Insights & Outcomes: Transplant access, atmospheric rivers, and mind states
Yale researchers hunt for old atmospheric rivers, analyze access to liver transplants, and look at key proteins in Parkinson ’s disease and the nuclear envelope. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - December 5, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
No Benefit of Levothyroxine in Heart Donors No Benefit of Levothyroxine in Heart Donors
New data challenge the common practice of levothyroxine administration in potential heart donors after brain death to preserve heart function and make more hearts available for transplantation.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - December 4, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
What Pigs and Squirrels Can Teach Us About Managing Pain
Over the past several decades, there have been many supporting studies of the health-promoting effects of an optimistic personality. Much research has been done on the connection between a high level of optimism and good health, described well in clinical psychologists Burel R. Goodin and Hailey W. Bulls’ 2014 research paper, appropriately titled, “Optimism and the Experience of Pain: Benefits of Seeing the Glass as Half Full.” The authors state that optimism “is linked to both enhanced physiological recovery and psychosocial adjustment to coronary artery bypass surgery, bone marrow transplant, post...
Source: TIME: Health - December 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dr. David B. Agus Tags: Uncategorized Books freelance Source Type: news
Infographic: Doctors Grade Their EHR Systems Infographic: Doctors Grade Their EHR Systems
Physicians reveal how well they think their employer ' s electronic health record (EHR) systems are or aren ' t delivering on certain key features.Medscape (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - December 1, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
Two-Week Prophylaxis May Prevent Hep C After Kidney Transplant
(MedPage Today) -- Short-term prophylaxis with direct-acting antivirals was fully effective at protecting kidney transplant recipients when their donors had hepatitis C, a proof-of-concept study showed.
In the small, uncontrolled trial, a 2-week... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - December 1, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Tool Identifies Alcohol Relapse Risk After Liver Transplant Tool Identifies Alcohol Relapse Risk After Liver Transplant
A novel prognostic tool based on social determinants effectively predicted increased risk of alcohol use relapse in adults who underwent liver transplants for alcoholic liver disease.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - December 1, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Atrium Health's Celebration of Life event brings heart patients, families and caregivers together
Witness the emotional reunions of heart transplant and LVAD patients with their dedicated care teams. Dr. Eric Skipper captures the essence of the event saying, “To see everybody out today with their friends and family, and the gratitude felt in the room is incredibly inspiring. Days like this are why I chose medicine.”
At Sanger Heart& Vascular Institute, we're not just a team – we're a family. Dive into this video to see how organ donation and our cutting-edge cardiac treatments are changing… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - December 1, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Atrium Health Source Type: news
Two-Week DAA Prophylaxis Prevents Hep C After Kidney Transplant
TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- Two-week direct-acting antiviral (DAA) prophylaxis prevents hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in individuals without HCV viremia who received kidney transplant (KT) from donors with HCV viremia (HCV D+/R−), according... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
EXCLUSIVE: Ill, thin and broken, ex-England footballer Kieron Dyer, 44, was dying with a rare liver disease just 11 weeks ago. Now, he speaks for the first time after a 'miracle' transplant gave him a second shot at life
OLIVER HOLT: Kieron Dyer's version of A Christmas Carol has seen him get a second shot at life alongside wife, Holly, following a life-saving liver transplant. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
KC founder ’s health care nonprofit aims to save lives — and his own
Tristan Mace's experience receiving an emergency heart transplant altered his life permanently and put him on a path to founding a tech-driven nonprofit with his wife, Jordan. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 22, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Grace Mayer Source Type: news
Alternative Antirejection Regimen in Pediatric Heart Transplant Alternative Antirejection Regimen in Pediatric Heart Transplant
Results of the head-to-head TEAMMATE trial show the combination of everolimus and low-dose tacrolimus can be considered an alternative to MMF plus tacrolimus in pediatric heart transplant.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
She needed a kidney donor. She found one in the comments of her TikTok.
University of Oklahoma student Katie Hallum needed a kidney transplant. After she posted on TikTok, Savannah Stallbaumer offered her organ. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kyle Melnick Source Type: news
UK Authorizes Gene Therapy for Blood Disorders in World First UK Authorizes Gene Therapy for Blood Disorders in World First
Britain has authorized a gene therapy that aims to cure sickle-cell disease and another type of inherited blood disorder for patients aged 12 and over, the country ' s medical regulator said.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - November 18, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
College student receives a life-saving transplant after a stranger offers her kidney in the comments of a TikTok video
Katie Hallum, an Oklahoma college student, received a kidney transplant this summer for her rare disorder after donor Savannah Stallbaumer reached out in her TikTok comments. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Roche launches automated serology hepatitis E virus tests, including a test to detect acute HEV infections, recommended in the new WHO 2023 Essential Diagnostics List
It is estimated that one third of the global population could be at risk for infection with Hepatitis E virus.1The new tests allow clinicians to diagnose acute and chronic infections amongst patients presenting with or without signs of the illness as recommended by the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL).2The tests complete Roche ’s panel used for the differential diagnosis of acute viral hepatitis caused by the hepatitis A, B, C and E viruses.Basel, 16 November 2023 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the launch of the Elecsys ®Anti-HEV IgM and Elecsys Anti-HEV IgG immunoassays for t...
Source: Roche Investor Update - November 16, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
