Transplants/Organ Donations News

AST Encourages Employers To Adopt Paid Leave Policies For Living Organ Donors Via Awareness Campaign Effort

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:20:05 GMT

The number of living organ donors can be increased if more employers offered paid leave to employees who act as live organ donors.

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FDA Reposts Warning About Pregnancy-Related Risks Associated With Organ Transplant Drugs

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:20:05 GMT

FDA on Friday reposted a notice warning that Roche and Novartis drugs prescribed for organ transplant recipients could cause miscarriages and birth defects when used by pregnant women and urged doctors to confirm that transplant patients are not pregnant and are using effective contraception, the.

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For Some Dads Father's Day Is Extra Special

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:20:03 GMT

While gardening gloves and golf balls will be typical presents in thousands of homes this Father's Day, one special group of dads can thank their children for something far more valuable - the gift of life.

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Long-Term Outcome Of Pediatric Renal Transplantation: The Norwegian Experience In Three Eras 1970-2006

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:20:03 GMT

UroToday.com - Tangeraas, et al. retrospectively reviewed their experience with pediatric renal transplantation between the years of 1970 to 2006.

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New Campaign To Encourage Organ Donation, UK

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:00:07 GMT

Diabetes UK Cymru is supporting a campaign to encourage more people to register to donate their organs in Wales.

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No Racial Disparities Found In Long-Term Outcomes In Recipients Of Liver Transplants

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:00:06 GMT

New research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows long-term survival and liver rejection rates are equivalent for African-American liver transplant patients as compared with patients of other races.

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Moffitt Cancer Center Hosts Free Bone Marrow Transplantation Symposium - Topics To Include Leukemia, Lymphoma And Myeloma

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:00:05 GMT

Physicians from Moffitt Cancer Center's Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, the largest in Florida, in collaboration with faculty from the.

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ParkwayHealth's Living Donor Liver Transplant Program Continues To Meet Patient Demands

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:00:04 GMT

ParkwayHealth, Asia's leading healthcare provider with the largest network of private hospitals and healthcare services headquartered in Singapore and the first in Asia to perform a living donor liver transplant (LDLT) in 2002, reports that its Gleneagles Hospital has performed over one hundred successful LDLT procedures to date.

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Antibiotics Accompanying Surgery Prevent Some Infections But Increasingly Cause Another

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:40:05 GMT

The risk of contracting a Clostridium difficile infection following operations for which a "prophylactic" antibiotic is given to prevent infection is 21 times greater now than it was just a decade ago, according to researchers from the University of Sherbrooke in Canada.

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Kidney Transplant Patients May Benefit From Going Off Of Certain Immunosuppressive Drugs

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:40:03 GMT

Withdrawing certain immunosuppressive drugs following kidney transplantation prolongs survival and saves money compared with keeping patients on these medications for life, according to a study appearing in the September 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN).

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