Risk Score Proposed to Anchor Forthcoming Donor Heart Allocation Rules
(MedPage Today) -- To more fairly rank candidates for heart transplant, researchers developed the U.S. candidate risk score (US-CRS) and found it to better discriminate risk for people with advanced heart failure than the current six-status system... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - February 13, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Rwanda: Kidney Transplants Now Covered Under Mutuelle De Santé - RSSB
[New Times] Patients suffering from chronic renal failure can now get kidney transplant procedures covered by the community-based health insurance scheme (CBHI) commonly known as Mutuelle de Santé, it has emerged. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 13, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Banking and Insurance Economy, Business and Finance Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Rwanda Source Type: news
A Valentine's Day story of love, legacy and the gift of life
Harley and Justine Duffer with their newest family member, Peyton The Duffer family ’s home is filled with lots of love this Valentine’s Day. They have a new baby girl, and Dad got the lifesaving heart transplant he needed. Take a look at the special way the Duffer family is now recognizing love, legacy and the gift of life. Watch: A Valentine’s Day story about love, legacy a nd the gift of life https://youtu.be/fTwBlCmcpAY Journalists: Broadcast-quality video… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 13, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Tools on the Horizon for Managing Posttransplant cSCC Risk Tools on the Horizon for Managing Posttransplant cSCC Risk
Organ transplant recipients have a 200-fold increased incidence of keratinocyte carcinoma compared with immunocompetent individuals, and cSCC accounts for 80% of skin cancers in those recipients.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 9, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Dermatology Source Type: news
Jury awards $130m to Nevada residents who suffered extreme liver damage after drinking trendy bottled water that was laced with ROCKET FUEL chemical - killing one and prompting emergency transplant in another
The Clark County District Court jury awarded more than $30 million in compensatory damages to the plaintiffs including Myles Hunwardsen, who underwent a liver transplant at age 29. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Former NBA Player, 'Survivor' Contestant Waits in Hospital for Heart Transplant
(MedPage Today) -- At 6 foot 11 inches, Scot Pollard's size helped him play more than a decade in the NBA, earning him a championship ring with the 2008 Boston Celtics.
Now it may be killing him.
Pollard needs a heart transplant, an already dire... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - February 9, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Long COVID: Another Great Pretender Long COVID: Another Great Pretender
The epidemic of syphilis reminds many experienced physicians of its ability to mimic myriad other diseases. Is long COVID another great imitator?Medscape Internal Medicine (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 9, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news
Guidelines -- Brain Death Is Equal to Heart Death: Ethicist Guidelines -- Brain Death Is Equal to Heart Death: Ethicist
Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses new guidelines on brain death from the American Academy of Neurology.Medscape Business of Medicine (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 9, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Commentary Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Strengthening Oversight of Accrediting Organizations and Preventing Accrediting Organization Conflict of Interest, and Related Provisions
Pre-publication notice of proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) that would set forth provisions to strengthen accrediting organization oversight by addressing conflicts of interest, establishing consistent standards, processes and definitions, and updating the validation and performance standards systems. Among other things, this proposed rule would revise the psychiatric hospital survey process, add a limitation on terminated deemed providers and suppliers when reentering the program, and provide technical corrections for End-Stage Renal Disease facilities and Kidney Transplant Programs. Com...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - February 9, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Stigmatizing Language Common on Liver Transplant Websites
(MedPage Today) -- Stigmatizing words like "alcoholic" and "alcoholism" are frequently used on the websites of liver transplant centers, and this language may discourage patients from seeking treatment, according to a cross-sectional study.
A... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - February 9, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Study: Most U.S. liver transplant centers use alcohol-shaming language
Widespread online use of stigmatizing terms by liver transplant and rehab centers in the United States may be deterring patients from seeking treatment, according to a new study. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Man, 57, who had a heart transplant as a teen breaks world record to become longest-surviving recipient
Bert Janssen, from the Netherlands, was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy aged just 17, which makes it difficult for the heart to pump blood around the body. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why I Stopped Being A “Good” Cancer Patient
“You are allergic to your oral chemotherapy,” explains my oncology team at a recent appointment. “We are going to try a newer drug,” I am on my fourth attempt to find an oral treatment suitable for both my body and my cancer, so that I can maintain a remission that took three years and a stem cell transplant to achieve. “We want to get ahead of it before it gets ahead of us.” In my headphones, Weezer achingly croons, “Say it ain’t so, your drug is a heartbreaker.”
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Since being diagnosed with phase three chronic myeloid leu...
Source: TIME: Health - February 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Walela Nehanda Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Harvard Docs Train Ukrainian Counterparts 2 Years Into War Harvard Docs Train Ukrainian Counterparts 2 Years Into War
Boston program aimed to mentor specialists whose medical education was forged in the remnants of the old Soviet system.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 6, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Internal Medicine Source Type: news
Patient 'reborn' after priority lung transplant
Georgie Cooper says: "It was amazing to feel the air in my lungs after my transplant." (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
