, which states that “sirolimus in combination with cyclosporine or tacrolimus

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Spanish Doctors Train Kenyan Counterparts in Kidney Transplant Surgery – Voice of America

Spanish Doctors Train Kenyan Counterparts in Kidney Transplant Surgery
Voice of America
In Kenya, kidney failure has skyrocketed over the past five years following a dramatic rise in diabetes, hypertension and other ailments.

New Bone Marrow Transplant Technique Allows for Less than Perfect Match – IndyPosted (blog)


IndyPosted (blog)
New Bone Marrow Transplant Technique Allows for Less than Perfect Match
IndyPosted (blog)
The second is that immune cells from the donor can end up attacking the recipient, a phenomenon called “graft-versus-host disease,� of GVHD.
Kinder, Gentler Bone Marrow TransplantsFamily Research Council (blog)
'True warrior' an inspiration for marrow registration: ministerWinnipeg Free Press
Glenwood City woman donates bone marrow to save strangerBarron News Shield
TopNews United Kingdom (blog) -Canada.com
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Transplant gives new shot at life – Green Valley News

Transplant gives new shot at life
Green Valley News
Following complex 11-hour transplant surgery, and then recovery, her doctors at UMC say she is doing very well. Her gray pallor is gone and there are no

Ridgeley man donating kidney to stepson – Cumberland Times-News

Ridgeley man donating kidney to stepson
Cumberland Times-News
Lance Davis isn't feeling anxious about undergoing kidney transplant surgery Tuesday. For one thing, he's been through it before. A diabetic since he was 11

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Singapore emerging as Asia’s top liver transplant center – healthnews18


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Singapore emerging as Asia's top liver transplant center
healthnews18
The number of patients coming to Singapore for liver transplant surgery has significantly improved over these two years. Singapore is known for its 'live

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Heart And Liver Transplant Recipients At High Risk Of Lung Cancer – Medical News Today

Heart And Liver Transplant Recipients At High Risk Of Lung Cancer
Medical News Today
"We observed that 10 lung cancers occurred after kidney transplantation (0.5%), 8 after liver transplantation (1.3%) and 6 after heart transplantation

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Newer Heart Surgery for Infants Offers First-year Survival Benefit Over … – Kansas City infoZine

Newer Heart Surgery for Infants Offers First-year Survival Benefit Over
Kansas City infoZine
Heart transplantation may be required for children with single ventricles when surgery and other treatments fail. In the SVR trial, participants were

Retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephroureterectomy with bladder cuff excision for … – UroToday

Retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephroureterectomy with bladder cuff excision for
UroToday
Retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy was performed first and followed by cystoscopic excision of ipsilateral ureteral orifice with bladder cuff.