News tagged with kidney transplant patients


New approaches in treating complicated childhood polycystic kidney disease

A collaborative team of physician-scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute has developed a new evidence-based, clinical algorithm to help physicians treat ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Robotic transplant an option for obese kidney patients

Obese patients who received robotic kidney transplants had fewer wound complications than patients who received traditional "open" transplant surgery, according to surgeons at the University of Illinois Hospital ...

Surgery created May 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US sues Novartis in NY again, cites doc kickbacks

The U.S. government sued Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. again on Friday, saying it paid kickbacks for a decade to doctors to steer patients toward its drugs, sometimes disguising fishing trips off the Florida coast and trips ...

Medications created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NY lawsuit accuses Novartis of health care fraud

The U.S. government sued Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. Tuesday, claiming it gave kickbacks to pharmacies to switch kidney transplant patients from competitors' drugs to its own.

Medications created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0