New-Wave Materials Help Create Mini Functional Kidneys
We may be one step closer to developing artificial kidneys as a replacement for kidney donor transplants. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - July 26, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & Source Type: news
Doctor Donates Kidney to Patient
(MedPage Today) -- It's rare that a transplant nephrologist becomes a kidney donor -- but that's exactly what happened to Aji Djamali, MD, last month.
Not long into his journey to becoming a nephrologist and surgeon, Djamali knew he wanted to... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - July 22, 2022 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Brothers mark 40th transplant anniversary
Pete Suby thought he had the flu. He'd been exhausted for a while and had recently vomited at work. An appointment at Mayo Clinic would reveal a much more serious reason for his symptoms: Pete's kidneys were failing. He was just 25 years old. "They couldn't believe I was standing up," says Pete, who went straight to the ICU. It was February 1982. The news wasn't a complete surprise though. When Pete was in middle… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - July 21, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy Seen Feasible After Kidney Transplant
(MedPage Today) -- Continuing regular immunosuppression does not appear to diminish the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in kidney transplant recipients with incurable, locally advanced cancer or defined metastatic solid tumors, according... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - July 14, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
What to Know About High Cholesterol in Kids
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., but it’s not something we usually associate with kids. In many cases, however, the seeds of heart attacks and strokes may be sown in childhood.
That’s because high or abnormal cholesterol levels, which are a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke, are not uncommon in kids. “People may feel that cholesterol is mostly an adult issue, which is not correct,” says Dr. Nivedita Patni, a pediatric endocrinologist at Children’s Health in Dallas and an assistant professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
About 1 in 5 child...
Source: TIME: Health - July 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sandeep Ravindran Tags: Uncategorized freelance healthscienceclimate heart health Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: Bone marrow donor diversity is needed
Bone marrow transplants are procedures that infuse healthy blood stem cells into your body to replace damaged or diseased bone marrow. Just like people in need of solid organ transplants, such as hearts or kidneys, people in need of a bone marrow transplant have to find a matching donor. Dr. Ernesto Ayala, a Mayo Clinic hematologist and oncologist, says bone marrow donations from people of all races and ethnicities are essential in order to help… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - July 13, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Pig Organ Transplants Inch Closer With Testing in Brain-Dead Patients
New York researchers transplanted pig hearts into two brain-dead people over the last month, the latest in a string of developments in the long quest to one day save human lives with animal organs.
The experiments announced Tuesday come after a historic but failed attempt earlier this year to use a pig’s heart to save a dying Maryland man — sort of a rehearsal before scientists try again in the living.
Among the lessons: Practice with the deceased is important.
“We learned so much from the first one that the second one is much better,” said Dr. Nader Moazami, who led the operations at NYU Langone He...
Source: TIME: Science - July 12, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Lauran Neergaard / AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate medicine wire Source Type: news
Racial Disparities ID'd in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 -- Black and Hispanic patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) reach kidney failure earlier than White patients and are less likely to receive a kidney transplant preemptively and after initiating... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 12, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How a man I never met saved my life
My CNN colleague Richard Roth recently needed a kidney transplant -- his second in nearly 25 years. The email announcing he'd gotten the organ and was so grateful for his donor made me smile and cry a little. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - July 4, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cystatin C Kidney Functional Reserve Predicts CKD Outcomes Cystatin C Kidney Functional Reserve Predicts CKD Outcomes
What could cystatin c kidney functional reserve measurements tell us about patient outcomes in CKD?Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 4, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Journal Article Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Q & amp;A podcast: How a pancreas transplant can cure diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic condition that impairs the body's ability to regulate blood sugar due to inadequate insulin production. Producing insulin is a function of the pancreas — a long, flat gland that sits behind the stomach in the upper abdomen. People with diabetes can experience significant complications from the disease, including heart disease, chronic kidney disease, nerve damage and vision loss. While advances have been made in diabetes treatments, many people w ith diabetes struggle… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - July 1, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Treatment increases the chances of a successful kidney transplant
A new treatment that increases the chance of a successful kidney transplant has been recommended by NICE in final draft guidance. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - June 21, 2022 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Breakthrough kidney transplant operation can prevent the need for immunosuppressant drugs
Stanford doctors performed a breakthrough kidney transplant on a pair of Alabama siblings that makes it so they do not need to use immunosuppressants. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Technique Eliminates Need for Prolonged Immunosuppression in Kidney Transplants Technique Eliminates Need for Prolonged Immunosuppression in Kidney Transplants
Doctors at Stanford University School of Medicine in California say they have developed a way to transplant kidneys without the need for long-term immunosuppression.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Transplantation News Source Type: news
Doctors Transplant Kidneys to Children Without Need for Immune-Suppressing Drugs
Title: Doctors Transplant Kidneys to Children Without Need for Immune-Suppressing DrugsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/16/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/16/2022 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Digestion General)
Source: MedicineNet Digestion General - June 16, 2022 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
