A Free & Accessible Vaccine is Just out of Reach for Palestinians
Young Palestinians drive their boat along the coast near the Gaza Sea port, selling boat rides as a way to earn a living. Credit: Laila Barhoum/ Oxfam By Laila BarhoumGAZA, Apr 29 2021 (IPS) We were able to keep the coronavirus at bay for five months in Gaza, the densely populated Palestinian strip of land surrounded by Israel that I call home. But the Coronavirus doesn’t respect walls or artificial borders. While preparations were made for the pandemic to inevitably breach a blockade so few Palestinians can, we waited for it to come for us. And it did. In one of the most sealed off places in the world, we knew the viru...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Laila Barhoum Tags: Aid Development & Aid Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news

AI detects ARDS equal to experts
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm has been trained to achieve exper...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Study finds chest x-ray 'through glass' valuable during COVID-19 Daily chest x-rays not needed in COVID-19 patients IBM releases chest x-ray dataset for algorithm training Curbing daily use of chest x-ray in ICU cuts major costs AI detects more malignant lung nodules on x-rays (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 23, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Management of Lung Transplantation in the COVID-19 Era Management of Lung Transplantation in the COVID-19 Era
A survey of transplant centers provides insight into the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on lung transplant programs and transplant recipients.American Journal of Transplantation (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - April 21, 2021 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Transplantation Journal Article Source Type: news

AI can help predict mortality from metastatic breast cancer
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can expertly detect metastatic lun...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: PET aids in treatment of metastatic breast cancer patients Single-session SBRT speeds treatment of lung metastases PET/MRI ups lesion detection by 15% for some cancers FES-PET enhances treatment for metastatic breast cancer (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 20, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Lunit highlights Karolinska AI studies
Lunit is claiming that its artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm showed grea...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Lunit partners with Philips on chest AI software Lunit, Infinitt partner on Indonesian distribution deal Lunit touts study for COVID-19 imaging Lunit highlights AI lung cancer detection research Lunit touts AI mammography studies (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 16, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Mayo Clinic Q and A: How lung restoration improves organ availability
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I was reading about lung restoration and innovation in the field of lung transplantation. Can you share more about this? ANSWER: Over the past several years, devices outside the body have been used to evaluate human lungs donated for organ transplant before the lungs are transplanted. In the future, lung restoration may increasingly be [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 16, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Scientists Report Creating the First Embryo With Human and Non-Human Primate Cells
In a ground-breaking experiment, researchers have successfully created the first human-monkey chimera. The work, published in the journal Cell, describes the the first embryo containing both human and monkey cells that was cultured for 20 days. Led by Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, the study represents the culmination of decades of work in understanding early embryo development in non-human species, which Belmonte hopes will now apply to humans. But it is bound to raise serious ethical questions about the implications of combining human cells with those from a different species (even if it is a closely related one), and the...
Source: TIME: Health - April 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

First Living Donor Transplant of Lung Tissue to COVID - 19 Patient Announced
Female recipient received lung tissue donated by her husband and son (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - April 10, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Infections, Pulmonology, Surgery, Institutional, Source Type: news

First Living Donor Transplant of Lung Tissue to COVID-19 Patient Announced
FRIDAY, April 9, 2021 -- The world ' s first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a COVID-19 patient with severe lung damage was announced Thursday by doctors in Japan. In the 11-hour operation at Kyoto University on Wednesday, the female... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 9, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Transplant Saves Selected Patients With Irreversible COVID-19 Lung Disease Transplant Saves Selected Patients With Irreversible COVID-19 Lung Disease
Double lung transplants are the only known way to save the lives of people with acute respiratory distress syndrome and irreversible lung damage from COVID-19, a new study shows.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - April 9, 2021 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

COVID-19 Patient Receives Lung Transplant From Living Donors
TOKYO — Doctors in Japan announced Thursday they have successfully performed the world’s first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a patient with severe lung damage from COVID-19. The recipient, identified only as a woman from Japan’s western region of Kansai, is recovering after the nearly 11-hour operation on Wednesday, Kyoto University Hospital said in a statement. It said her husband and son, who donated parts of their lungs, are also in stable condition. The university said it was the world’s first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a person with COVID-19 lung damage. T...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: MARI YAMAGUCHI / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 overnight wire Source Type: news

Moderna vaccine antibodies last at least 6 months; lung transplant can save some COVID-19 survivors
​​Earlier this month, Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SE said their vaccine using similar messenger RNA (mRNA) technology remained highly effective for at least six months. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - April 9, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

COVID-19 patient receives lung transplant from living donors
Doctors in Japan say they have successfully performed the world’s first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a patient with severe lung damage from COVID-19 (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Canada's Hospitals Deploy Artificial Lungs, Scramble for Staff as COVID-19 Hits Younger Patients Canada's Hospitals Deploy Artificial Lungs, Scramble for Staff as COVID-19 Hits Younger Patients
Younger Canadians are bearing the brunt of the nation ' s latest COVID-19 surge, creating growing demand for artificial lungs and a struggle to maintain staffing in critical care units as hospitals make last-ditch efforts to save patients.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - April 7, 2021 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

Imbio signs Heart&Lung Health in U.K.
Artificial intelligence software developer Imbio has signed a deal with U.K...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Imbio nets FDA nod for RV/LV Analysis AI algorithm Aidoc and Imbio team up on AI for pulmonary embolism Siemens adds Imbio AI apps to syngo.via platform Imbio teams up with Genentech for AI in lung disease Imbio adds analysis software to Nuance AI marketplace (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 6, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news