Diabetes
The best place to treat type 1 diabetes might be just under your skin
A group of U of T researchers have demonstrated that the space under our skin might be an optimal location to treat type 1 diabetes (T1D).
Aug 14, 2017
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Health
Blood shortage prompts call for donations
(HealthDay)—The American Red Cross needs your blood, and it needs it now.
Jul 6, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Deaths from Chagas disease under-reported
Chagas disease, affecting millions of people in Central and South America, is classified as one of the 17 most important neglected diseases by the World Health Organization. Now, researchers have found that even the non-symptomatic ...
May 18, 2017
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Medical research
Engineered bone marrow could make transplants safer
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed biomimetic bone tissues that could one day provide new bone marrow for patients needing transplants.
May 8, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Blood donor screening for hepatitis E reveals incidence is higher than previously reported
Results from a study presented today found that the incidence of HEV RNA in asymptomatic blood donors from Germany is higher than previously reported. The study, presented at The International Liver Congress 2017 in Amsterdam, ...
Apr 21, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Florida reports 3 Zika cases in Miami as CDC says virus increased birth defects
On the heels of a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that Zika has increased the rate of birth defects in the United States, Florida health officials on Thursday reported three more cases ...
Mar 3, 2017
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Surgery
Living without lungs for six days saves a mom's life
In a bold and very challenging move, thoracic surgeons at Toronto General Hospital (TGH) removed severely infected lungs from a dying mom, keeping her alive without them for six days, so that she could recover enough to receive ...
Jan 30, 2017
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Other
Cord blood outperforms matched, unrelated donor in bone marrow transplant
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study compared outcomes of leukemia patients receiving bone marrow transplants from 2009-2014, finding that three years post transplant, the incidence of severe chronic graft-versus-host ...
Jul 26, 2016
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Medical research
Researchers find association between donor age, female sex and transfusion outcomes
A large Canadian study has shown a link between blood donor characteristics and transfusion recipients' outcomes. This is the first study to suggest that red blood cell transfusions from young donors and from female donors ...
Jul 11, 2016
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Cardiology
Eliminating blood test may increase availability of donor hearts
A blood test that leads to the rejection of donor hearts may be unnecessary in predicting whether a heart transplant will succeed or fail, according to new research in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association ...
Jun 21, 2016
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