Share on PinterestDesign by Medical News Today. Photography: Thierry Dessaugne/Getty Images Transplant centers are advising people awaiting heart transplants to receive all recommended COVID-19 vaccinations because transplantation weakens the immune …
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Signature line: Valerie Goodwin Newswise — Approximately 100,000 organ donations are needed each year in the United States, and an average of 28,000 transplants are performed. Despite the continuing need …
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Heart Transplantation
Heart transplant patients need extra support to manage serious symptoms, researchers say
by News Sourceby News SourceCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain If a patient with heart failure survives the transplantation of a new heart, the transplant is considered successful. However, medical care is overlooking heart transplant recipients …
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Kidney Transplantation
Research improves long-term kidney transplant success rates
by News Sourceby News SourceBiopsy acquisition and image selection. credit: Frontiers of nephrology (2024). DOI: 10.3389/fneph.2024.1458491 The National Institute of Physics has published the results of two studies on methods used to assess kidney …
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I was a healthy kid living in rural Wisconsin when, at age 11, I passed out at an elementary school track meet. I was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), …
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Liver Transplantation
Mayo Clinic completes paired liver transplant – ABC 6 News
by Josh Freyby Josh Frey(ABC 6 News) — A medical advance at Mayo Clinic could save the lives of many people waiting for a liver transplant. Surgeons recently completed the first paired liver transplant. …
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Kidney transplant patients with severe pain report less participation in social activities
by News Sourceby News SourceOctober 26, 2024 1 minute read Add topics to email alerts Receive an email when a new article is posted Enter your email address to receive …
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Surgeons perform first organ transplant from an HIV-positive donor
by News Sourceby News SourceDoctors in Baltimore have performed what’s believed to be the first ever kidney transplant from a living donor with HIV.
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Lung Transplantation
After lung transplant, woman finds love with deceased donor brother
by Good Newsby Good NewsA West Virginia woman married the love of her life on September 28th. double lung transplant Then she meets her deceased donor's younger brother and falls in love. Jennifer Ellis, …
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Liver Transplantation
Mayo Clinic in Arizona delays graft allocation to increase liver transplant opportunities
by News Sourceby News SourceJuly 12, 2024 Delayed liver transplantation provides an additional opportunity for patients waiting for a liver transplant. Transplant surgeons at Mayo Clinic, Arizona, accept and use late-allocation grafts with good …