News results: "Kidney Transplant"

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Health

Kaiser Permanente Settles Transplant Claims

Kaiser Permanente Settles Transplant Claims

Kaiser Permanent has agreed to pay $1 million to settle arbitration claims on behalf of five...
» read full story April 17th, 2009 - 14:29
Former Mayor Marion Barry OK after Kidney Transplant Surgery

Former Mayor Marion Barry OK after Kidney Transplant Surgery

Washington Mayor Marion Barry is in good condition after undergoing kidney transplant surgery on...
» read full story February 22nd, 2009 - 14:11
Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry to Undergo Kidney Transplant

Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry to Undergo Kidney Transplant

Washington Mayor Marion Barry was admitted to Howard University Hospital Thursday to prepare for...
» read full story February 20th, 2009 - 14:00
Surgeons Remove Healthy Donor Kidney through Vagina

Surgeons Remove Healthy Donor Kidney through Vagina

A team of surgeons at John Hopkins Medical Center have managed to remove a healthy kidney...
» read full story February 04th, 2009 - 14:51
Time Is No Threat To Kidney Donors

Time Is No Threat To Kidney Donors

Many people believe that by donating a kidney, their kidney function will worsen in time, but...
» read full story January 29th, 2009 - 13:33
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
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
Child-Sized Heart Pump Useful Until Transplant

Child-Sized Heart Pump Useful Until Transplant

A miniaturized heart pump was able to help keep eight out of nine critically ill children alive...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 14:22
Face Transplants Feasible, New Study Reveals

Face Transplants Feasible, New Study Reveals

French transplant surgeon Dr. Laurent Lantieri and his colleagues have written a report on face...
» read full story August 22nd, 2008 - 22:27
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
FTY720 is the New Hope For Treating Viral Infections

FTY720 is the New Hope For Treating Viral Infections

New findings published in the journal Nature regard new strategies for fighting chronic viral...
» read full story August 14th, 2008 - 17:39
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
Rituximab + Antibodies Makes Kidney Transplant More Feasible

Rituximab + Antibodies Makes Kidney Transplant More Feasible

A new therapy appears to improve transplant rates and outcomes for patients waiting for kidney...
» read full story July 17th, 2008 - 16:25
‘Black Box’ Label for Some Antibiotics

‘Black Box’ Label for Some Antibiotics

After being sued by the advocacy group Public Citizen, the Food and Drugs Administration agency has...
» read full story July 09th, 2008 - 19:27
Success of Kidney Transplant May Depend on Gender

Success of Kidney Transplant May Depend on Gender

A new study by researchers at University Hospital Basel suggests that the success of a kidney...
» read full story July 05th, 2008 - 13:03
After One Week, Autistic Man Rescued Alive from Woods

After One Week, Autistic Man Rescued Alive from Woods

Keith Kennedy, 25, was found alive after being lost for a week in the woods of Wisconsin. He had...
» read full story June 23rd, 2008 - 22:52
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
Woman Dies, Man Critically Ill after Getting Infected Kidney

Woman Dies, Man Critically Ill after Getting Infected Kidney

One patient died and another is critically ill in a Boston hospital after receiving a kidney from...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 15:31

Controversy Shrouds Aust. Doctor’s Proposal to Pay for Kidneys

An Australian doctor’s proposal that the government should offer up to $47,000 for kidneys to...
» read full story May 05th, 2008 - 14:18
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
Historic Day at Johns Hopkins: First ‘Six-Way’ Kidney Transplant

Historic Day at Johns Hopkins: First ‘Six-Way’ Kidney Transplant

Surgeons at Johns Hopkins hospital in Maryland performed six kidney transplants at the same time –...
» read full story April 09th, 2008 - 16:16
Another Face Transplant in France Gives Man New Chance

Another Face Transplant in France Gives Man New Chance

Another face transplant has been performed in France. A team of French surgeons, headed by...
» read full story March 24th, 2008 - 18:02
Surgeon at Methodist Hospital Removes Healthy Kidney by Mistake

Surgeon at Methodist Hospital Removes Healthy Kidney by Mistake

Minnesota hospitals have struggled for years to eliminate wrong-site surgeries, but just as soon...
» read full story March 19th, 2008 - 14:50
A Story to Remain in the History of Starbucks

A Story to Remain in the History of Starbucks

Annamaries Ausnes had been visiting her local Starbucks for coffee and small talk with the barista...
» read full story March 13th, 2008 - 15:20
Partial Face Transplant Now Possible in the US

Partial Face Transplant Now Possible in the US

Brigham and Women’s Hospital was given permission by the New England Organ Bank to be the first...
» read full story March 07th, 2008 - 15:23
New York Man Gets a Second-Chance to Live after Sister’s Death

New York Man Gets a Second-Chance to Live after Sister’s Death

The death of a New York woman saved the life of her brother who can now live a normal life only...
» read full story January 30th, 2008 - 13:56
Marrow Transplants Could Solve Organ Rejection Issue

Marrow Transplants Could Solve Organ Rejection Issue

Just because a transplant was successful, it doesn’t mean the problems are over. In many cases, a...
» read full story January 24th, 2008 - 15:25
Twins Receive Kidneys in Record-Breaking Transplant

Twins Receive Kidneys in Record-Breaking Transplant

Ten-year-old twin girls each received a new kidney from the same donor in a record-breaking...
» read full story December 10th, 2007 - 21:29
Human Skin Cells - An Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cells?

Human Skin Cells - An Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cells?

Embryonic stem cells have created quite a controversy not only among scientists, but also among...
» read full story December 07th, 2007 - 10:42
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Sports

Howard spoils Mourning's night, Magic beat Heat 101-95

Los Angeles - On a special night immortalizing Alonzo Mourning, the Miami Heat was victimized by...
» read full story March 31st, 2009 - 13:15
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Specials

Marion Barry ‘Is Getting Better Every Day’

Marion Barry ‘Is Getting Better Every Day’

The kidney transplant surgery that Washington former mayor Marion Barry underwent on Friday went...
» read full story February 23rd, 2009 - 14:57
Willem J. Kolff, ‘Father Of The Artificial Organ’ Dies

Willem J. Kolff, ‘Father Of The Artificial Organ’ Dies

Dr. Willem J. Kolff, the man behind the first artificial kidney and several other devices that...
» read full story February 13th, 2009 - 15:00

A Better Way Of Keeping Donor Organs Fresh

Deutsch researchers claim that they have found a method to increase the odds that kidneys from...
» read full story January 03rd, 2009 - 17:58

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
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U.S.

Former DC Mayor Marion Barry Back in Hospital

Former DC Mayor Marion Barry Back in Hospital

Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry was readmitted to Howard Hospital on Tuesday due to post-operative...
» read full story March 05th, 2009 - 17:31

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
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World

Head of Kidney Transplant Ring Extradited to India

Head of Kidney Transplant Ring Extradited to India

The supposed ringleader of a syndicate that allegedly illegally removed hundreds of kidneys from...
» read full story February 09th, 2008 - 15:17
Kidney Ring Mastermind Caught In Nepal

Kidney Ring Mastermind Caught In Nepal

The suspect mastermind that was behind the illegal organ transplant operation in India...
» read full story February 08th, 2008 - 11:21
Indian Police Uncovers Illegal Kidney-Trafficking Operation

Indian Police Uncovers Illegal Kidney-Trafficking Operation

Indian authorities have started an intensive search for the mastermind of an illegal...
» read full story January 30th, 2008 - 10:40
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