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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Sleep apnea is common in individuals who receive a kidney transplant and is associated with increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease or stroke, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). Researchers found that kidney transplant patients are just as likely to have this sleep disorder as dialyzed kidney disease patients...
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24-7 press release (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kidney transplant recipients are already at increased risks for a variety of problems. According to a new Hungarian study patients with sleep apnea face an increased of high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke.
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ProjectDisaster (Free subscription) | yesterday
Link: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5845a3.htm's_cid=mm5845a3_e MMWR November 20, 2009 / 58(45);1263-1267 West Nile Virus Transmission via Organ Transplantation and Blood Transfusion — Louisiana, 2008 Three years after the introduction and spread of West Nile virus (WNV) in the United States, transmission through blood transfusion and solid organ transplantation was documented in...
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Underdog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Under Dog`s Blog ? By Don Jones = Underdog I publish this blog, called Underdog almost daily. I write about things, I think, I know about ? For instance, I write about Organ/Transplantation. I write about Unions. I write about healthcare. I write a little about Pulmonary Hypertension. At times I am very opinionated. I do not ask that you agree with me, I do ask however that when you disagree with me,...
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PLoS ONE (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Background Donor-specific blood transfusion (DST) prior to solid organ transplantation has been shown to induce long-term allograft survival in the absence of immunosuppressive therapy. Although the mechanisms underlying DST-induced allograft tolerance are not well defined, there is evidence to suggest DST induces one or more populations of antigen-specific regulatory cells that suppress allograft...
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Merv Sheppard's Transplant Network (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
For anyone avoiding getting the H1N1 flu shot because of concerns about potential side effects this briefing from the World Health Organization is certainly great news. The WHO says that all data compiled to date indicate that pandemic vaccines match the excellent safety profile of seasonal influenza vaccines, which have been used for more than 60 years. Read the full WHO briefing on the Safety of...
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Merv Sheppard's Transplant Network (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
After receiving the seasonal flu shot a couple of weeks ago I managed to get the H1N1 vaccine this week so I'm hopefully well protected against the flu for this year. I hope that all transplant recipients make an effort to get these shots. Medical specialists recommend that all immunosuppressed individuals receive the vaccines. People that have had solid organ transplants (such as lungs, kidneys or...
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Natural Alternative Products : RSS New Products Feed (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Connie Culp, the gunshot victim, who underwent the first face transplant in the U.S. is now able to smell, taste food and breathe through her nose, her surgeons reported in the November/December issue of the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
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Rantings Of The Lazy Iguana (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
One of the things I have done (so far) with my days off is kick on the TV. It seems I have not missed much when it comes to the great health care fiasco. Now I have one of these full time jobs that the right likes to talk so much about. You know, the kind that comes with benefits and options and all that other happy horse shit. So therefore, I must be set! Well not exactly. You see, my employer is...
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Merv Sheppard's Transplant Network (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
It' great to see that a lung transplant recipient was given the chance to carry the Olympic torch on it's journey across Canada towards Vancouver, British Columbia where the 2010 Winter Olympic Games will be held from February 12th to the 28th. This is another wonderful example of how life-transforming an organ transplant can be. CBC News Cape Breton welcomes Olympic flame Eddie MacDonald considers...
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Merv Sheppard's Transplant Network (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
A woman whose life was saved when her father donated a kidney ten years ago has now had a life-saving transplant from her mother. Telegraph.co.uk The second kidney donation marks the end of a long journey for Julie Robson and her family. Ten years ago Julie's father Bob, 56, donated his kidney, but her body sadly began to reject the organ. And the health complications that followed eventually lead...
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TIME (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Twenty-five years after Baby Fae's death following the world's first animal-to-human infant heart transplant, TIME looks back at the history of the procedure
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Head Nurse (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
As part of our training, we interns have to go to the cardiovascular CCU at Holy Kamole. They deal with things there that, thank Frog, I will never have to see. Bone-marrow transplants gone wrong I can handle; neurological disorders hold no sway in my nightmares. But heart and lung and kidney and what-have-you transplants? Are the stuff of horrid, horrid dreams. I am meant to do a thorough neuro exam...
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bsalmons | 06/05/2009
Connie Culp knew of the Cleveland Clinic's interest in face transplants and approached the medical staff, doctors said at a news conference Tuesday.
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