It's been long recognized that the immunosuppressant drugs patients are prescribed after an organ transplant come with a fair share of dangerous side effects—including squamous cell carcinoma and other types of skin disease.
Mar 8, 2017
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New research provides insights on transplant recipients' antibody responses against donor kidneys and how the timing of those responses can have important implications. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal ...
Mar 2, 2017
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The success of kidney transplants has vastly improved for children over the past half-century, with young children now experiencing better long-term transplant success than adults, according to study results from a large ...
Feb 27, 2017
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Dr. Michael Satlin's patients aren't just battling cancer. Many are also fighting drug-resistant bacteria – "superbugs" that threaten their fragile immune systems, and their lives.
Dec 15, 2016
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(HealthDay)—In a review published online Nov. 2 in the Journal of Clinical Nursing, six themes are identified among spouses of heart transplant recipients, some of which are associated with high levels of stress.
Nov 7, 2016
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A Brazilian study shows that infection of a pregnant woman by Zika virus may represent a risk to the baby's neurological development even when it occurs only a few days before the mother gives birth.
Oct 12, 2016
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Patients who have received a solid organ transplant require lifelong immunosuppressive therapy. The threat of transplant rejection due to insufficient drug therapy must be balanced against increased risks of infections and ...
Oct 11, 2016
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A new study from Drexel University College of Medicine suggests all organ transplant recipients, regardless of race, should receive routine, total-body screenings for skin cancer.
Sep 21, 2016
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A new study finds some shortcomings by the transplant community in providing prompt access to transplantation for living kidney donors who later develop kidney disease and need a transplant. Donors are told that they will ...
Sep 1, 2016
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People who have received organ transplants are at higher risk of developing and dying of cancer than the general population. Yet a new study has found cancer screening guidelines for this group are inconsistent as is the ...
Aug 30, 2016
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