Skyrocketing Demand for Liver Transplant Among Older Americans Skyrocketing Demand for Liver Transplant Among Older Americans
Over the past two decades, the need for liver transplant in older adults has risen sharply, due to rising rates of NASH, according to new research.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - November 17, 2021 Category: Surgery Tags: Transplantation News Source Type: news
Alcoholic Hepatitis Admissions of Young Adults Spike in Pandemic Alcoholic Hepatitis Admissions of Young Adults Spike in Pandemic
The percentage of all adults with alcoholic hepatitis who were evaluated for liver transplant also rose more than twofold compared with recent prepandemic years.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - November 15, 2021 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
She Died With Long Covid. Should Her Organs Have Been Donated?
Heidi Ferrer ’s family feared her organs were unsafe. The case points to gaps in protocols for organ donation amid the pandemic. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Transplants Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Organ Donation Kidneys Liver Hospitals Lungs Source Type: news
Janssen to Present the Strength and Promise of its Hematologic Malignancies Portfolio and Pipeline at ASH 2021
RARITAN, N.J., November 4, 2021 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today that more than 45 company-sponsored abstracts, including 11 oral presentations, plus more than 35 investigator-initiated studies will be featured at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition. ASH is taking place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta and virtually from December 11-14, 2021.“We are committed to advancing the science and treatment of hematologic malignancies and look forward to presenting the latest research from our robust portfolio and pipeline during ASH...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - November 5, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
Correcting the Sex Disparity in MELD-na Correcting the Sex Disparity in MELD-na
Access to liver transplantation differs between male and female patients. Could corrections to the MELD-Na score help address this issue?American Journal of Transplantation (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 4, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Transplantation Journal Article Source Type: news
Liver Transplants for Alcoholic Hepatitis Up During COVID - 19 Pandemic
Disproportionate increase in waiting - list registrations, liver transplants for alcoholic hepatitis associated with increasing alcohol sales (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - November 3, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Gastroenterology, Psychiatry, Surgery, Journal, Source Type: news
Kieron Dyer health: Football star in desperate need of liver transplant - symptoms to spot
KIERON DYER, best known as the former England midfielder, has announced that he will require a liver transplant due to his long-term medical condition. What health concerns does the player suffer from and what are the symptoms? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 31, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Radiation Underused as'Bridge' to Transplant in Liver Cancer Radiation Underused as'Bridge' to Transplant in Liver Cancer
External-beam radiotherapy is an effective bridging therapy for patients with liver cancer who are awaiting transplant, but it is rarely used compared to other liver-directed therapies.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Liver Transplants Soar as Some Americans Drink Their Way Through the Pandemic
Title: Liver Transplants Soar as Some Americans Drink Their Way Through the PandemicCategory: Health NewsCreated: 10/27/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 10/27/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Digestion General)
Source: MedicineNet Digestion General - October 27, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
More patients have needed LIVER transplants amid rise in alcohol consumption during COVID pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the US saw a 60% increase in people requiring a liver transplant for a disease caused by heavy drinking, University of Michigan researchers found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 26, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What's the Wait Time for an Alcoholic Liver Disease Transplant? What's the Wait Time for an Alcoholic Liver Disease Transplant?
Many hospitals require people with alcohol-related liver disease to complete a period of sobriety before they can be added to the waiting list for a liver. But this thinking may be changing.Kaiser Health News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - October 12, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Miromatrix hits clinical milestone on path to scale organ transplants
Miromatrix Medical Inc. marked a major milestone this month as it completed the first ever implant of a bioengineered liver into a large animal.
The Eden Prairie-based biotech company engineers whole organs through a process known as decellurization and recellurization. Put simply, the cells are rinsed out of a pig liver or kidney. Then, human cells are added into the blank organ in a bioreactor.
The transplant was part of a preclinical study with researchers at Mayo Clinic to assess the functionality… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - October 12, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Carter Jones Source Type: news
Miromatrix hits clinical milestone on path to scale organ transplants
Miromatrix Medical Inc. marked a major milestone this month as it completed the first ever implant of a bioengineered liver into a large animal.
The Eden Prairie-based biotech company engineers whole organs through a process known as decellurization and recellurization. Put simply, the cells are rinsed out of a pig liver or kidney. Then, human cells are added into the blank organ in a bioreactor.
The transplant was part of a preclinical study with researchers at Mayo Clinic to assess the functionality… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - October 12, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Carter Jones Source Type: news
Tunisia: 'Number of Organ Donations Is Low Compared to Needs in Tunisia - CNPTO
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Director of the National Center for the Promotion of Organ Transplantation (French: CNPTO) Taieb Ben Abdallah said Thursday that the number of organ donations is low compared to demand in Tunisia, stating that the needs are estimated annually at 200 liver transplants, 50 heart transplants and 20 lung transplants. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 8, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
TransMedics Receives FDA Approval for its OCS Liver System for Preservation and Assessment of Donor Livers for Transplantation
ANDOVER, Mass., Sept. 29, 2021 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- TransMedics Group, Inc. ("TransMedics") (Nasdaq: TMDX), a medical technology company that is transforming organ transplant therapy for patients with end-stage lung, hear... Devices, FDA TransMedics Group, OCS Liver System, portable extracorporeal (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - September 29, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
