Medicare to Broaden Coverage for LVADs, Artificial Hearts CMS would drop requirement for clinical trial enrollment Aug 12, 2020
COVID-19 Hit NYC Kidney Transplant Recipients Hard Study "raises very serious concerns about the safety of transplant patients in this outbreak" Apr 24, 2020
Organ Transplant: 'Essential' Surgery in a Time of Pandemic Centers describe the tough choices, strategies, and outcomes they're seeing Mar 26, 2020
A Real Pain in the Neck: Surgeons' Posture Wearable tech confirms ergonomic stress of surgery Mar 11, 2020
Bringing Transplant to More Patients With AML Conditioning with radiolabeled antibody leads to successful transplantation in 84% of older patients Feb 25, 2020
Stem-Cell Transplant Trial Ends in a Draw Similar PFS with haploidentical bone marrow, double unrelated umbilical cord blood Feb 24, 2020
Myeloablative Therapy Prevails in AML Transplant Study Better survival, fewer relapses compared with reduced-intensity conditioning Feb 21, 2020
Whistleblower Transplant Surgeon; Uncredentialed Child Abuse Doc This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 19, 2020
Surgical Attire Changes a Bust for Infection Control? One center reports what happened with shift to bouffants, surgical jackets Feb 12, 2020
Gains in Stem Cell Transplant Mortality Over Last 25 Years But outcomes still "far from perfect" Jan 20, 2020
Horror Stories Underscore FMT Risks Two E. coli infections with one fatal, transmitted to trial patients by same donor Oct 30, 2019
Dialysis Takes Heavy Toll on Elderly Loss of independence and increased caregiver burden common, study found Jun 27, 2019
Bone Marrow Transplant for Autoimmune Disease: Ready for Prime Time? Everything you know about BMT is probably wrong, says hematologist Apr 08, 2019
Kidney Disease Payment System Draws Medicare Scrutiny 'We do not think the state of kidney disease care is acceptable' Feb 15, 2019
Lungs Donated After Opioid Overdose Do Well Similar survival seen for growing number of overdose donor organs Jan 30, 2019
Could Blood Test Predict Lung Transplant Rejection? Genomic-derived biomarker shows promise in 'proof of concept' study Jan 24, 2019
Morning Break: Measles Rebound; New FDA Warnings; Cancer Dx Scares Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ staff Nov 30, 2018
Minorities Sicker than Whites at Liver Transplant Referral Blacks had highest MELD scores at waitlist registration among racial-ethnic groups Nov 13, 2018
AHA: Closing Dialysis Fistula Improves Heart Function Kidney transplant patients may benefit from reversing arteriovenous connection Nov 12, 2018
'De-Fatting' Tx May Give Discarded Livers New Life Ex vivo perfusion system plus therapy reduced fat in steatotic livers Nov 11, 2018
AASLD Poster Roundup: Gender, Insurance, Weight and Waitlists Selections from poster sessions at the annual Liver Meeting Nov 10, 2018
Liver Meeting to Focus on Practice Matters Along with Science Topics range from 'day in the life' of a hepatology consultant to novel NASH therapies Nov 08, 2018
SGLT-2 for Stage 3 CKD; Opioids for CKD; Kidney Transplant Discard & Disabilities Roundup of more top abstracts from Kidney Week 2018 Oct 30, 2018
Time to Question Obesity-Based Cutoffs in Kidney Transplantation? Study finds outcomes non-inferior to patients with BMI 35 and under Oct 29, 2018
Recurrent Post-Transplant Lupus Nephritis Declining Single-center study credits improvements in immunosuppression Oct 23, 2018
Tandem Lung-Bone Marrow Transplant Shows Promise Protocol being used in patients with primary immunodeficiencies Oct 08, 2018
Decades Later, Mortality for Childhood Transplant Recipients Remains High Elevated risk requires closer follow-up care Jul 27, 2018
Shorter Wait Times May Favor HCV-Infected Kidney Transplants Long-term dialysis while waiting for uninfected kidney a larger risk Jul 09, 2018
Racial Gaps Persist in ALD Patients Eligible for Transplant Disparities found regarding liver transplant, mortality Jun 03, 2018
In Lupus, Time on Dialysis Matters Survival in lupus nephritis worsens after 24 months of dialysis May 18, 2018
Hepatitis C Treatments Reduce Transplants Therapies also appear to reduce liver-related mortality Apr 15, 2018
NKF SCM18 Roundup: Refused Donor Kidneys, Medication Mgmt, and More Other noteworthy research presented at NKF meeting Apr 15, 2018
Europe Gets Updated HCV Tx Guidelines EASL panel touts 'ease of use' of direct-acting antivirals Apr 15, 2018
Perioperative Beta Blockers Trade Fewer MIs for More Deaths Issue of safety highlighted again in POISE analysis Mar 12, 2018
From Hopeless to Healer: Escaping Iran's Revolution Twice, Then Robbed at the Border Of 51 people sent back, only Adel Bozorgzadeh kept going Nov 01, 2017 video
Vets with HCV Might Settle Cancer Controversy VA experience seems to rule out possible cancer-causing effect of new drugs Oct 23, 2017
'Split Livers:' Life-Saving Options for Kids Who Need Transplant? Divided-organ approach works in U.K., but may be a tough sell in U.S. Oct 22, 2017
PBC Drug Shows Benefit Beyond Standard Response Findings imply that ursodeoxycholic acid therapy should not be discontinued Oct 22, 2017
Liver Ca Transplant Rates Vary by Ethnicity Blacks have lower rates despite same degree of illness, study finds Oct 21, 2017
