ILTS 2012 Report – New Hepatitis C treatments may improve outlook
by Thomas R. Collins – The state of treatment for Hepatitis C patients waiting for a liver transplant leaves a lot to be desired
by Thomas R. Collins – The state of treatment for Hepatitis C patients waiting for a liver transplant leaves a lot to be desired
by Thomas R. Collins – A recently unveiled scoring system for evaluating the likelihood of post-liver transplant survival is useful in predicting success in transplants from donors with… read more.
by Thomas R. Collins – Liver transplants involving selected organs from elderly patients performed just as well as livers from usual donors,
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.
by Bruce Sylvester – Women with breast pain who undergo extra-routine mammograms, MRIs or ultrasounds as part of breast pain evaluation derive no diagnostic or therapeutic benefit, researchers… read more.
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