<ѻý>Xenotransplant Research Yields Bacon Safe for Some People Allergic to Red Meatѻý> Company that breeds the special pigs shares supply with allergy patients for free Jul 22, 2024
<ѻý>Do People Buy Into Hospital-at-Home Care?; Nicotine Pouch Useѻý> Also in TTHealthWatch: preventing kidney transplant rejection Jul 13, 2024 podcast
<ѻý>What Cognitive Tests Show; Pig Kidney Recipient Dies; Human Plague Case Reportedѻý> Health news and commentary gathered by ѻý staff Jul 10, 2024
<ѻý>Medicare's Financial Incentives Still Falling Flat for Home Dialysis Uptakeѻý> Kidney transplants did not increase either Jul 02, 2024
<ѻý>FDA Warns Eye Bank for Taking Donors Who Had Sepsisѻý> All five donors should have been ineligible, FDA said Jun 27, 2024
<ѻý>Lung Transplant Graft Outcomes Relate Back to Donor Care Settingѻý> Longer graft survival reported for lungs from hospital-based units Jun 25, 2024
<ѻý>Real-World Analysis Identifies Meds Tied to Higher Risk of Liver Injuryѻý> Case reports may not be as reliable, researchers say Jun 25, 2024
<ѻý>98-Year-Old Man Believed to Be the Oldest American Organ Donor Everѻý> Increasingly, older adults can donate organs upon their death, according to one expert Jun 13, 2024
<ѻý>Rifaximin Prophylaxis Fails for Bacterial Peritonitis in Cirrhotic Patientsѻý> "Is it time to say primary prophylaxis is dead?" one expert asks Jun 11, 2024
<ѻý>Patients With Severe ACLF on Liver Transplant Waitlists Face High Mortality Ratesѻý> Urgent need for organ allocation system reform, researchers say Jun 09, 2024
<ѻý>A Win for Liver Transplantation in Unresectable Metastatic Colorectal Cancerѻý> Three new trials address CRC liver metastases Jun 04, 2024
<ѻý>Woman Is Back on Dialysis After Doctors Remove Transplanted Pig Kidneyѻý> Patient was the second person to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig May 31, 2024
<ѻý>Changes to Liver Transplant Policy Increased Costs in Vulnerable Areasѻý> Hospital costs increased 12% in low-income areas vs 5.1% in high-income areas May 29, 2024
<ѻý>Monoclonal Antibody May Benefit Patients With Kidney Transplant Rejectionѻý> But results were not fully durable after treatment cessation May 28, 2024
<ѻý>FDA Urged to Relax Tissue Donation Restrictions for Gay, Bisexual Menѻý> Advocates say policy should be based on individualized risk assessments, "not historic bias" May 28, 2024
<ѻý>Outcomes OK With Transplant of Previously Dialyzed Kidneysѻý> Risk for delayed graft function higher, but other endpoints no different May 23, 2024
<ѻý>Pig-Kidney Recipient Dies; Colon Cancers Surge in Teens; CRISPR Fails to Cure HIVѻý> Health news and commentary gathered by ѻý staff May 13, 2024
<ѻý>Houston Transplant Scandal: Families of Patients Who Died Begin Legal Actionѻý> Surgeon has been accused of manipulating waitlist, making his patients ineligible for new livers Apr 25, 2024
<ѻý>CAR-T Plus Stem-Cell Transplant Promising for CD7+ Blood Cancersѻý> "All-in-one" approach appears safe, effective, in patients with relapsed/refractory disease Apr 24, 2024
<ѻý>Too Ill for Typical Transplants, Woman Gets a Pig Kidney and Heart Pump Insteadѻý> Surgery marks sixth human xenotransplant performed at NYU Langone Health Apr 24, 2024
<ѻý>Usefulness Questioned for Transplant Center Report Cardsѻý> Ratings look like noise due to volatile score changes every half year Apr 11, 2024
<ѻý>CDC: Latest COVID Vax Cuts Hospitalization Risk in Immunocompromised Peopleѻý> But fewer than one in five of this vulnerable group have received the updated shot Mar 28, 2024
<ѻý>Do Race, Sex Factor Into Who Has Donor Heart Offers Turned Down by Transplant Docs?ѻý> Black people, men receive more offers before one is accepted Mar 25, 2024
<ѻý>New Monoclonal Authorized to Prevent COVID in Immunocompromised Peopleѻý> No such option has been available since FDA revoked the authorization of Evusheld last year Mar 22, 2024
<ѻý>First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Performed in Living Recipientѻý> Patient with end-stage kidney disease underwent transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital Mar 21, 2024
<ѻý>Alcohol-Associated Cirrhosis and Death Are on the Rise: Here's How We Can Helpѻý> Reducing stigma, increasing public awareness, and policy change are key Mar 18, 2024
<ѻý>How Often Should Immunocompromised People Get a COVID Booster?ѻý> Experts say about every 6 months, but that should be individualized Mar 18, 2024
<ѻý>NBA Champion, 'Survivor' Contestant Receives Heart Transplantѻý> Scot Pollard "feeling great" following surgery, his wife says Feb 23, 2024
<ѻý>Do Organ Transplants Cause Personality Changes?ѻý> Anecdotal evidence suggests a real possibility, but more research is needed Feb 22, 2024
<ѻý>AGA Backs Fecal Microbiota-Based Therapies for Recurrent C. Diffѻý> But new guidelines do not recommend use in inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome Feb 21, 2024
<ѻý>Reversing Anticoagulation in Hemorrhagic Stroke; E-Cigs for Smoking Cessationѻý> Also in TTHealthWatch: an online program for long COVID Feb 17, 2024 podcast
<ѻý>Immunotherapy May Hold Promise for Skin Cancers After Kidney Transplantѻý> Two studies had "important differences," but can help guide clinicians Feb 13, 2024
<ѻý>Risk Score Proposed to Anchor Forthcoming Donor Heart Allocation Rulesѻý> Current six-tier system on the outs due to excessive manipulation Feb 13, 2024
<ѻý>Former NBA Player, 'Survivor' Contestant Waits in Hospital for Heart Transplantѻý> But few donors can provide a match for his extra-large body Feb 09, 2024
<ѻý>Stigmatizing Language Common on Liver Transplant Websitesѻý> Researchers searched for terms including "alcoholic," "alcoholism," and "alcohol abuse" Feb 08, 2024
<ѻý>Most Immunocompromised Patients Clear Omicron Infectionsѻý> B-cell malignancies, B-cell treatments associated with longer duration of infection Jan 30, 2024
<ѻý>New Federal Health Agency Sets Bold Goalsѻý> Changing rural health delivery, perfecting whole eye transplants among ARPA-H's aims Jan 24, 2024
<ѻý>First-Ever Experiment Shows How Pigs Could One Day Help Liver Failure Patientsѻý> Penn surgeons externally attached gene-edited pig liver to brain-dead human Jan 19, 2024
<ѻý>Donated Heart Valves Still Growing a Year After World's 1st Partial Heart Transplantѻý> Child and transplanted tissue together remain in good condition per case report Jan 02, 2024
<ѻý>Death by Doctor; Apple Watch Sales Rebooted; Nerve Transplanted to Paralyzed Handѻý> Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ѻý staff Dec 28, 2023