Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Osteoporosis, cataracts and cancer … doctors are cutting out the horrible side effects that follow kidney transplants and may eliminate the need for all of the pill poppin.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Hong Kong - Kidney patients have been advised to go to China for transplants by a leading surgeon because of a shortage of donors in Hong Kong, a media report said Thursday. But the issue has reprised concerns that organs available in China might hav...
Medical,Health News and Articles (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
Medical Studies/Trials For patients receiving kidney transplants, treatment with cholesterol-lowering “statin” drugs may lead to longer survival, reports a study in the November 2008 Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).“Statin therapy is well established [...]
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Singapore is considering legalizing kidney trading to help meet demand for kidney transplants, the city-state's health minister said Monday.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Singapore is considering legalizing kidney trading to help meet demand for kidney transplants, the city-state's health minister said Monday.
Ph articles (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
SINGAPORE - Singapore is taking into account legalizing kidney trading to help meet demand for kidney transplants, the city-state's health minister said Monday. The Health Ministry will examine the feasibility of providing payments to unrelated donors to augment the supply of kidneys, Khaw Boon Wan said in Parliament, acknowledging that the suggestion has stirred controversy. "We should not reject...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
Chennai, July 20 (IANS) A hospital in this Tamil Nadu capital city Sunday inaugurated a centre that will conduct complex kidney transplants using Japanese technology where the donor and the recipient need not have the same blood groups. The MIOT group (Madras Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumacare) has started the Institute of Nephrology in collaboration [...]
Health - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
HLA exposure leads to the body's immune system to become sensitized and develop antibodies....
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Blood cancer treatment Rituxan could sharply improve the chances of successful kidney transplants for patients at risk of rejecting them, a study finds.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
Kidney transplants; Sanctions for Zimbabwe; The two Obamas and Putin
SoccerBlog.com (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
He is putting his life on the line by returning to football - coming back to the game after undergoing two kidney transplants. Last night he scored the only goal on his debut in the European Championship.A remarkable comeback.....
Soccerpassion.net (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Croatian striker had two kidney transplantsEdmonton Sun, Canada - 6 minutes agoOnly nine months later, Klasnic returned to playing in the Bundesliga. "It was a dream. I worked toward that day and I enjoyed every minute of it," Klasnic ... Share this
Ph articles (Free subscription) | 30/05/2008
THURSDAY, May 29 (HealthDay news ) -- Treatment with the anti-rejection drug sirolimus may lead to increased exposure to harm of diabetes in kidney transplant patients, say researchers who analyzed data on about 20,000 Medicare patients who had kidney transplants between 1995 and 2003. None of the patients had diabetes before their kidney transplant. Compared to other anti-rejection drugs, sirolimus...
Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 02/05/2008
1/5/08 The Philippines is banning kidney transplants for foreigners from next month as part of a crackdown on a growing but illicit trade in human organs bought from the poor. Foreigners who violate it, as well as the middlemen, can be jailed for up to 20 years and fined two million pesos ($51,000), the Health Secretary, [...]
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 30/04/2008
The Philippines is banning kidney transplants for foreigners in a government crackdown on a growing but illicit trade in organs bought from the poor, officials said Tuesday.
