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Fitness Watch (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Kudos, fatsos. "In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants. Many more may need a new liver by their 30s or 40s, say experts warning that pediatricians need to be more vigilant. The condition, which can lead to cirrhosis and liver failure or liver cancer, is being seen...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Some American teens are so overweight that their livers are severely damaged - and many will need liver transplants in their 30s or 40s, experts fear. The same is true in Australia and Europe and - thanks to globalization - even in China, India...
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants.
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
TRENTON, N.J. | In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by excess body fat, with a handful needing liver transplants.
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Surgeons and oncologists at the University of Utah are using liver transplants to treat a rare, deadly cancer. Cholangiocarcinoma bile duct cancer previously had no effective therapy and is usually lethal.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
The state Supreme Court has denied an appeal by the University of Washington Medical Center to remain the region's sole provider of liver transplants. Swedish Medical Center is expected to start performing liver transplants early next year.
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
A hospital has been referred to health watchdogs amid concerns it is giving too many liver transplants to foreigners.
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Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - UK & world news (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
A hospital has been referred to health watchdogs amid concerns it is giving too many liver transplants to foreigners.
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Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
A hospital has been referred to health watchdogs amid concerns it is giving too many liver transplants to foreigners.
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Shea Nation (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
On Tuesday, long-time Mets' staffer Jim Plummer passed away from a heart attack after undergoing kidney and liver transplants a few days prior. As regular readers of this blog know, my own father died this past January, after complications from a kidney transplant, and I know how difficult this is for his family, wife Tee and son Jonathan. Although I never met Plummer, someone very close to me worked...
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Slate Magazine (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
According to a recent investigation by the Los Angeles Times, four members of the yakuza, the Japanese mafia, received liver transplants at the UCLA medical center between 2000 and 2004. Two of the four men later gave a $100,000 contribution to the medical center, prompting speculation that a cash promise got them bumped to the head of the transplant waiting list. The story suggested that this revelation...
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OTB News (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
According to a recent investigation by the Los Angeles Times, four members of the yakuza, the Japanese mafia, received liver transplants at the UCLA medical center between 2000 and 2004. Two of the four men later gave a $100,000 contribution to the medical center, prompting speculation that a cash promise got them bumped to the [...]
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Health - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Surgeons at the annual American Transplant Congress suggest regulations covering liver transplants should be altered to ensure patients......
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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
The way in which organs are allocated is constantly subject to debate. Recently, it has been reported that four Japanese gang figures received liver transplants at the U.C.L.A. Medical Center while hundreds of law-abiding patients died as they waited for...
