Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C
(AP) -- For the first time, health officials are proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C.
May 18, 2012
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Fertility treatment bans in Europe draw criticism
(AP) -- More than three decades after Britain produced the world's first test-tube baby, Europe is a patchwork of restrictions for people who need help having a child.
Apr 13, 2012
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Cardiology
Living kidney donors at no increased risk of heart disease
Living kidney donors are at no greater risk of heart disease than the healthy general population, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Mar 2, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People respond to immediate emotions in charitable giving
(Medical Xpress) -- When considering giving money to humanitarian crises people often donate in response to events that grab their immediate emotions, according to a recent study by CU-Boulder psychology professor Leaf Van ...
Jan 5, 2012
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Health
Fertile sperm donor draws criticism from FDA, docs
(AP) -- Physicians and the federal government cited the case of a San Francisco Bay area man who has fathered 14 children as an example of the risks posed by the informal market for sperm donations, which doctors consider ...
Dec 20, 2011
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Other
Presumed consent not answer to solving organ shortage in US, researchers say
Removing organs for transplant unless person explicitly opts out of donation before death not best way to address scarcity, raises sticky ethical questions.
Nov 29, 2011
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Surgery
New technique could lead to more organs being available for transplant
A team at Lawson Health Research Institute is the first in Canada to perform a transplant using a technique called abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (A-NRP), which could lead to more organs being available for transplant. ...
Jun 27, 2024
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Surgery
A 98-year-old man's liver was donated. He is believed to be the oldest American organ donor ever
Orville Allen lived a lifetime of service, and when he died at age 98 he had one last thing to give: his liver.
Jun 12, 2024
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Health
FDA urged to relax decades-old tissue donation restrictions for gay and bisexual men
The federal government in 2020 and 2023 changed who it said could safely donate organs and blood, reducing the restrictions on men who have had sex with another man.
May 29, 2024
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Other
Houston hospital says doctor's changes to a database made patients ineligible for liver transplants
A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ.
Apr 12, 2024
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