<乌鸦传媒>Changes to Liver Transplant Policy Increased Costs in Vulnerable Areas Hospital costs increased 12% in low-income areas vs 5.1% in high-income areas May 29, 2024
<乌鸦传媒>Houston Transplant Scandal: Families of Patients Who Died Begin Legal Action Surgeon has been accused of manipulating waitlist, making his patients ineligible for new livers Apr 25, 2024
<乌鸦传媒>Alcohol-Associated Cirrhosis and Death Are on the Rise: Here's How We Can Help Reducing stigma, increasing public awareness, and policy change are key Mar 18, 2024
<乌鸦传媒>Do Organ Transplants Cause Personality Changes? Anecdotal evidence suggests a real possibility, but more research is needed Feb 22, 2024
<乌鸦传媒>Stigmatizing Language Common on Liver Transplant Websites Researchers searched for terms including "alcoholic," "alcoholism," and "alcohol abuse" Feb 08, 2024
<乌鸦传媒>First-Ever Experiment Shows How Pigs Could One Day Help Liver Failure Patients Penn surgeons externally attached gene-edited pig liver to brain-dead human Jan 19, 2024
<乌鸦传媒>Mahvash Disease Case Resolved With Liver Transplantation Rare disease should be part of the differential in the presence of massive pancreaticomegaly Nov 22, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Emergency Liver Transplant Effective for Severe Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure 1-year survival reached 78% for patients who received an emergency transplant Nov 14, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>AKI Response Tied to Improved Survival for Patients Waiting on Liver Transplant Results highlight the importance of prompt recognition and treatment of acute kidney injury Nov 13, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>MASLD Predicted to Increase by 23% by Middle of the Century AASLD president: "No way we are going to be able to transplant our way out of this" Nov 12, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Experts Demand Overhaul of Organ Transplant System During Senate Hearing Patient representative has "zero confidence" in change if UNOS remains involved Jul 21, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Statins Linked to Slower Liver Disease Progression Risk 40% lower with use among those with preexisting liver disease, study found May 04, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Transplant Chief Was an Organ Recipient Herself Years ago, she had a liver transplant. Now she leads Hopkins' pediatric liver transplant program Apr 19, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Monopoly Be Gone: A New Chapter in U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation A recent announcement from HHS has the power to transform our deeply flawed system Apr 04, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Smaller Liver Transplant Candidates Wait Longer, Less Likely to Receive Organ Disparity mostly affects women, but allocating more livers from smaller donors may help Mar 29, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Biden Administration Announces Plan to Overhaul the Organ Transplant System Steps include making contracting more competitive and publishing donation data Mar 22, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>FDA Mandate on Acetaminophen-Opioid Combinations Appeared Effective Hospitalizations for liver toxicity declined after FDA limited acetaminophen dose Mar 07, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Vitamin B3 Doesn't Cut Skin Cancer Risk After Organ Transplant Randomized study finds no benefit with 12 months of nicotinamide versus placebo Mar 01, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Epstein-Barr Virus Tracking After Liver Transplant May Cut Rare Complication Observational study provides suggestive evidence Jan 17, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>After Major Motorcycle Rallies, More Organs Available for Donation Study estimated 21% more organ donors, 26% more transplant recipients per day during rallies Nov 28, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>Steroids and G-CSF Boost 90-Day Survival in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis Plus: Normothermic machine perfusion for liver transplants and Noom Weight for NASH Nov 11, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>Maralixibat Takes Out the Itch of Rare Liver Disease Ileal bile acid transporter inhibitor could become second drug for PFIC Nov 09, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>BP Control Beneficial for Liver Transplant Recipients Patients who kept their blood pressure under 140/90 mm Hg had better kidney function at 1 year Nov 07, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>Low Carb Diet Boosts Weight Loss for Liver Transplant Recipients With Obesity LCD also positively impacted patients' metabophenotype Nov 06, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>New HRS Drug Cuts Need for Renal Replacement Tx After Liver Transplant Follow-up data from CONFIRM trial show terlipressin benefit in key subgroup Oct 25, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>No Brain Death? No Problem. New Organ Transplant Protocol Stirs Debate. Is it ethical to pull the plug in patients who aren't brain dead, then restart their hearts? Sep 28, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>Obeticholic Acid Tied to Better Outcomes in Primary Biliary Cholangitis Study comparing randomized trial with two external cohorts showed fewer deaths, transplants Sep 22, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>Ryan Reynolds' Colonoscopy; NASH Drug Passes Phase II Test; New Drug Target in IBD? News and commentary from the world of gastroenterology and hepatology Sep 14, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>Low MELD Score No Barrier to Long Survival After Living-Donor Transplant End-stage liver disease patients with scores as low as 11 achieved survival of 13 years or beyond Aug 03, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>Liver Preserved for 3 Days With Machine Perfusion Successfully Transplanted Patient healthy and leading normal life at 1 year Jun 01, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>MELD Scoring for Liver Transplants in Need of Sex Adjustment, Study Says Researchers find "pervasive sex differences" in sodium-adjusted MELD scoring system May 18, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>Living Donor Transplant Promising for CRC With Liver-Only Metastases In small study, researchers see "encouraging" survival outcomes Mar 30, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>In Cirrhosis, Less Activity Equals Worse Outcomes The lower the daily step count, the higher the risk of hospitalization and death Mar 23, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>EHR 'Nudge' Linked to Fewer C. Diff Tests for Organ Transplant Recipients The program also led to fewer days of antibiotics and cost savings Mar 07, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>SubQ Infliximab Works for IBD; FDA Clears Complex Colonoscopy Tool; IBS & Diet News and commentary from the world of gastroenterology and hepatology Feb 18, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>Recurrent Autoimmune Hepatitis Post-Liver Transplant: What Are the Risks? Probability of recurrent disease more than doubled from 5 to 20 years later Feb 09, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>Doc Who Branded His Initials in Patients' Livers Banned From Practice U.K. transplant surgeon, Simon Bramhall, had pled guilty to two counts of assault back in 2017 Jan 14, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>Did HIV Status Affect Transplant Patients' Long-Term Outcomes? Study argues liver, kidney transplantation is a viable option for patients with HIV Jan 06, 2022
<乌鸦传媒>Machine Perfusion Cuts Early Graft Dysfunction in Liver Transplantation Fewer ischemic biliary complications with portable normothermic perfusion system as well Jan 05, 2022
