Vital signs weak for transplants
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Driving on a highway through Montreal, the 49-year-old Toronto man modestly describes himself on a cellphone as passionate and vocal about organ and tissue donations.
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Passing electric current in pulses through transplanted heart cells is bringing us closer to a grow-your-own heart patch, said US researchers.
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In what's being called a major advance in organ transplants, doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives.
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A visit to church may be good for the soul but not so good for the lungs, a new study shows.
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Presumed consent for organ donation scheme put on back burner as taskforce unveils alternative measures
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THURSDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Age alone doesn&#39;t increase the risk of death among liver transplant patients age 70 or older and shouldn&#39;t restrict liver transplantation in the elderly, a new study finds.
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Children who were given a heart transplant in infancy score in the low-average range on tests of neurological development and IQ, according to a report in the Journal of Pediatrics.
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African-American churches plan to highlight the continuing lack of donor transplant organs for blacks at services across the country this Sunday.
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LOS ANGELES -- In what's being called a major advance in organ transplants, doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives.
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In a large-scale test, transplanted   pancreas cells eliminated the need for insulin in some diabetes   patients, but for many the benefit was short-lived.
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Very obese people who need a kidney transplant are far less likely to get one than normal weight people, and when they do, their wait is an average of a year to 18 months longer, a new study found.
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In the past few months, Sarasota resident Mary Pierson has taken some of the most important tests of her life. Tests that determined she was a possible match for her husband, Mark, who needs a kidney transplant.
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NEW ORLEANS - More than five million Americans suffer from heart failure, a debilitating condition in which the heart fails to pump enough blood, starving the body of oxygen and leading to weakness, chest pain and, eventually, death.
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A drug to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients may cause birth defects, health officials warned Monday.
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Jennifer Sutton's heart almost killed her. On Tuesday she got her first look at the culprit. Three months after the defective organ was cut from her body, the 23-year-old transplant patient came to contemplate a mass of pink and yellow tissue suspended in a transparent container at a medical museum in London.
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Scientists say they have found a safe way to give carbon monoxide to help organ transplant patients.
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NEW YORK  - Children who were given a heart  transplant in infancy score in the low-average range on tests  of neurological development and IQ, according to a report in  the Journal of Pediatrics.