Man, 24, donates six organs and saves six people
The parents of a brain dead 24-year-old donated his organs to benefit six people, West China Metropolis Daily reported. Kidneys from Jiao Yu's body were transplanted to a 25-year-old man and...
View ArticleTake heart, more options in Kozhikode
Kozhikode: With the health department giving a licence for heart transplants to two hospitals in Kozhikode and two more applying for the heart transplant licence, gradually the city is becoming the...
View ArticleFace Transplant Surgeons Make History And Change A Man's Life
Volunteer firefighter Patrick Hardison, a 41-year-old resident of Senatobia, Mississippi, suffered extensive facial burns after responding to a residential fire in 2001 -- and his life has never been...
View Article$200 million investment brings best of British healthcare to Dubai (UKTI - UK...
(Source: UKTI - UK Trade & Investment) Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is set to become home to an 80 to100 bed world-class hospital facility and several clinics which will all be fully...
View ArticleThis incredible animation shows how surgeons pulled off the most complex...
On August 14, surgeons at New York University Langone Medical Center performed the most complex face transplant ever tried. Today — November 14 — doctors announced that the procedure was a complete...
View Article‘If somebody has an inherited heart problem, we don’t care what age they are....
We provide assessment for people of all ages with suspected inherited cardiac disorders and help patients manage such conditions. I suppose the whole idea of having services for inherited heart...
View ArticleOrgan donation: Transplant surgeons warn over donor law change
Senior surgeons have warned that attempts to introduce a system where people are automatically placed on the organ donor register could reduce public willingness to donate. The second stage of the...
View ArticleBill Berkrot
Tuesday, November 17, 2015  Newsfeeds Contact Us About Us Archive Site Search Bill Berkrot Tuesday, November 17, 2015 ADVERTISEMENT Heart organizations drafting new treatment guidelines for...
View ArticleMedical hope for infertile women
Uterine transplantation pairs specialists from fields known for innovation and for pushing medical and ethical limits. Picture: ISTOCK CLEVELAND, Ohio — Six doctors swarmed around the body of the dead...
View ArticleNewark Beth Israel Medical Center Awarded Stroke Certification From The Joint...
(Source: Saint Barnabas Corporation) (Newark, NJ November 6, 2015) Newark Beth Israel Medical Center announced that it has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® for STROKE Certification....
View ArticleLowering body temperature increases survival, brain function in cardiac...
(Source: American Heart Association) Study Highlights Lowering the body's temperature in cardiac arrest patients with 'non-shockable' heart rhythms increases survival and brain function. Patients who...
View ArticleFirefighter has world’s most extensive face transplant
A volunteer firefighter from Mississippi whose face was burned off during a home fire rescue received the world’s most extensive face transplant, New York University Langone Medical Center said on...
View ArticleLarge Cure Rate for Patients with Hepatitis C May Have a Significant Impact...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The direct acting antivirals that have been used to treat many patients with hepatitis C virus and cure almost all treated in the past two years has led to...
View ArticleWith an 'administrative trick', China still using prisoner organs for...
Beijing: When a senior Chinese health official said last year that China would stop using prisoners' organs for transplants as of January 1, 2015, human rights advocates and medical professionals...
View ArticleTransplant gives new face, more to man, 41
NEW YORK — A volunteer firefighter badly burned in a 2001 blaze has received the most-extensive face transplant ever, covering his skull and much of his neck, a New York hospital announced on Monday....
View ArticleRobotic Surgeon Christopher J. Kane Named to Joseph D. Schmidt, MD...
(Source: UCSD - University of California - San Diego) Dr. Christopher J. Kane, inaugural holder of the Joseph D. Schmidt, MD Presidential Chair in Urology. Christopher J. Kane, M.D., a renowned...
View ArticleTelemedicine facility for emergency care
The telemedicine facility being set up at the Sabarimala pilgrimage centre, with technical assistance from JIPMER, Puducherry, and ISRO, to provide specialist medical consultation round the clock to...
View ArticleFirefighter receives full face transplant in surgery called 'historic'
Ninety-three days after transplant, surgeons say Patrick Hardison, a retired fireman injured when a burning roof collapsed on him, is making a full recovery...
View ArticleSurgeons at NYU Langone Medical Center Perform the Most Extensive Face...
NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NYU Langone Medical Center announced today the successful completion of the most extensive face transplant to date, setting new standards of care in...
View ArticleOur Lady of Lourdes Medical Center Expands Liver Transplant Program in...
(Source: Lourdes Health System) Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center Expands Liver Transplant Program in Collaboration with Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Monday, November 16, 2015 Our Lady of...
View Article