News articles tagged with 'transplant' (Page 30)
Heart transplants: Do more or do none, Johns Hopkins study suggests
— 30 Jan 2008 09:54 | HealthHeart surgeons at Johns Hopkins have evidence to support further tightening rather than easing of standards used to designate hospitals that are best at performing heart transplants…
Study finds transplant patient thrives 2 years after stopping immunosuppressive drugs
— 25 Jan 2008 08:02 | HealthLuck smiled on Larry Kowalski when his brother agreed to donate a kidney Kowalski needed to live. He was even luckier that his brother's kidney was such a good match…
Northwestern Memorial trial may wean kidney transplant patients off antirejection drugs
— 25 Jan 2008 07:43 | HealthAfter a transplant surgery, anti-rejection drugs for the organ recipient are a must, but with prolonged use can have serious side effects, including infections, heart disease and cancer…
Experimental procedure induces tolerance to mismatched kidney transplants
— 24 Jan 2008 19:10 | HealthFour of five patients participating in a trial of an experimental protocol designed to induce immune tolerance to HLA-mismatched kidney transplants have been able to discontinue immunosuppressive…
The missing link between belly fat and heart disease?
— 22 Jan 2008 10:02 | HealthBy now, everyone knows that overweight people have a higher risk of heart attacks, strokes and other problems that arise from clogged, hardened arteries. And people who carry their…
Extreme obesity affects chances of kidney transplantation
— 12 Jan 2008 19:12 | HealthFor patients on the waiting list for a kidney transplant, severe and morbid obesity are associated with a lower chance of receiving an organ, reports a study in the February Journal…
Rural patients less likely to receive organ transplants
— 8 Jan 2008 21:00 | HealthPatients in small towns and isolated rural areas have lower organ transplant rates and are less likely to be wait-listed than patients in urban areas, according to a study in the 9/16…
Treatment with NAC is associated with better outcomes for children with liver failure
— 3 Jan 2008 17:34 | HealthA new retrospective study on the effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on children with acute liver failure not caused by acetaminophen poisoning has found that the treatment was associated…