Women with dilated cardiomyopathy are twice as likely as men to need hospitalisation or a transplant within two years of diagnosis, study finds
A study has found that women with dilated cardiomyopathy - which causes the chambers of the heart to stretch, hindering its pumping action - are twice as likely as men to be hospitalised. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
KDIGO Supports HCV+ Kidneys Going To HCV – Recipients KDIGO Supports HCV+ Kidneys Going To HCV – Recipients
" This update is intended to assist clinicians in the care of patients with HCV infection and CKD, including patients receiving dialysis (CKD G5D) and patients with a kidney transplant (CKD G1T-G5T). "MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Source Type: news
Medscape Now! Hot Topics in Women ’s Health December 2023 Medscape Now! Hot Topics in Women ’s Health December 2023
Find out about how gender impacts outcomes in PTSD and cardiogenic shock.Medscape Education Clinical Briefs (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - December 11, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health Clinical Brief Source Type: news
Sickle Cell Gene Therapy'Truly Transformative'Sickle Cell Gene Therapy'Truly Transformative '
Patients who received lovo-cel had durable remissions and reductions in vaso-occlusive events, pain crises, and hospitalizations in the longest running gene therapy trial for sickle cell disease.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - December 10, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news
Thousands of kidney disease patients set to benefit from £1-a-dose diabetes drug which can reduce the need for dialysis and a transplant
Kidney disease is usually triggered by the damage caused by another illness, such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA Approves First CRISPR Treatment in U.S.
It was only 11 years ago that scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier first described a new way to edit genes, called CRISPR, in a scientific paper. The discovery is so game-changing that the pair earned the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 for how it could transform the way genetic diseases are treated. Now, on Dec. 8, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the very first treatment in the country based on the technology.
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In the medical world, that’s lightning speed. “It’s incredible,” says Doudna, professor of chemistry a...
Source: TIME: Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
New Delhi Investigating Alleged Illegal Kidney Transplants New Delhi Investigating Alleged Illegal Kidney Transplants
The New Delhi city government is investigating an Apollo hospital after a media report linked it to the illegal sale by Myanmar nationals of their kidneys for organ transplants.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - December 7, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
Kidney transplant: Three-year-old is smallest patient
Olly Cartmill was 13kg when he had the life-saving operation, getting a kidney from his grandmother. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - December 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Transplant Advocates Sound Alarm Over Proposed Medicare Test Coverage Policy
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- Heart transplant patient Eddie Garcia was "feeling like a million bucks" one day in the summer of 2021. He had just gotten back from a 3-mile walk, something he couldn't do prior to his transplant in 2020 -... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 6, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
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
