Mayo Clinic makes kidney and pancreas transplant available to HIV-infected patients
Mayo Clinic in Florida is now offering kidney and pancreas transplants to HIV positive patients with advanced kidney disease and diabetes. Evidence is now solid that HIV-positive patients have the same favorable outcome in ...
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Dec 06, 2011 |
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NIH scientists outline steps toward Epstein-Barr virus vaccine
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects nine out of ten people worldwide at some point during their lifetimes. Infections in early childhood often cause no disease symptoms, but people infected during adolescence or young adulthood ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Recipients of organ transplants at increased risk for broad range of cancers
Patients who have received a solid organ transplant, such as kidney, liver, heart or lung, have an overall cancer risk that is double that of the general population, with an increased risk for many different types of malignancies, ...
Cancer
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Successful pregnancy possible after kidney transplant
A new study recently published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals that the ability to successfully carry a pregnancy after kidney transplantation is very high, with 73.5% live birth rates.
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Oct 20, 2011 |
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Public reporting hasn't improved transplant centers' care
When transplant clinics must publicly report their success rates, this should provide an incentive to improve care for patients. But a recent study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American So ...
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Oct 13, 2011 |
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Regular exercise improves health of people with long-term kidney disease
There are many reasons why people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) often lose fitness and have increasing difficulty performing normal daily tasks, but new research shows scientific evidence for the benefits of regular exercise ...
Health
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Time to stop giving toxic drugs to kidney transplant patients?
Patients who receive kidney transplants must take lifelong medications that, while preventing organ rejection, can also compromise other aspects of health. Immunosuppresive drugs called calcineurin inhibitors protect transplanted ...
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Sep 22, 2011 |
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Substitution of brand name with generic drug proves safe for transplant recipients
A new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals that substitution of a brand name immunosuppressive drug with a generic (manufactured by Sandoz) for preventing rejection of transplanted organs appear ...
Medications
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Study tests use of warm-heart transplants
Rob Evans, a 61-year-old social worker from Apache Junction, Ariz., got the good news on Father's Day: After 3.5 years, doctors had found him a heart and were preparing to bring it to the University of California-Los Angeles, ...
Cardiology
Sep 09, 2011 |
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Taiwan prosecutors probe HIV organ transplants
(AP) -- Physicians at a hospital in Taiwan that mistakenly transplanted four patients with HIV-infected organs may face criminal prosecution, an official said Friday.
HIV & AIDS
Sep 02, 2011 |
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'It works' -- face transplants now mainstream
(AP) -- They savor pizza and burgers, no longer frighten children, and many of them can walk the streets without people knowing they have someone else's cheeks, nose, lips and skin. People who have had face ...
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Aug 11, 2011 |
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Best post-transplant drug regimen identified for patients with new kidneys
For the thousands of patients who receive kidney transplants in the United States each year, preventing organ rejection without compromising other aspects of health requires a delicate balance of medications. Immunosuppresive ...
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Jul 29, 2011 |
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HPV infection highly prevalent among organ transplant recipients
A new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals an association between the human papillomavirus (betaPV) infection and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in organ transplant recipients.
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Jul 12, 2011 |
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For older heart-transplant patients, hospitals doing the most operations yield better outcomes
Older, sicker heart-transplant recipients are significantly more likely to be alive a year after their operations if they have their transplants at hospitals that do a large number of them annually new Johns Hopkins research ...
Cardiology
May 09, 2011 |
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Organ recipients stay fit, bond during exercise 'boot camp'
Misty Clyde ran up and down several sets of bleacher stairs at the university’s Cobb Track before pausing to stretch against a handrail. Her new lungs — or, as she sometimes refers to them, her recycled ...
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Apr 25, 2011 |
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