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New technique enables visualisation of human autoimmune disease in animal models

Researchers at Lund University have managed to develop a technique whereby they can study the inflammatory process that takes place in the pancreas during the natural development of type 1 diabetes, allowing for real time and repeated non-invasive imaging of individual islets of Langerhans.

29 Jan 2014

Allogeneic transplants via Blood/Marrow Transplant Program show better outcomes

For the fourth consecutive year, outcomes for patients receiving allogeneic transplants through the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have been shown to be significantly better than would be expected among the patient population treated.

29 Jan 2014

Anxiety, depression and meditation: an interview with Dr Madhav Goyal, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

We wanted to be broadly inclusive of any kind of meditation program, so we defined a meditation program to be any kind of structured meditation program that involved at a minimum 4 hours of training, with instructions to practice outside the classroom.

28 Jan 2014

Children who undergo heart transplantation experience good outcomes

Infants and children who undergo heart transplantation are experiencing good outcomes after surgery and may expect to live beyond 15 years post-surgery with reasonable cardiac function and quality of life, according to a study released today at the 50th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

28 Jan 2014

State highlights: N.Y. revises its request for Medicaid adjustment; transplant waiting periods for new coverage in Wash.

A selection of health policy stories from New York, Washington state, California, Virginia, Idaho, Connecticut and Georgia.

28 Jan 2014

Study provides possible clue to high rate of preterm labor after human fetal surgery

As a fetal surgeon at UC San Francisco, Tippi MacKenzie, MD, has long known that conducting surgery on a fetus to correct a problems such as spina bifida often results in preterm labor and premature birth.

28 Jan 2014

Biomarker used to diagnose brain injury shows early promise for assessing heart inflammation

A biomarker widely used to diagnose brain injury has shown early promise for assessing the severity of heart inflammation, or myocarditis, find researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins, and the Mayo Clinic.

28 Jan 2014

Saint Luke receives $3.4M to investigate health benefits, cost-effectiveness of novel cardiac procedures

aint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute has been awarded a $3.4 million, three-year grant from Boston Scientific to investigate and better define the success, safety, health benefits, and cost-effectiveness of novel methods to open challenging blocked coronary arteries previously thought untreatable through minimally invasive techniques.

28 Jan 2014

Organ and tissue donation saves lives

OneLegacy, the non-profit, federally designated organ, eye and tissue recovery agency serving the seven-country greater Los Angeles area, today issued the following statement: "Kim Pham, the 23-year-old woman who died from her injuries after being assaulted outside a Santa Ana nightclub on Jan. 18, saved five lives through the donation of her heart, kidneys, lungs, pancreas and liver to patients on the national organ transplant waiting list.

27 Jan 2014

Music therapy interventions may provide essential psychosocial support to young patients with cancer

A new study has found that adolescents and young adults undergoing cancer treatment gain coping skills and resilience-related outcomes when they participate in a therapeutic music process that includes writing song lyrics and producing videos.

27 Jan 2014

Landmark study reveals positive effects of music therapy among youth undergoing cancer treatment

A ground-breaking collaborative multi-site study found that teens and young adults undergoing the rigors of stem cell transplantation as part of cancer treatment gain coping skills and resilience-related outcomes when participating with a board certified music therapist in a therapeutic music protocol that includes writing song lyrics and producing videos. s.

27 Jan 2014

Cleveland Clinic: Process that turns HDL cholesterol bad discovered

Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered the process by which high-density lipoprotein (HDL) - the so-called "good cholesterol" - becomes dysfunctional, loses its cardio-protective properties, and instead promotes inflammation and atherosclerosis, or the clogging and hardening of the arteries.

26 Jan 2014

NJHA honors several individuals and organizations for commitment to healthcare

Several individuals and organizations were honored today at the 95th Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Hospital Association at the Hyatt Regency Princeton.

24 Jan 2014

FDA approves Miltenyi Biotec's CliniMACS CD34 Reagent System for prevention of GVHD

Miltenyi Biotec announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the company's CliniMACS CD34 Reagent System as a Humanitarian Use Device for the prevention of graft-versus-host disease in patients with acute myeloid leukemia in first complete remission undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation from a matched related donor.

24 Jan 2014

Minimally invasive robotic surgery: A safe alternative to traditional open surgery

A collaboration of surgeons at Henry Ford Hospital and Medanta Hospital in India successfully transplanted kidneys into 50 recipients using an innovative robot-assisted procedure in which the organ is cooled with sterile ice during the operation.

24 Jan 2014

Morbidity following liver transplant is highest among obese patients with diabetes

Researchers from New Zealand report that morbidity following liver transplant is highest among obese patients with diabetes, but these risk factors do not influence post-transplant survival.

24 Jan 2014

New easy-to-use risk calculator helps predict heart failure patients' chances of survival

A UCLA team has developed an easy-to-use "risk calculator" that helps predict heart failure patients' chances of survival for up to five years and assists doctors in determining whether more or less aggressive treatment is appropriate.

23 Jan 2014

New heart tissue could help patients suffering from irreparable damage

In the U.S., someone suffers a heart attack every 34 seconds - their heart is starved of oxygen and suffers irreparable damage. Engineering new heart tissue in the laboratory that could eventually be implanted into patients could help, and scientists are reporting a promising approach tested with rat cells.

23 Jan 2014

Study: CIEDs used by physicians today were approved as supplements to premarket approved models

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ensures that high-risk medical devices, such as implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and pacemakers, are safe and effective through its premarket approval (PMA) pathway, during which manufacturers must collect preclinical and clinical data before the device is approved.

From Medtronic 22 Jan 2014

Alexion's Soliris gets FDA orphan drug designation for DGF prevention in renal transplant patients

Alexion Pharmaceuticals today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted an orphan drug designation to Soliris (eculizumab), a first-in-class terminal complement inhibitor, for the prevention of delayed graft function in renal transplant patients.

21 Jan 2014

Transplant News and Research

New technique enables visualisation of human autoimmune disease in animal models

Allogeneic transplants via Blood/Marrow Transplant Program show better outcomes

Anxiety, depression and meditation: an interview with Dr Madhav Goyal, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Children who undergo heart transplantation experience good outcomes

State highlights: N.Y. revises its request for Medicaid adjustment; transplant waiting periods for new coverage in Wash.

Study provides possible clue to high rate of preterm labor after human fetal surgery

Biomarker used to diagnose brain injury shows early promise for assessing heart inflammation

Saint Luke receives $3.4M to investigate health benefits, cost-effectiveness of novel cardiac procedures

Organ and tissue donation saves lives

Music therapy interventions may provide essential psychosocial support to young patients with cancer

Landmark study reveals positive effects of music therapy among youth undergoing cancer treatment

Cleveland Clinic: Process that turns HDL cholesterol bad discovered

NJHA honors several individuals and organizations for commitment to healthcare

FDA approves Miltenyi Biotec's CliniMACS CD34 Reagent System for prevention of GVHD

Minimally invasive robotic surgery: A safe alternative to traditional open surgery

Morbidity following liver transplant is highest among obese patients with diabetes

New easy-to-use risk calculator helps predict heart failure patients' chances of survival

New heart tissue could help patients suffering from irreparable damage

Study: CIEDs used by physicians today were approved as supplements to premarket approved models

Alexion's Soliris gets FDA orphan drug designation for DGF prevention in renal transplant patients

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