Heart-Liver Surgery May Help Patients Excluded from Transplant List
Patients with both heart and liver diseases are usually turned away from organ transplant lists. A new dual procedure aims to give them another chance. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Racism Affects Access to Live Donor Kidney Transplant Racism Affects Access to Live Donor Kidney Transplant
Racial and ethnic segregation in residential neighborhoods and in those in which transplant centers are located were associated with decreased access to LDKT.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Clinical Summary Source Type: news
Study finds promising biomarker for rejection after organ transplant
Testing for acute cellular rejection currently requires surgical biopsy. A Yale team has identified a potential way to diagnose it with a simple blood draw. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 17, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Study finds promising biomarker for detecting transplant rejection
Testing for acute cellular rejection currently requires surgical biopsy. A Yale team has identified a potential way to diagnose it with a simple blood draw. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 17, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Doc Manipulated Organ Database? Hospital Board Targeted; Biotech Security Threat?
(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.
Texas Surgeon Accused of Making Transplant Patients Ineligible for Care
Officials are investigating... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 17, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
FDA Advisors' COIs; Ongoing Ukraine Heart Transplants; N.J. Cardiologist's $2M Fraud
(MedPage Today) -- It turns out the FDA advisory committee charged with reviewing the TriClip G4 had multiple financial ties to Abbott, the device manufacturer, creating a question of potential conflicts of interest (COI). (KFF Health News)
FDA... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 16, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Proposed Edmonton recovery centre aims to give lung transplant patients financial breathing room
There are only four places to get a lung transplant in Canada and the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton is one of them — but patients are responsible for finding their own accommodation. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Edmonton Source Type: news
[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche ’s Columvi meets primary endpoint of overall survival in people with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in Phase III STARGLO study
Columvi, in combination with chemotherapy, demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in overall survival for people with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphomaData from the STARGLO study will be submitted to health authorities and presented at an upcoming medical meetingBasel, 15 April 2024 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the Phase III STARGLO study met its primary endpoint of overall survival. The study demonstrated that people with relapsed or refractory (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), who have received at least one prior line of therapy and are not candidates fo...
Source: Roche Investor Update - April 15, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche ’s Columvi meets primary endpoint of overall survival in people with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in Phase III STARGLO study
Columvi, in combination with chemotherapy, demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in overall survival for people with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphomaData from the STARGLO study will be submitted to health authorities and presented at an upcoming medical meetingBasel, 15 April 2024 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the Phase III STARGLO study met its primary endpoint of overall survival. The study demonstrated that people with relapsed or refractory (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), who have received at least one prior line of therapy and are not candidates fo...
Source: Roche Media News - April 15, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: Reasons to be a living kidney donor
Nearly 90,000 people in the U.S. are on the waiting list for kidney transplant, according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Finding a donor kidney that is compatible and matches the right blood and tissue types can be the biggest challenge, especially when the donor pool isn't as large as the number of people who need a transplant. Dr. Naim Issa, a Mayo Clinic transplant nephrologist, says there are some common myths regarding living… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 15, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
The astonishing effect of stem cell implants - as groundbreaking treatment 'transforms' life for those with brain damage and MS
Stem cell transplants - in which 'blank, shape-shifting' cells are implanted to miraculously repair injured tissue - are the new frontier of regenerative medicine. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Houston hospital says doctor's changes to a database made patients ineligible for liver transplants
A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
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Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - April 12, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news
Houston hospital halts liver and kidney transplants after learning a doctor manipulated some records
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston has halted its liver transplant and kidney transplant programs (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Share Your Story About the Organ Transplant System
We want to hear from doctors, nurses, technicians, patients and others with experience in the system. Tell us your experiences below. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Brian M. Rosenthal and Jessica Silver-Greenberg Tags: internal-reader-callout Doctors Health Care Workers Transplants Source Type: news
