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  • Study: Liver transplant donor's age not a... 25 Jul 2008 06:58 GMT
    ... Study: Liver transplant donor's age not a health factor Monday, ... The study analyzed data from 485 adult liver transplants. The group hopes the findings will convince transplant ...

  • Larger Liver Transplant Pool 25 Jul 2008 04:42 GMT
    ... news for the 17,000 people on the liver transplant waiting list, especially for those patients with ... patients with hepatitis C. The majority of liver transplants in the United States are for patients with hepatitis ...

  • Donor's Age Not Linked to Poor Outcomes in Liver Transplants 25 Jul 2008 04:41 GMT
    ... Age Not Linked to Poor Outcomes in Liver Transplants Even recipients with hepatitis C had good five-year ... 302 (61.8 percent) had other indications for liver transplant. Of the patients with hepatitis C, 88.1 ...

  • JCI table of contents: July 24, 2008 24 Jul 2008 21:49 GMT
    ... (303) 315-5632; E-mail: View the PDF of this article at: TRANSPLANTATION: How to identify liver transplant recipients who no longer need drugs A very small number of individuals who have had ...

  • EDDA Technology Launches IQQA(R)-Liver New Release for Fast Volumetry Assessment from Liver MDCT 24 Jul 2008 16:39 GMT
    ... EDDA Technology Launches IQQA(R)-Liver New Release for Fast Volumetry Assessment ... after the kidney. In 2005, about 6,500 liver transplants were performed in the United States according to ...

  • Changes to Hota to make more organs available 24 Jul 2008 11:05 GMT
    ... THE number of organs available for transplant looks set to increase ... one in three of the kidney and liver transplants was from living donors. Currently, 563 people are ...

  • Vanessa and Larry Hughes host foundation fundraiser Aug. 9 24 Jul 2008 08:53 GMT
    ... 2006. He was born with liver disease, and lived to 15 after receiving a liver transplant. The Larry Hughes Family Foundation assistance the Moses family with funeral services. “She's a go-getter ...

  • Foster transplant case sparks DCF policy revamp 24 Jul 2008 07:59 GMT
    ... to the medication, Nixon said. He was placed on a waiting list for a liver transplant at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, but then removed after doctors and administrators decided he was a ...

  • Targeted Drug Boosts Survival Among Liver Cancer Patients 24 Jul 2008 07:35 GMT
    ... disease is caught early, it's sometimes possible to remove the tumor or perform a liver transplant. Chemotherapy isn't particularly effective in liver cancers, because one of the liver's main functions is ...

  • All aboard! 24 Jul 2008 00:55 GMT
    ... Debbie Bielech is a trip coordinator with the foundation. Her son Matt needed a liver transplant at 11 months. She gave half her liver to her son, and started a society called ...

  • Targeted Drug Boosts Survival Among Liver Cancer Patients 23 Jul 2008 21:52 GMT
    ... disease is caught early, it's sometimes possible to remove the tumor or perform a liver transplant. Chemotherapy isn't particularly effective in liver cancers, because one of the liver's main functions is ...

  • Whitman teen in fair condition after bike crash 23 Jul 2008 20:19 GMT
    ... Nancy Magee and the late Thomas Magee, who died in 2005 after receiving a liver transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital. Thomas Magee's death led to a well-publicized lawsuit by his wife against ...

  • Young Transplant Recipient Wins More Medals 23 Jul 2008 04:54 GMT
    ... with Alagille Syndrome, a rare disease. Hunter was near death until he received a liver transplant from an 18-year-old woman who died in a car crash. Ever since the transplant, Hunter ...

  • Donor's Age Not Linked to Poor Outcomes in Liver Transplants 22 Jul 2008 23:31 GMT
    ... analyzed data from 489 adults who had liver transplants at the school between 1997 and 2006. Of those ... 302 (61.8 percent) had other indications for liver transplant. Of the patients with hepatitis C, 88.1 ...

  • Donor's Age Not Linked to Poor Outcomes in Liver Transplants 22 Jul 2008 20:16 GMT
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