Kidney transplants
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Patients with Kidney Transplants and Sleep Apnea Face Increased Risks According to New Study in the January 2010 Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
24-7 press release (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
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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Woman given kidneys from mother and father
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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Kidney Transplants Generally Safe for Lupus Patients
Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Individuals with a history of lupus who receive a kidney transplant rarely develop the serious inflammatory condition lu
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Medicare reactive vs. proactive
publishaletter.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Dear Editor: I have Primary Lymphaedma . I am amazed at the lack of cross referencing by the medical establishment when it come to this illness and treatment. I had bypass surgery in 2008 and spent a week in a Rehab Facility. At least 5 doctors commented on the size of my legs. They ordered two vienographs, yet not one mentioned that there was a treatment center in this Facility. A year later, my new...
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New Views On Timing Of Kidney Transplants
Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Researchers say that pre-dialysis transplant patients with high level of kidney function are unlikely to benefit from
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While exporting drugs, India has millions suffering from pain
ScrippsNews (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
NEW DELHI - Nagesh Simha knows about pain. He has had three kidney transplants, one of which led to such severe complications that he had to have both hips replaced. But when he's not a patient, he's a surgeon, supervising a cancer hospice in Bangalore -- where he sees patients in what he calls the "catastrophic pain" that frequently accompanies the disease. | read more
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"Mermaid Girl" Shiloh Pepin Has Died, At Age 10
Mizozo (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Shiloh Pepin, the little girl born with the rare condition of "mermaid syndrome" or sirenomelia, has died. She was only 10. Sirenomelia or mermaid syndrome, as it is commonly called, is the condition of having ones legs fused together. Shiloh Pepin had gained a wide following, via the Internet and national TV shows such as "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Doctors had predicted Shiloh...
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'Mermaid Girl' Dies: Shiloh Pepin, 10, Suffered 'Mermaid Syndrome'
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
PORTLAND, Maine — Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called "mermaid syndrome," and gained a wide following on the Internet and national television, has died. She was 10. Doctors had predicted she would only survive only for days after her birth at the most, but the girl, described by her mother as "a tough little thing," died at Maine...
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Trafficking In Human Beings for Removal of Organs
smoke and mirrors (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
In the fast-growing human trafficking web, most of us are aware of the exploitation of the poverty stricken for sex, however, impoverished human beings are also trafficked for the removal of their organs. This illegal trade in body parts is largely dominated by kidneys - 10% of kidney transplants are from trafficked organs - because they are in greatest demand. China, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Brazil,...
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Thursday October 15 Housing and Economic stories
KeNo's Housing and Economic Portal (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
KeNosHousingPortal.blogspot.com TOP STORIES : Sign of the Times: Cash-strapped sell their kidneys to pay off debts - ( www.timesonline.co.uk ) British victims of the credit crunch are offering to sell their kidneys for £25,000 or more to help pay debts, an investigation by The Sunday Times has revealed. At least a dozen adverts have appeared on the internet offering kidneys for sale from British...
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International convention needed to combat organ trafficking: report
JURIST (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
[JURIST] An international convention is needed to protect the victims of organ, tissue, and cell (OTC) trafficking, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Council of Europe (COE) and the UN. The report calls for a separate OTC convention in addition to the convention against human trafficking, drawing a distinction between OTC trafficking and trafficking in humans for the removal of organs....
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On Some Days a Health Czar Just Shouldn't Get Out of Bed
Rogue Medic (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
I needed a break from the intubation posting. I do not have a strong position on this and have not even paid attention to the debate. However, yes you knew that was going to lead to a However , there are a couple of things that I have read in the past day that point out some problems for the advocates of the government run, but less bureaucratic system. Yes, that is likely to be an oxymoron, but that...
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Alonzo Mourning act among Thursday's new laws
Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
An act expanding insurance coverage for kidney transplants that's named for retired Miami Heat basketball star Alonzo Mourning is among 28 new laws going into effect Thursday.
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Bariatric Surgery After Kidney Transplants
Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
Although most of my practice today is bariatric medicine, as a trained nephrologist, I continue to keep an eye on the nephrology literature. I was therefore interested to note this recent study on the outcomes and safety of bariatric surgery in patients who underwent kidney transplants. As blogged before, obesity is a significant risk factor for [...]