Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

E. cuniculi can cause febrile illness after transplant

(HealthDay)—Solid organ transplant recipients who become febrile weeks after transplantation may have acquired microsporidiosis from Encephalitozoon cuniculi, according to a case series published in the Feb. 18 issue of ...

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Hand, face transplants regulated like other organs (Update)

The U.S. government is preparing to regulate the new field of hand and face transplants like it does standard organ transplants, giving more Americans who are disabled or disfigured by injury, illness or combat a chance at ...

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When the living and the deceased don't agree on organ donation

All 50 states and the District of Columbia have adopted the 2006 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA) or enacted similar legislation giving individuals the "First Person Authorization" (FPA) to consent to organ donation ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Hungary: Baby delivered from brain-dead mother

A university hospital in Hungary says a premature but healthy baby was delivered after doctors kept the child's brain-dead mother on life support for three months.

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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?

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