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Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil, performing the pig kidney transplant surgery.

<乌鸦传媒>Too Ill for Typical Transplants, Woman Gets a Pig Kidney and Heart Pump Instead

Surgery marks sixth human xenotransplant performed at NYU Langone Health

A photo of surgeons working on a donor heart on a sterile bench.

<乌鸦传媒>Usefulness Questioned for Transplant Center Report Cards

Ratings look like noise due to volatile score changes every half year

<乌鸦传媒>Aspirin for Fatty Liver; Meds for Self-Managed Abortion

Also in TTHealthWatch: diagnosing Parkinson's with a skin biopsy

Photo of a scientist pipetting cells into a multi-well plate with screen image of stem cells in the background.

<乌鸦传媒>Is Alzheimer's Transmissible Through Bone Marrow Cells?

Mouse experiment suggests it may be, but what that means for humans isn't clear

A photo of a vial of Comirnaty monovalent XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccine and several single-use syringes.

<乌鸦传媒>CDC: Latest COVID Vax Cuts Hospitalization Risk in Immunocompromised People

But fewer than one in five of this vulnerable group have received the updated shot

A photo of a donor heart sitting in ice in a cooler

<乌鸦传媒>Do Race, Sex Factor Into Who Has Donor Heart Offers Turned Down by Transplant Docs?

Black people, men receive more offers before one is accepted

FDA EUA pemivibart (Pemgarda) over a computer rendering of antibodies attacking COVID viruses.

<乌鸦传媒>New Monoclonal Authorized to Prevent COVID in Immunocompromised People

No such option has been available since FDA revoked the authorization of Evusheld last year

A photo of surgeons performing the pig kidney transplant.

<乌鸦传媒>First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Performed in Living Recipient

Patient with end-stage kidney disease underwent transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital

A computer rendering of a cirrhotic liver

<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

A photo of a senior woman receiving a covid vaccination from a female nurse.

<乌鸦传媒>How Often Should Immunocompromised People Get a COVID Booster?

Experts say about every 6 months, but that should be individualized

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Trader Joe's 60,000-Pound Recall; Will Shortz's Stroke; Oregon Recriminalizing Drugs

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

A computer rendering of lymphocytes

<乌鸦传媒>PROs for Cutaneous Chronic GVHD After Transplant Tied to Disease Severity, Mortality

Baseline QOL, symptom burden could inform risk stratification, treatment decisions

A photo of Scot Pollard

<乌鸦传媒>NBA Champion, 'Survivor' Contestant Receives Heart Transplant

Scot Pollard "feeling great" following surgery, his wife says

A photo of surgeons preparing a donor kidney for transplantation

<乌鸦传媒>Do Organ Transplants Cause Personality Changes?

Anecdotal evidence suggests a real possibility, but more research is needed

A scanning electron microscope image of fecal bacteria

<乌鸦传媒>AGA Backs Fecal Microbiota-Based Therapies for Recurrent C. Diff

But new guidelines do not recommend use in inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome

<乌鸦传媒>Reversing Anticoagulation in Hemorrhagic Stroke; E-Cigs for Smoking Cessation

Also in TTHealthWatch: an online program for long COVID

A photo of surgeons performing a kidney transplant.

<乌鸦传媒>Immunotherapy May Hold Promise for Skin Cancers After Kidney Transplant

Two studies had "important differences," but can help guide clinicians

A photo of surgeons during heart transplant surgery

<乌鸦传媒>Risk Score Proposed to Anchor Forthcoming Donor Heart Allocation Rules

Current six-tier system on the outs due to excessive manipulation

A photo of Scot Pollard

<乌鸦传媒>Former NBA Player, 'Survivor' Contestant Waits in Hospital for Heart Transplant

But few donors can provide a match for his extra-large body

A photo of a surgeon opening a plastic bag containing a donor liver.

<乌鸦传媒>Stigmatizing Language Common on Liver Transplant Websites

Researchers searched for terms including "alcoholic," "alcoholism," and "alcohol abuse"

A scanning electron microscope image of a cell heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles

<乌鸦传媒>Most Immunocompromised Patients Clear Omicron Infections

B-cell malignancies, B-cell treatments associated with longer duration of infection

<乌鸦传媒>New Federal Health Agency Sets Bold Goals

Changing rural health delivery, perfecting whole eye transplants among ARPA-H's aims

A computer rendering of a transparent pic with opaque organs

<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

A photo of a female physician holding a stethoscope to a baby鈥檚 back.

<乌鸦传媒>Donated Heart Valves Still Growing a Year After World's 1st Partial Heart Transplant

Child and transplanted tissue together remain in good condition per case report

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Death by Doctor; Apple Watch Sales Rebooted; Nerve Transplanted to Paralyzed Hand

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

A computer rendering of cytomegaloviruses

<乌鸦传媒>Longer Letermovir Prophylaxis Reduced Risk of Cytomegalovirus Infection After HSCT

Randomized study showed extending prophylaxis from 100 to 200 days was effective and safe

ASH over a photo of San Diego Convention Center.

<乌鸦传媒>ASCT Tops CAR T-Cell Therapy for Relapsed LBCL in Complete Remission

Better 2-year PFS, OS, but not applicable to primary refractory disease

A computer rendering of a cooler labeled BIOHAZARD, HUMAN ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANT

<乌鸦传媒>Transplant Advocates Sound Alarm Over Proposed Medicare Test Coverage Policy

Proposed rules would decrease early detection of organ rejection, they say

A photo of a surgeon holding a kidney from a living donor prior to surgery.

<乌鸦传媒>Two-Week Prophylaxis May Prevent Hep C After Kidney Transplant

Direct-acting antiviral prophylaxis worked in all 10 cases in pilot trial

The cover art for the Netflix documentary next to a photo of Paolo Macchiarini

<乌鸦传媒>Disgraced Surgeon Paolo Macchiarini Sees New Wave of Media Attention

A podcast, Netflix series, and TV adaptation examine regenerative medicine doctor's wrongdoings

A photo of surgeons performing a heart transplant.

<乌鸦传媒>Rude Awakening on Trying to Keep Donor Hearts Usable With Common Hormone Infusions

Long-standing practice of levothyroxine supplementation fails in randomized trial

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Pelosi vs Trump on ACA; Life Expectancy Rises; Legal Definition of Death Questioned

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

A photo of surgeons performing a liver transplant.

<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

AASLD over a photo of Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts

<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

AASLD over a photo of Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts

<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

AASLD over a photo of Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts

<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"

Three stages of James' face. Photo courtesy of NYU Langone Health.

<乌鸦传媒>Doctors Perform First Partial-Face, Full-Eye Transplant

Stem cells injected into optic nerve, but unclear whether recipient will regain his sight

Kidney Week over a photo of Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.

<乌鸦传媒>Kidney Week Roundup: Cell Therapy Cuts Immunosuppressive Drug Use Post-Transplant

Plus: bardoxolone methyl for diabetic kidney disease and spironolactone in hemodialysis patients

A photo of a senior woman sitting on an operating table prior to surgery.

<乌鸦传媒>Heart Injuries Suggest Reconsideration of Holding BP Meds for Surgery

Pause on ACE inhibitors, ARBs yields more acute hypertension with no prevention of hypotension

Kidney Week over a photo of Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.

<乌鸦传媒>Kidney Transplant Rates Stubbornly Resist Systems Intervention in Canada

Multi-pronged approach to boost living and deceased donor transplant fails in randomized trial

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