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
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 Media News - November 16, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
At 81, woman is among world's longest-surviving transplant recipients
Charlotte and David Markle in 1965 Mayo recognizes 60 years of transplant innovation Charlotte Markle, 81, is among the world's longest-surviving kidney transplant recipients. Her transplant at Mayo Clinic was over 57 years ago on March 2, 1966. It followed Mayo Clinic's first kidney transplant on Nov. 25, 1963, which was Mayo's first solid organ transplant of any kind. Charlotte is Mayo's longest-surviving transplant recipient. She attributes her place in medical history to her loved… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 16, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Infographic: Careers That Tempt Doctors to Leave Medicine Infographic: Careers That Tempt Doctors to Leave Medicine
Physicians who are thinking about leaving the practice of medicine reveal which nonclinical career options most interest them.Medscape (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - November 15, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
Emergency Liver Transplant Effective for Severe Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure
(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON -- Prioritizing emergency liver transplantation for patients with severe acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) resulted in relatively good survival outcomes, according to a U.K. study presented here.
Among 39 critically... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - November 14, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Prince Charles Hospital Brisbane fungal cluster: Muhammad thought his life was on the up after a life-saving heart transplant, but within weeks, the hard-working GP was dead. He's just one of a 'cluster' of Australians to suddenly fall ill and die
A grieving family is demanding answers after a much-loved GP and heart transplant patient became what is suspected to be the first casualty of a deadly fungal cluster at a major hospital. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Road to RSNA 2023: Ultrasound
Ultrasound's utility will be on full display at this year's RSNA annual meeting, showing its merit in a wide variety of clinical applications. Research to be presented at the annual meeting in Chicago will explore the modality's clinical applications in musculoskeletal, pediatric, abdominal, and women's imaging among other areas. This includes advancements in ultrasound in recent years, such as the use of contrast for improved imaging, elastography and color Doppler for assessing complex pathologies, and using imaging data in AI models. Studies will also evaluate ways to further improve the modality's capabilities by rea...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 14, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: 2023 2023 Ultrasound Preview Source Type: news
