Spain Breaks Own Organ Transplant Record in 2023 Spain Breaks Own Organ Transplant Record in 2023
Spain carried out more organ transplants than ever before last year, conducting a total of 5,851 such procedures, a 9% jump from 2022, Health Minister Monica Garcia said on...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - January 17, 2024 Category: Surgery Tags: Transplantation Source Type: news
Roy Calne, Pioneering British Organ-Transplant Surgeon, Dies at 93
His innovations in the use of drugs to prevent organ rejection helped bring a remarkable increase in the one-year survival rate. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Clay Risen Tags: Roy Calne Deaths (Obituaries) Surgery and Surgeons Transplants Liver Doctors Great Britain Thomas Starzl Source Type: news
Panel Recommends Small Bump in 2025 Medicare Physician Pay Panel Recommends Small Bump in 2025 Medicare Physician Pay
The influential Medicare Payment Advisory Commission also will urge Congress to establish a safety-net add-on payment for services provided to people with low incomes.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - January 12, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Business of Medicine Source Type: news
Upstate urologists treat injured Ukrainian soldiers
Surgeons worked as part of an international team. (Source: SUNY Upstate Medical)
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - January 11, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Surgery Urology News Transplant Source Type: news
Tufts hits transplant record as competition intensifies
Tufts Medical Center is a smaller hospital than its neighbors, but its focus on heart transplant surgeries has helped it stay competitive. It just broke the New England record for transplants. Here's what that means. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 10, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Cassie McGrath Source Type: news
Sir Roy Calne obituary
Pioneering British surgeon who carried out the world ’s first liver, heart and lung transplantIn the 1960s Roy Calne, professor of surgery at Cambridge University, was gripped by the emerging new science of transplantation to help those with kidney and liver failure.Calne, who has died aged 93, became Britain ’s premier transplant surgeon and researcher, achieving a number of firsts, including the first liver transplant in Europe in 1968, the world’s first liver, heart and lung transplant in 1986 (with John Wallwork) and the world’s first successful “organ cluster” transplant (stomach, intestin e, pancreas, liv...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 8, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Penny Warren Tags: Medical research Science Organ donation Doctors Health University of Cambridge Boston London NHS Source Type: news
A gift of life and love: Thunder Bay artist with lupus prepares for transplant of partner's kidney
After a year on dialysis, Anishinaabe artist Lucille Atlookan is receiving a unique gift from her partner: a kidney. As the Thunder Bay, Ont., couple prepares for transplant surgery in Toronto, we take a deeper look at the challenges faced by people with chronic conditions who travel long distances for treatment. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Thunder Bay Source Type: news
Roy Calne, a surgeon who led Europe's first liver transplant, has died aged 93
Pioneering surgeon Roy Calne, who led Europe’s first liver transplant operation, has died aged 93 (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - January 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Newborn Recipient of Partial Heart Transplant Doing Well Newborn Recipient of Partial Heart Transplant Doing Well
The world ' s first transplantation of aortic and pulmonary valves into a neonate delivered a good outcome, and the valves showed continued adaptive growth and function.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - January 5, 2024 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
I'm a lung transplant patient with Covid and I swear these $10 lozenges saved my life
Amanda Jean, 27, from New York state, suffered from the infection in the run-up to Christmas. The small business owner, who is more at risk from 'mild' diseases, said the lozenges 'saved my life'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kidney transplant and heart patients have slots cancelled amid junior doctors' strike - with some forced to wait 15 MONTHS before they are seen for life-changing treatment
Angela Waters-Kite, from Hull, revealed that her appointment for Monday has been cancelled, which would have revealed whether she could donate a kidney to her husband. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Healthy omega-3 fats may slow deadly pulmonary fibrosis
Could healthy fats found in nuts and fish slow the progression of potentially deadly lung scarring known as pulmonary fibrosis and delay the need for lung transplants?
UVA pulmonary researchers looked at the association between blood-plasma levels of omega-3 fatty acids - the heart-healthy fats found in foods such as salmon and flaxseeds - and the progression of pulmonary fibrosis, as well as how long patients could go without needing a transplant. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - January 3, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Bone health a concern among lung transplant patients
In this study, the group thus evaluated the impact of a multidisciplinary bone health assessment and treatment protocol in patients treated at their transplant clinic at UNC Health in Chapel Hill. The protocol included multidisciplinary team education, initiation of DEXA screening at prespecified intervals post-transplant, and assessment of adequate calcium and vitamin D supplementation.The study included 58 lung transplant recipients: 38 in the preprotocol and 20 in the postprotocol groups, with measurements compared between the patients at two years post-transplant.According to the findings, patients in the postprotocol ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties Digital X-Ray Musculoskeletal Radiology Source Type: news
Donated Heart Valves Still Growing a Year After World's 1st Partial Heart Transplant
(MedPage Today) -- The newborn that received the world's first partial heart transplant in 2022 continued to do well a year later, according to a case report from the transplant team.
Born with type A2 persistent truncus arteriosus and irreparable... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - January 2, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Here's why Tufts Medicine launched a new liver transplant program in 2023
A new liver transplant program at Tufts Medical Center opened its doors to both new patients and new revenue streams in 2023. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 31, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Cassie McGrath Source Type: news
