Subscribe to this tag Drug Shows Promise Against Childhood Epilepsy
Health - June 15, 2009
Rapamycin helped suppress seizures in mouse study
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Pig Stem Cells Created
Health - June 3, 2009
Organ transplants and other revolutionary uses predicted for humans, study says
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Organ Donation Policies Vary Among Children's Hospitals
Health - May 12, 2009
More research, better adherence to recommendations needed, study suggests
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First U.S. Face Transplant Recipient Recounts Ordeal
Health - May 6, 2009
46-year-old woman lost most of mid-face area in gun blast
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First Vessel Graft Grown From Kidney Patients' Own Cells
Health - April 23, 2009
Achievement could aid dialysis and might be replicated for heart disease, scientists say
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Double-Lung Transplant Better for Long-Term Survival
Health - April 22, 2009
But finding is controversial, since bilateral procedure could halve number of recipients
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Timing May Matter in Organ Donation Decisions
Health - April 22, 2009
Study highlights importance of a gap between bad news and request
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Distance No Bar to Kidney Transplants in Remote Areas
Health - April 21, 2009
Finding contradicts belief that process favors people in urban areas
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Survey Shows Many Want to Donate Organs, But Few Do
Health - April 16, 2009
Boosting registration critical to solving shortages, experts say
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Stem Cells Repair Damaged Corneas in Mice
Health - April 10, 2009
Procedure may someday replace transplants in people, experts say
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Kidneys From Donors Older Than 70 Still Viable
Health - April 1, 2009
Using them would increase available organs, researchers say
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Networking May Aid Blacks Who Need Kidney Transplant
Health - March 27, 2009
Survey finds that active role by patients doubled their odds of success
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Licorice May Block Absorption of Organ Transplant Drug
Health - March 24, 2009
Study finds potential interaction with cyclosporine could lead to fatal complications
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Guidelines Suggested for Heart-Kidney Transplants
Health - March 18, 2009
Study identifies factors that reduce survival rate for combo surgery
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Living Kidney Donation Chains May Help More Get Transplants
Health - March 11, 2009
These networks begin with one altruistic living donor, study explains
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Health Buzz: Alcohol Use and Cancer Risk and Other Health News
Health - February 25, 2009
Using Planned Parenthood for healthcare; why a living kidney donor beats a cadaveric kidney transplant.
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Marion Barry's Transplant: Why a Living Donor Beats a Cadaveric Kidney
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January W. Payne
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Health - February 24, 2009
Thanks to generous friends and relatives and paired exchanges, live donations are on the rise.
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Even Mismatched Cord Blood Can Help Kids
Health - February 13, 2009
More patients, especially ethnic and racial minorities, could get transplants, study finds
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Needed: Blood Donations
Health - February 6, 2009
Supplies tend to run dangerously short this time of year
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Most Kidney Donors Lead Long, Healthy Lives
Health - January 28, 2009
Biggest study of its kind finds no health downside to donation
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Lung Transplant Outcomes Better at High-Volume Hospitals
Health - January 28, 2009
The more procedures done per year, the higher the survival rate, study finds
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New Test May Help Kidney Transplant Patients
Health - January 21, 2009
Carolina researchers say it could detect virus that can lead to failure
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Older Women Get Fewer Kidney Transplants Than Men
Health - January 19, 2009
Gender disparity greatest in those 56 or older, but odds as good as males once on list
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A Better Method of Kidney Storage
Health - December 31, 2008
Continuous pumping of solution through donated organ improved odds, study shows
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Gene Mutation Tied to Inherited Fatal Lung Disease
Health - December 30, 2008
Those with variant had cancer as well as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, study finds
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