Do Organ Transplants Cause Personality Changes?
(MedPage Today) -- I have received some unusual phone calls in my nearly 40-year career as a psychiatrist, but Mary's* call was unique.
"Dr. Liester," she began, "I don't need to see you as a patient. I just want you to tell me if I'm crazy. You... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - February 22, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
The Ghost Research Haunting Nordic Medical Trials The Ghost Research Haunting Nordic Medical Trials
The results of hundreds of clinical trials in Nordic countries have never been made public. Experts say it ' s a global problem.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 22, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Business of Medicine Source Type: news
Outcomes Similar for Therapy-Related, De Novo MDS After Haplo-HSCT
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 21, 2024 -- Patients with therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome (t-MDS) and de novo MDS have comparable outcomes after haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (haplo-HSCT), according to a study published online Feb.... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 21, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Infographic: How Physicians Strive for Healthy Lifestyles Infographic: How Physicians Strive for Healthy Lifestyles
Physicians reveal how often and how much they try to control their weight, exercise enough, and keep their drinking in check.Medscape (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 20, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
Meet the Cambridge company developing gene-edited pigs for transplantation
Earlier this week, eGenesis and PorMedTec, a Japanese startup that specializes in pig embryology, announced the successful birth of genetically engineered pigs in Japan for use in transplantation. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 20, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Hannah Green Source Type: news
InformAI secures $2.2M NIH grant
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded InformAI a $2.2 million grant to further the company's development of its CT-based TransplantAI software for organ donor-recipient pairing.
InformAI plans to use the small business innovation research (SBIR) grant for continued research and development work that will include building predictive models for heart and lung transplant outcomes and creating a clinical decision support informatics platform to assist organ transplant surgeons in matching donor organs with patient recipients, according to InformAI.
“There is an urgent need for improved and integrated predicti...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Cardiovascular Radiology Chest Radiology Source Type: news
NBA champion, 'Survivor' contestant Scot Pollard is feeling great after heart transplant, wife says
NBA champion and “Survivor” contestant Scot Pollard is “awake and feeling great” a day after a heart transplant, according to his wife (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Game-changing diabetes treatment could stop need for painful injections
Patients in a trial are having donated insulin-producing cells transplanted into their forearms in an effort to end the pain of regular injections. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NBA champion, 'Survivor' contestant Scot Pollard receives heart transplant
NBA champion and “Survivor” contestant Scot Pollard has had a heart transplant (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Revolutionary treatment for type 1 diabetes could see cells that act like the pancreas transplanted into patients' arms
New technology, developed at the University of California, San Francisco and Duke University, could free patients from the need to constantly manage their type 1 diabetes. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Upstate living kidney donor transplants at all-time high
Transplant Center relocates today to 550 Harrison Center. (Source: SUNY Upstate Medical)
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - February 16, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: News Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare Program; Strengthening Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and Preventing AO Conflict of Interest, and Related Provisions
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. Additionally, this proposed rule would revise the psychiatric hospital survey process, add a limitation on terminated deemed providers and suppliers when reentering the program, and provides technical corrections for End-Stage Renal Disease facilities and Kidney Transplant Programs. Comments are due April 1...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - February 15, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Oldest Patient 'Cured' of HIV Still in Remission 5 Years After Transplant for AML
(MedPage Today) -- A 68-year-old man with HIV-1 who underwent hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) for acute myelogenous leukemia 5 years ago has been free of HIV infection for 35 months after stopping antiretroviral treatment (ART), according to... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - February 15, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
New Score Predicts Risk for Death on Heart Transplant List New Score Predicts Risk for Death on Heart Transplant List
The new score outperformed the current therapy-based 6-status system of ranking adult heart transplant candidates by medical urgency.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 14, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
Wake Forest University School of Medicine scientists identify genetic mutations that cause inherited kidney disease
Genetic changes or mutations can cause hereditary kidney disease, which can eventually lead to dialysis or the need for kidney transplantation. Identifying the cause of inherited kidney disease is the first step in identifying a treatment.
With that goal in mind, researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, have discovered a new genetic cause of inherited kidney disease. The findings were recently published … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 14, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Source Type: news
