ILTS 2012 Report – Casting wide net for donated livers is worthwhile
by Thomas R. Collins – Pursuing liver grafts in an aggressive manner throughout the United States is much more costly than getting them from a local or regional… read more.
by Thomas R. Collins – Pursuing liver grafts in an aggressive manner throughout the United States is much more costly than getting them from a local or regional… read more.
by Thomas R. Collins – Doing a biopsy on a liver before the organ is procured for transplantation is helpful only when done for certain potential organ donors,
by Thomas R. Collins – With a scarcity of livers available for transplantation, there is a tremendous pressure on the medical community to make the best use of… read more.
by Thomas R. Collins – A living donor liver transplant can be a safe and effective first-line treatment for very young children with biliary atresia,
by Thomas R. Collins – Establishing and adhering to management goals for organ donors boosts the percentage of livers that are utilized,
Dr Irene Scalera, Fellow at the Liver Unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, describes the ever-changing donor landscape and attempts to improve liver donor shortage.
Findings from a newly published meta-analysis suggests that levels of non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) among statin users is associated with risk of developing a major cardiovascular event, such… read more.
Mood and anxiety disorders such as bipolar, panic disorder and major depressive disorder appear to be highly associated with non-medical prescription opioid use.
C. difficile is a bacterium that is common in the environment. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 337,000 cases of CDI are reported each… read more.
Safety results were similar between groups. Data presented at EULAR 2012, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, demonstrates that tocilizumab monotherapy is more effective than… read more.
In order to promote the ongoing education in cancer care which is one of the objectives of the association the Cork branch holds an annual education update. In… read more.
Quality-of-life issues gaining prominence as long-term cancer survival rates increase. More than 80 percent of radiation oncologists discuss the impact of cancer treatments on fertility with their patients… read more.
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