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Transplant news, links, and other general medical news -- updated regularly.


Saturday, April 12, 2008

 

CHFpatients.com - Heart Transplant - The Straight Story

CHFpatients.com - Heart transplant A to Z, in plain English What tests must I take to see if I qualify for a donor heart Who can get a new heart? These are not absolute [more]

 

Organ Transplant Waiting List Reaches High in U.S. (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Organ Transplant Waiting List Reaches High in U.S. (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Donate Life Month recognizes the growing need for organ donations; nearly 6,000 people died while waiting for a transplant in 2007.

 

Immune Function in Adult Heart Transplant Patients Reflects Risk for Organ Rejection and Infection (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Immune Function in Adult Heart Transplant Patients Reflects Risk for Organ Rejection and Infection (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Results of an analysis of three years of data on the monitoring of cell-mediated immunity in adult patients undergoing heart transplantation at the University of California at Los Angeles Health System have demonstrated that ImmuKnow® values appear to closely reflect the immune function of the transplant recipient and patient risk for organ rejection and/or infection.

 

Kidney Transplant

End-stage renal disease is the name for kidney failure so advanced that it cannot be reversed Kidney Transplant Symptoms. The symptoms of kidney failure vary widely by cause of [full story]

 

Mother denied dead daughter's organ transplant (Guardian Unlimited)

A mother in need of a kidney transplant was denied the organs of her dying daughter despite being a match, because her daughter had not given formal consent. [continued]

 

CHFpatients.com - Heart Transplant - The Straight Story

CHFpatients.com - Heart transplant A to Z, in plain English What tests must I take to see if I qualify for a donor heart Who can get a new heart? These are not absolute [read more]

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