Monthly Archives: June 2010

Insurance regulations leave bone marrow transplant patients without local options – Pioneer Press

Insurance regulations leave bone marrow transplant patients without local options
Pioneer Press
By now, Staci Reimann was supposed to be finished with a bone marrow transplant to treat her leukemia and,
400 turn out for bone marrow drivesThe Decatur Daily (subscription)

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Finding bone marrow for multi-racial children – Public Radio International PRI

Finding bone marrow for multi-racial children
Public Radio International PRI
Children of multi-racial marriages can have a difficult time finding bone marrow for cancer treatment. One group is trying to make it easier.

Reporting system to better regulate organ transplants – AsiaOne

Reporting system to better regulate organ transplants
AsiaOne
BEIJING, CHINA – Health authorities on Tuesday required medical centers to report each case of organ transplant within 72 hours of the operation,

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Ovary transplants could lengthen a woman’s life as well as restore her fertility – Daily Mail


Daily Mail

New pain-free way to test for bone marrow donors – Independent

New pain-free way to test for bone marrow donors
Independent
Britain's leading leukaemia charity has invented a painless new way to test whether someone is a match for a bone marrow transplant.

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Doctors perform liver transplant on smallest patient – Daily Nation


Daily Nation
Doctors perform liver transplant on smallest patient
Daily Nation
The life-saving transplant was done on a five-month-old baby weighing 1.8 kilogrammes after she was diagnosed with advanced

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Transplant patient gets to heart of smoking hearing – The Dominion Post


Earthtimes
Transplant patient gets to heart of smoking hearing
The Dominion Post
Heart transplant recipient Mohi Waihi delivered a graphic message to the tobacco industry and Parliament – his own diseased heart in a plastic bag.
MPs' panel gets to heart of smokingNew Zealand Herald
Hone's heart-to-heart with tobacco executives3News
Ex-smoker takes diseased heart to parliamentEarthtimes
Stuff.co.nz
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Foetal transplants for Parkinson’s patients brought closer to reality – Independent


PhysOrg.com
Foetal transplants for Parkinson's patients brought closer to reality
Independent
Controversial tissue transplants from aborted foetuses to people suffering from Parkinson's disease could soon begin again
Rogue cells explain Parkinson's transplant problem: studyReuters
Parkinson's Transplant Mystery Solved, Researchers SayBusinessWeek
Parkinson's trials effects boostThe Press Association
Daily Mail -MedPage Today
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Brookfield woman goes from death sentence to fair fight – Suburban Life Publications

Brookfield woman goes from death sentence to fair fight
Suburban Life Publications
From the transplant, Spirios developed graft-versus-host disease, which causes her stomach to bleed. She has to go to the hospital every few months for

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Sign up for organ donation to save more lives – Gresham Outlook

Sign up for organ donation to save more lives
Gresham Outlook
Lori Anderson of Gresham is just one of 80000 people waiting for a kidney donor, according to the National Kidney Foundation. Her story, reported in The

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