Mechanical Circulatory Support in the Morbidly Obese: Laying Out the Facts...
(Source: American College of Cardiology Foundation) When encountering a problem, its nature and scope must be assessed honestly and comprehensively prior to determining what strategic approach(es)...
View ArticleWife’s liver gifts man a new life
KOLKATA: Doctors at School of Digestive & Liver Diseases (SDLD) in SSKM Hospital overcame herculian odds to undertake a rare liver transplant that has given a cancer patient a fresh lease of life....
View ArticleFirst skin transplant in Rajasthan gives new life to Jaipur teenager
JAIPUR: After the first-ever heart transplant in August, the city doctors have achieved another remarkable feat by conducting the first skin transplant in state. The Sawai Man Singh (SMS) hospital...
View ArticleApollo Hospitals, Chennai successfully performs Asia’s first en-bloc combined...
(Source: Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd) Reiterating its position as the leading transplant centre in the world by performing the most complex en-bloc combined heart and liver transplant, Apollo...
View ArticleGlobal aye for ayurveda treatment of liver cancer
MALAPPURAM: Research in liver cancer treatment by a government ayurveda doctor at Perinthalmanna here has won global recognition. The scientific expert committee of European Academy of Ayurveda has...
View Article8-year agony ends, man gets heart, liver together
CHENNAI: After struggling for eight years with breathlessness and bouts of jaundice, 30-year-old Ponnar now has a new heart and a new liver. In a complex surgery, doctors at a city hospital...
View ArticleBilingual website boosts awareness of kidney transplantation and donation...
(Source: UC Davis Health System) A new bilingual website sensitive to Hispanic/Latino cultural needs increases knowledge about living kidney donation and transplantation beyond standard education...
View ArticleFacing Organ Donor Shortage, Patients Forced to Get Creative
Dr. Todd Pesavento is medical director of kidney and pancreas transplantation and interim executive director of the Comprehensive Transplant Center at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center....
View ArticleWealthy get organ transplants sooner
ORLANDO, Fla. — You can’t buy hearts, kidneys or other organs, but money can still help you get one. Wealthy people are more likely to get on multiple waiting lists and score a transplant and less...
View ArticleChennai doctors perform combined heart and liver transplant
CHENNAI: After struggling for eight years with breathlessness and bouts of jaundice, 30-year-old Ponnar now has a new heart and a new liver. In a complex operation, doctors at a hospital in Chennai...
View ArticleUAB surgeons perform state’s first adult split-liver transplants (The...
(Source: The University of Alabama at Birmingham) Physicians embarked on a rare operation in an effort to save the lives of one Georgian, one Alabamian. Deborah Lethgo and Eloise JenkinsAs far back as...
View ArticleThe Surprising Reason Wealthy People Get Organ Transplants Faster
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- You can't buy hearts, kidneys or other organs but money can still help you get one. Wealthy people are more likely to get on multiple waiting lists and score a transplant, and...
View ArticleWealthy may have advantage in getting organ transplants
You can’t buy hearts, kidneys or other organs but money can still help you get one. Wealthy people are more likely to get on multiple waiting lists and receive a transplant, and less likely to die...
View ArticleWealthiest – not sickest – patients may have edge in organ transplants...
(Source: American Heart Association) Study Highlights: Registering at multiple transplant centers appears to give an edge to wealthy organ transplant patients over those with the most medical need....
View ArticleWealthy people are more likely to get organ transplant, study finds
ORLANDO, Fla. -- You can't buy hearts, kidneys or other organs but money can still help you get one. Wealthy people are more likely to get on multiple waiting lists and score a transplant, and less...
View ArticleILBS to help govt develop liver transplant facilities
JAIPUR: Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), Delhi will help the state government to start liver transplant facilities in Rajasthan. So far, not a single liver transplant has been done in...
View ArticleWealth may give advantage for getting organ transplants
You can't buy hearts, kidneys or other organs but money can still help you get one. Wealthy people are more likely to get on multiple waiting lists and score a transplant, and less likely to die while...
View ArticleNot just donors, but families, make gift of life possible (The University of...
(Source: The University of Mississippi Medical Center) Media Contact: Ruth Cummins at 601-984-1104 or ricummins@umc.edu. Every day, for the three years since her beautiful and vibrant daughter Danielle...
View ArticleKGMU to sign MoUs with med institutes for cadaveric organ donation
LUCKNOW: Cadaveric organ donation in Lucknow is set to get a boost after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about it in 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday. The PM had mentioned how a liver retrieved in Lucknow...
View ArticleLiver reaches hospital from IGI in 15 minutes
GURGAON: A green corridor was created between Indira Gandhi International Airport and the private Medanta Medicity hospital, to transport a liver flown in from Indore. The convoy covered a distance of...
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