Disparities: Rural Residents Less Likely to Get Organ Transplants
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Add patients living in small towns and rural areas to the list of people who stand a lower chance of getting an organ transplant if they need one.
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NEW YORK  - Patients who undergo heart transplant surgery in hospitals that perform 14 or more procedures each year achieve better outcomes than patients who undergo this procedure at hospitals that perform fewer heart transplants.
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NEW YORK  - According to a survey of low-income, rural women over age 40, nearly 7 out of 10 say their physicians have never prompted them to get a mammogram.
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Researchers find that by weakening a transplant patient's immune system, then providing bone marrow from the donor, the body is more likely to accept the new organ without the need for long-term drug use.
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BEIJING, July 3 -- The Chinese government imposed new restrictions on organ transplants for foreigners Tuesday, part of an effort to curtail widely reported abuses such as selling organs and, in some hospitals, catering to foreigners looking for  discount hearts, livers and kidneys.
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A new study shows that people who live in areas with a high degree of suburban sprawl are more likely to report chronic health problems, such as high blood pressure, arthritis, headaches, and breathing difficulties, than those who live in urban areas.
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It's known that African Americans have an elevated risk of pancreatic cancer, but new study findings show they may also be less likely to receive surgery for the disease.
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While many foreign doctors are drawn to the United States to treat underserved poor and rural areas, some experts and health officials say the physicians are needed more at home.
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NEW YORK  - Outpatient care focusing on improving kidney function is associated with a reduced risk of death in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease, researchers report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Throughout rural America, breast cancer screening is significantly underused, especially among poor minority populations, a new study finds.
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Several long-established heart transplant centers serving the Washington region are under scrutiny by federal officials because they have done too few operations in recent years, repeatedly performing less than half of the minimum considered necessary to maintain surgical skills and patient care.
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Although willingness to donate organs has risen in recent years, major hurdles remain.
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Every day, more than 15 people die in the United States while waiting for a lifesaving organ that never comes. At this very moment in New England, two babies under the age of 1 year old need livers.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. One of two infant twins who had been awaiting heart transplants in Nashville has received a donor organ. Abigail Patrick underwent four hours of surgery yesterday at Vanderbilt University&#39;s children&#39;s hospital.
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Black donors are preferable for blacks receiving kidneys because of the organ's sensitivity to genetic factors. But medical specialists say the number of black donors is not keeping up with the huge need, due in part to a distrust of doctors stemming from the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study.
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New research suggests that suicide risk factors are heightened in rural areas by social isolation, lack of mental health care and the easy availability of guns.
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Oct. 8, 2004 -- Chronic kidney failure soared 104% in the US between 1990 and 2001, largely due to climbing rates of diabetes and high blood pressure.