After the NFL: Brain Changes in Living Football Players After the NFL: Brain Changes in Living Football Players
Although CTE in football players isn ' t new, the finding of biomarkers of brain damage in living ex-players could bring about the ultimate goal: treatment.Medscape (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - October 30, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news

S2 Episode 5: When Is It Time to Talk About Kidney Transplantation? S2 Episode 5: When Is It Time to Talk About Kidney Transplantation?
Join experts Drs Matthew Sparks and Samira Farouk as they pull back the curtain to help patients and providers better understand the transplant journey.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology InDiscussion Source Type: news

Artificial Heart Maker Carmat Implants 7 Aeson Devices, Shares Rise Artificial Heart Maker Carmat Implants 7 Aeson Devices, Shares Rise
French artificial heart maker Carmat said on Monday it had implanted seven of its Aeson devices as part of a clinical study in Paris, sending its shares up almost 8%.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - October 25, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

FDA Okays First Extravascular ICD System FDA Okays First Extravascular ICD System
Medtronic ' s Aurora extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator system uses a single lead implanted substernally to allow anti-tachycardia pacing and low-energy defibrillation.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - October 24, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Cardiology News Alert Source Type: news

Few transplant surgeons are Black. Giving medical students a rare peek at organ donation may help
A novel program in Tennessee aims to interest more Black and other minority medical students in organ transplants, to help ease troubling disparities (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Mayo Clinic surgeons perform first robotic-assisted kidney transplant in Minnesota
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic surgeons successfully performed Minnesota's first robotic-assisted kidney transplant earlier this month. This minimally invasive procedure may be beneficial for patients with a higher body mass index and may reduce the risk of incisional complications, such as hernia or infection. Ma yo Clinic's first robotic-assisted kidney transplant was successfully performed on Oct. 4 on a woman in her 60s who received a kidney from her daughter. “Mayo Clinic has been a leader… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - October 24, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Durable LVAD for Advanced HF Still Underutilized Durable LVAD for Advanced HF Still Underutilized
Durable mechanical circulatory support is an important treatment option for patients with advanced heart failure, but remains underutilized, a new JACC scientific statement concludes.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - October 20, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

A month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far
The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has reached the one-month mark and a hospital video shows he's working hard to recover (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Pig-Heart Transplant Recipient Is Doing Well After a Month
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig—and hospital video released Friday shows he’s working hard to recover. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Lawrence Faucette was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant when doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine offered the highly experimental surgery. In the first glimpse of Faucette provided since the Sept. 20 transplant, hospital video shows physical therapist Chris Wells urging him to push through a peda...
Source: TIME: Science - October 20, 2023 Category: Science Authors: LAURAN NEERGAARD / AP Tags: Uncategorized Innovation wire Source Type: news

Pig heart transplant recipient reaches 1-month mark, pushing through physical therapy
The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has reached the one-month mark and a hospital video shows he's working hard to recover (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Employed Physicians: A Survival Guide Employed Physicians: A Survival Guide
It ' s in the best interests of physicians to embrace their status as employees.Medscape Family Medicine (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - October 18, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Commentary Source Type: news

Great news as cystic fibrosis sufferer finally gets a liver after 26-month wait
Cystic fibrosis sufferer Sarah Meredith is the healthiest she's been for years following a long-awaited liver transplant - after the Daily Express highlighted her plight. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Donor's Immune Cells Could Help Transplant Recipients Avoid Organ Rejection
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 -- A liver transplant can give people a new lease on life, but at the cost of lifelong immune-suppressing medication and its risks. Now an innovative approach to reduce, or possibly eliminate, certain patients ' reliance on... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - October 16, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

She Sued Tennessee for Denying Her an Abortion. Now She ’ s Running for Office.
Allie Phillips never wanted to be a politician, but she had always wanted to be a mom of two. Whenever Phillips asked her 5-year-old daughter, Adalie, what she wanted to be when she grew up, Adalie would say, “A big sister.” So when Phillips found out she was pregnant again in Nov. 2022, Adalie was thrilled. “Her eyes got big and her jaw just dropped open,” Phillips recalled. “Every night after that, she sang Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star to my belly. She’d kiss my belly every night before bed.” Phillips and her husband planned to name the new baby Miley Rose. [time-brightcove not-...
Source: TIME: Health - October 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlotte Alter Tags: Uncategorized feature uspoliticspolicy Source Type: news

'Abortion Test' Sparks Concern; AI in Brain Surgery; 'Is There a Doctor on Board?'
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Tests designed to identify the past use of abortion drugs -- under development in Poland -- are raising concerns. (Nature) A kidney transplant from a gene-edited... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - October 12, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news