Surgery
Turkey: doctors perform quadruple limb transplant
(AP) -- The head physician at a Turkish hospital says his team has performed the world's first quadruple limb transplant, attaching two arms and two legs to a young man.
Feb 25, 2012
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Ophthalmology
Outdated corneal donation policies prevent sight-restoring surgery
Some forms of blindness and visual impairment can be cured with a corneal transplant surgery using donated eye tissue. However, federal regulations in the United States and Canada severely restrict the ability of sexually ...
Sep 24, 2020
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Surgery
New study warns of misinformation about opt-out organ donation
A new study has warned of the power of a type of behavior dubbed the 'lone wolf' effect which could result in people 'opting out' of supporting organ donation.
Jul 10, 2020
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Other
Waking the dead? Some things you should know about dying
Not content with saving lives, doctors are now credited with (accused of?) bringing the dead back to life. But how true are the stories we hear about people "coming back" from being dead and how does it work?
Aug 9, 2013
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Surgery
Physician describes three advances leading to more lifesaving organ transplants
All too often, people waiting for lifesaving organ transplants cannot get them. One of the biggest challenges is the lack of viable donated organs. Promising medical advances are opening the doors to more transplants and ...
Apr 5, 2023
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Health
Study shows people reading about organ donor recipients more receptive to donating than when reading about donors
(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel and Decision Research and the University of Oregon in the U.S. has found evidence that suggests people are more open to ...
Health
Heart disease doesn't have to keep you from donating blood
As blood centers and hospitals face critically low levels of blood supplies, many people with heart disease may wonder if they can help by donating.
Mar 10, 2024
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Medical economics
First nationwide, small-area analysis study details US health spending by region
A new study by researchers at Yale, Stanford, and Dartmouth provides the first nationwide, small-area analysis of the variation in spending by the three main funders of health care in the United States: Medicare, Medicaid, ...
Jul 20, 2022
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Health informatics
Is transfusion blood safe? AI holography system checks blood quality without injections
A research team led by Professor Moon In-kyu of the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering at DGIST (President Kuk Yang) developed an AI holography system that automatically extracts important information and ...
Aug 12, 2022
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Medications
Opioid epidemic increases number of organs available for transplant
The confluence of two major health crises—the opioid epidemic and organ shortage—has moved surgeons to consider transplanting organs deemed as less than "perfect" in an effort to expand the donor pool and save more lives, ...
Jun 6, 2019
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