News results: "liver transplant"

« 6 results in "Specials"« 1 results in "Technology"« 2 results in "U.S."
« 2 results in "Science"« 1 results in "World"« 18 results in "Health"
« 2 results in "People"
dotclear

Specials

New Gout Drug Uloric Gets FDA Clearance

New Gout Drug Uloric Gets FDA Clearance

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. won US approval to sell the first new treatment option for chronic...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 14:24
Jobs Needs His Privacy, But The Media Is Watching…

Jobs Needs His Privacy, But The Media Is Watching…

While half the globe is digging for clues on what the serious health problem forcing Steve Jobs...
» read full story January 19th, 2009 - 15:03

The Bruce Ivins Case Closed

Bruce Ivins was a government scientist, accused of the notorious anthrax attacks that followed the...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 23:29

African-Americans No Longer Underprivileged When It Comes To Liver Transplants

Thanks to a new scoring system, patients with the greatest need will be the ones to most benefit...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 14:22

Racial Disparity Reduced, Sex Disparity Still Exist In Liver Transplant

A new system adopted in 2002 for allocating livers for transplantation seems to be working for...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 01:49
European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells: Human Testes

European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells: Human Testes

European researchers made a huge step in stem cell research by converting cells from human...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 15:06
dotclear

Technology

SEC Is Analyzing Apple Disclosures About Steve Jobs

SEC Is Analyzing Apple Disclosures About Steve Jobs

It looks like US regulators are currently examining Apple's disclosures about CEO Steve Jobs'...
» read full story January 21st, 2009 - 12:13
dotclear

U.S.

Racial Disparities No Longer Exist in Liver Transplant

Racial Disparities No Longer Exist in Liver Transplant

Thanks to a new system adopted in 2002 and called MELD Score System ((Model for End-Stage Liver...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 15:24

Girl Living Without Heart For 4 Months Leaves Hospital

D’Zhana Simmons, a 14-year-old girl from South Carolina, was able to leave the hospital on...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 10:44
dotclear

Science

Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim

Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim

Faced with strict German laws banning the use of human embryos, a team of German scientists came up...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 08:25
European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells

European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells

European researchers made a huge step in stem cell research by converting cells from human...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 09:11
dotclear

World

Greek Archbishop Christodoulos Passes Away at 69

Greek Archbishop Christodoulos Passes Away at 69

Greece’s Orthodox Church leader, Archbishop Christodoulos died Monday at his home after months of...
» read full story January 28th, 2008 - 14:07
dotclear

Health

Scientists Discover Mechanism Responsible For Cell Flexibility

Embryonic cells have been for a long time the subject for heated debates concerning ethics, and...
» read full story December 22nd, 2008 - 22:52
First Face Transplant in the United States, Successful

First Face Transplant in the United States, Successful

Heart transplants, kidney transplants, liver transplants are all considered quite common...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 18:05
Do Race, Gender Play a Role in Liver Transplant?

Do Race, Gender Play a Role in Liver Transplant?

A new study has tried to find an answer to the question whether race or gender plays a role on who...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 17:40
Girl, 14, Miraculously Survives Nearly 4 Months without Heart

Girl, 14, Miraculously Survives Nearly 4 Months without Heart

As incredible as it may sound, an American teenage girl has survived for nearly four months...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 14:00

Girl Living With No Heart For 4 Months Leaves Hospital

D’Zhana Simmons, a 14-year-old girl from South Carolina, was able to leave the hospital on...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 15:37
Studies Say Face Transplants Can Be Successful

Studies Say Face Transplants Can Be Successful

Two studies published in the journal The Lancet suggest that face transplants are no longer...
» read full story August 22nd, 2008 - 13:30
Infant Heart Transplants Questioned Despite Being Successful

Infant Heart Transplants Questioned Despite Being Successful

A report describing three cardiac-death transplants involving infants at Denver Children’s...
» read full story August 14th, 2008 - 13:00
Bayer’s Nexavar Gets China Clearance For Liver Cancer

Bayer’s Nexavar Gets China Clearance For Liver Cancer

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Onyx Pharmaceuticals announced that the State Food and Drug...
» read full story July 28th, 2008 - 13:54
FDA Warns Over Two Drugs’ Birth Defects Risks

FDA Warns Over Two Drugs’ Birth Defects Risks

The FDA issued a new alert on Friday, warning the doctors about the risk of first-trimester...
» read full story May 17th, 2008 - 18:40
Medical Marijuana Patient Denied Liver Tranplant Dies

Medical Marijuana Patient Denied Liver Tranplant Dies

The patient denied liver transplant due to medical marijuana use died Thursday at Bailey-Boushay...
» read full story May 03rd, 2008 - 11:55
Patient Denied Liver Transplant Due to Medical Marijuana Use

Patient Denied Liver Transplant Due to Medical Marijuana Use

The University of Washington Medical Center denied 56-year-old Timothy Garon’s request for a...
» read full story April 28th, 2008 - 19:50
FDA Reviews Two Transplant Drugs over Rare Disorder Risk

FDA Reviews Two Transplant Drugs over Rare Disorder Risk

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is reviewing data involving a link between two...
» read full story April 14th, 2008 - 16:53

When ‘Donating’ Death Instead of ‘Life’

There are many patients standing in line for a transplant hoping their life will get better once...
» read full story April 02nd, 2008 - 13:38
Breakthrough Cancer Surgery Gives Woman Second Chance to Live

Breakthrough Cancer Surgery Gives Woman Second Chance to Live

Brooke Zepp, a 63-year-old woman from South Florida was diagnosed last May with leiomyosarcoma, a...
» read full story March 25th, 2008 - 15:25
Funeral Service Set for Girl Who Died after Tragic Pool Accident

Funeral Service Set for Girl Who Died after Tragic Pool Accident

A funeral service has been set for Abigail Taylor, the six-year-old girl whose intestines were...
» read full story March 24th, 2008 - 14:55
Girl Harmed by Pool Drain Last Year Has Died

Girl Harmed by Pool Drain Last Year Has Died

Abigail Taylor, the six year old girl whose intestines were sucked out by a pool drain, has died...
» read full story March 21st, 2008 - 21:48
Edwards Has Bereaved Family on His Side

Edwards Has Bereaved Family on His Side

The family of a 17-year-old girl who died of leukemia after her insurance company refused to pay...
» read full story January 07th, 2008 - 14:16
Teen Dies Hours after CIGNA Approves Liver Transplant

Teen Dies Hours after CIGNA Approves Liver Transplant

A seventeen-year-old girl from Northbridge passed away Thursday night, just hours after her...
» read full story December 21st, 2007 - 12:27
dotclear

People

MacKenzie Phillips Takes Three Drug Charges at a Time

MacKenzie Phillips Takes Three Drug Charges at a Time

The actress is a apparently a little too much into that special “‘California dreaming’ state” her...
» read full story September 03rd, 2008 - 23:15
The Legendary Daredevil Evel Knievel Dies At 69

The Legendary Daredevil Evel Knievel Dies At 69

The U.S. legendary motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel died Friday after lengthy illnesses aged 69,...
» read full story December 01st, 2007 - 01:55
dotclear
dotclear
dotclear
Photos Gallery
dotclear