Debate Arises Over Ovarian Tissue Transplants to Menopause Debate Arises Over Ovarian Tissue Transplants to Menopause
Researchers say a treatment used for cancer patients can delay the onset of menopause significantly for healthy women, but others in the field question the safety and ethics of the procedure.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - March 18, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health Source Type: news

ED Visit-Related Mortality Remains Low Post Heart Transplant ED Visit-Related Mortality Remains Low Post Heart Transplant
A new study showed that mortality rates associated with ED visits remained low in heart transplant recipients.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Chinese Scientists Implant First Pig Liver Into Brain-Dead Human
Who says nothing interesting ever happens in the world anymore? This week, in a "first of its kind" operation, a brain-dead human subject was implanted with the world's first gene-edited pig liver transplant, according to SCMP. In…#scmp (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pharma Telehealth for Weight Loss Drugs: Ethicist Pharma Telehealth for Weight Loss Drugs: Ethicist
Art Caplan discusses the ethics of pharma companies setting up their own telehealth programs for new obesity drugs.Medscape Business of Medicine (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Commentary Source Type: news

Race, Ethnicity Plays Role in Liver Transplant Survival
THURSDAY, March 14, 2024 -- Researchers hope findings from a new study of liver transplant patients will lead to improved interventions for those from racial and ethnic minority groups. The study— led by researchers at UT Southwestern... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 14, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Weight-Loss Surgery Could Be Lifesaver for Folks Needing New Kidneys
WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2024 -- Weight-loss surgery may help patients struggling with obesity and kidney failure become eligible for a lifesaving transplant, researchers report.Obesity is a key reason why some kidney patients are turned down for a... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 13, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Metabolic, Bariatric Surgery Provides Pathway to Transplant in ESRD
TUESDAY, March 12, 2024 -- Referral of obese end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients to metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) could offer a pathway to transplant, according to a study published online March 12 in the Journal of the American College... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 12, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Memorial's Kidney Transplant Program Nationally Ranked by the Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients
Memorial Transplant Institute maintained its national ranking at number six for life-saving kidney transplants among 256 programs by The Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (SRTR). Memorial's Kidney Transplant Program earned the number one spot in the Miami Metro area and ranked... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 6, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

COVID-19 Is a Very Weird Virus COVID-19 Is a Very Weird Virus
It appears that SARS-CoV-2 isn ' t just another nasty respiratory virus, but one that affects the body in ways we haven ' t seen before.Medscape (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - March 4, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news

Guy Alexandre, Transplant Surgeon Who Redefined Death, Dies at 89
His willingness to remove kidneys from brain-dead patients increased the organs ’ viability while challenging the line between living and dead. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Clay Risen Tags: Alexandre, Guy (1934-2024) Deaths (Obituaries) Surgery and Surgeons Transplants Kidneys Life-Sustaining Support Systems, Withdrawal Of Murray, Joseph E (1919-2012) Belgium Source Type: news

Mayo Clinic Minute: Expanding the living kidney donor pool to those with Type 2 diabetes
With more than 90,000 people in the U.S. awaiting kidney transplants, the demand exceeds the available supply β€” emphasizing the critical importance of identifying safe ways to broaden the kidney donor pool. Dr. Naim Issa, a Mayo Clinic transplant nephrologist, says, until recently, patients with Type 2 diabetes have been ruled out as potential living kidney donors. Now, following strict criteria, some patients may be eligible to help close the gap on this ever-growing need for living kidney donors. … (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 29, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Type 2 diabetes no longer a barrier to becoming a living kidney donor
ROCHESTER, Minn. β€” People who are overall healthy and living with well-controlled Type 2 diabetes can donate a kidney, thanks to a change in national policy. Naim Issa, M.D. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network updated its living donor criteria. It makes some people with Type 2 diabetes eligible to do nate a kidney. This marks a "significant shift" in criteria for living kidney donors, says Naim Issa, M.D., Mayo Clinic transplant nephrologist. "This policy change… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 29, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Multiple Myeloma: What Treatments Work Best? Multiple Myeloma: What Treatments Work Best?
The longest overall survival of nearly 8-10 years was with autologous stem cell transplantation.Medscape News UK (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 26, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news

NBA Champion, 'Survivor' Contestant Receives Heart Transplant
(MedPage Today) -- NBA champion and "Survivor" contestant Scot Pollard is "awake and feeling great" a day after a heart transplant, his wife said Saturday on social media. "Scot has a new heart!" Dawn Pollard posted Friday night on X, formerly... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - February 23, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

The Ghost Research Haunting Nordic Medical Trials The Ghost Research Haunting Nordic Medical Trials
The results of hundreds of clinical trials in Nordic countries have never been made public. Experts say it ' s a global problem.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 22, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Business of Medicine Source Type: news