Man, 57, who had a heart transplant as a teen breaks world record to become longest-surviving recipient
Bert Janssen, from the Netherlands, was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy aged just 17, which makes it difficult for the heart to pump blood around the body. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Why I Stopped Being A “Good” Cancer Patient
“You are allergic to your oral chemotherapy,” explains my oncology team at a recent appointment. “We are going to try a newer drug,” I am on my fourth attempt to find an oral treatment suitable for both my body and my cancer, so that I can maintain a remission that took three years and a stem cell transplant to achieve. “We want to get ahead of it before it gets ahead of us.” In my headphones, Weezer achingly croons, “Say it ain’t so, your drug is a heartbreaker.” [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Since being diagnosed with phase three chronic myeloid leu...
Source: TIME: Health - February 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Walela Nehanda Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news

Promising Method to Assess Extended Criteria Hearts Promising Method to Assess Extended Criteria Hearts
An extracorporeal perfusion system for extended criteria donor hearts had excellent post-transplant outcomes and could be an alternative to traditional cold storage.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news

Rwanda: Fourteen Patients Have Received Kidney Transplants in Rwanda - Nsanzimana
[New Times] Fourteen people received kidney transplants, while heart surgery was performed on 175 others at Kigali-based King Faisal Hospital in 2023, according to Health Minister, Sabin Nsanzimana. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 25, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Rwanda Source Type: news

How AI can flag critical imaging results for priority review and treatments
This study demonstrates the ability of an FDA-cleared artificial intelligence (AI) decision support tool (e-ASPECTS) to improve the performance of US physicians when deriving the ASPECTS," according to the authors. The study called attention to the impact of AI software on physician performance in ASPECTS scoring. Agreement with a reference standard (expert consensus read with reference to follow-up imaging) was evaluated with and without software support.While the study was supported by Brainomix and had several limitations, consistent improvement was seen in both neurology and neuroradiology-qualified doctors, after a su...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 24, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Improving radiology efficiency and outcomes Source Type: news

AI Tool Predicts PCI Outcomes; Shellfish Blood Clotter; Persuasive CAC Scan Images
(MedPage Today) -- Researchers developed the BMC2 artificial intelligence-based models for predicting death and complications after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). (European Heart Journal) A single bolus of recombinant staphylokinase... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 24, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

News at a glance: ‘Lobster eye’ space telescope, psychiatrists’ conflicts, and elusive common sense
ASTRONOMY ‘Lobster eye’ in space promises new look at x-rays China last week launched an x-ray observatory with an unusual telescope inspired by the structure of lobster eyes to gather new data on gamma ray bursts, supernovae, and stars being swallowed by black holes. The Einstein Probe (illustration above)—a joint project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the European Space Agency, and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics—will also capture x-rays from violent events that generate gravitational waves, such as two neutron stars colliding. The telescope features a survey inst...
Source: ScienceNOW - January 18, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Dudesy, a podcast generated by AI and curated by humans, releases an hour-long comedy special featuring an AI recreation of George Carlin, who died in 2008
An artificial intelligence-driven comedy special has attempted to resurrect comedy genius George Carlin‘s signature humor, 15 years after he died in 2008 of heart failure. Following the special’s release, the comedian’s daughter responded and said that “No machine will ever replace his genius.”…#georgecarlins #georgecarlin #chadkultgen #willsasso #dudesyai #madtv #kultgen #businessintelligence #nda #carlin (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Tufts hits transplant record as competition intensifies
Tufts Medical Center is a smaller hospital than its neighbors, but its focus on heart transplant surgeries has helped it stay competitive. It just broke the New England record for transplants. Here's what that means. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 10, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Cassie McGrath Source Type: news

Mayo Clinic study says AI can detect heart disease in pregnant women
The Mayo Clinic in Florida is saying a digital stethoscope enabled by Artificial Intelligence can detect pregnancy-related heart disease. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - January 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sir Roy Calne obituary
Pioneering British surgeon who carried out the world ’s first liver, heart and lung transplantIn the 1960s Roy Calne, professor of surgery at Cambridge University, was gripped by the emerging new science of transplantation to help those with kidney and liver failure.Calne, who has died aged 93, became Britain ’s premier transplant surgeon and researcher, achieving a number of firsts, including the first liver transplant in Europe in 1968, the world’s first liver, heart and lung transplant in 1986 (with John Wallwork) and the world’s first successful “organ cluster” transplant (stomach, intestin e, pancreas, liv...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 8, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Penny Warren Tags: Medical research Science Organ donation Doctors Health University of Cambridge Boston London NHS Source Type: news

Newborn Recipient of Partial Heart Transplant Doing Well Newborn Recipient of Partial Heart Transplant Doing Well
The world ' s first transplantation of aortic and pulmonary valves into a neonate delivered a good outcome, and the valves showed continued adaptive growth and function.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - January 5, 2024 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news

AI-Driven Study Redefines Right Heart Health Assessment With Novel Predictive Model
In a milestone study, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the assessment of the heart's right ventricle, which sends blood to the lungs. Conducted by a team using AI-enabled electrocardiogram... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 4, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: SVY Source Type: news

Artificial heart company Bivacor names Jim Dillon new CEO
Jim Dillon has been named CEO of Bivacor, which is developing a product called the Total Artificial Heart. Click through to the story to learn more about the company's latest accomplishments. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 3, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Olivia Pulsinelli Source Type: news

The UCLA Research Park: Immunology and immunotherapy
With the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy at UCLA as an anchor tenant at theUCLA Research Park on the site of the former Westside Pavilion shopping mall, UCLA is poised to enter a new era of biomedical breakthroughs.A first-of-its kind effort in California, the nonprofit public-private partnership will leverage UCLA ’s existing strengths in clinical and biomedical scientific research across a range of disciplines. Top-flight scientists from UCLA and around the world will pursue new tools, treatments and vaccines to address a variety of pressing health challenges, including cancer, infectious diseases...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - January 3, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news