Combined cardiac and liver transplantation for the treatment of familial amyloidosis.
A 55-year-old white man presented with weight loss and diarrhea in 2002. An extensive workup, including colonoscopy and gastrointestinal biopsy, led to a diagnosis of familial transthyretin amyloidosis (Appalachian variant). The patient had a steady decline over the next 2 years, including progressive weakness, peripheral neuropathy, and wasting. Because...

Assessing capacity to execute a health care proxy: a rationale and protocol.
This article discusses the concept of capacity, various relevant mandates, and a rationale for the assessment of capacity to execute a health care proxy. Some specific New York State regulations, pertaining to the execution of a health care proxy by persons who have intellectual disabilities, are presented and contrasted...

Blues musician Curtis Salgado recovering after liver transplant.
Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard Popular Northwest blues musician Curtis Salgado has undergone successful liver transplant surgery, announced his manager, Shane Tappendorf. Doctors performed the six-hour surgery Sept. 30 at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha with no complications, Tappendorf said Thursday. They expect Salgado, who...

Organ recipients don't realize skin cancer risk.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Fewer than 50% of organ transplant recipients said they received information about skin cancer risk associated with immunosuppression at the time of their transplant surgery, Dr. James Q. Del Rosso reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology. What's more, nearly...

Around The Nation.
PGH kidney patients ask FG to continue projects Speaking in behalf of the kidney patients being worked up for transplant and the over 10 others in queue also to avail of the free kidney surgery, Veronica Narciso, 38, a grade 5 teacher at Albuera South Central School...

Organ recipients don't realize their risk of skin cancer.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Fewer than 50% of organ transplant recipients said they received information about skin cancer risk associated with immunosuppression at the time of their transplant surgery, Dr. James Q. Del Rosso reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology. What's more, nearly...

LOST: A MOTHER'S PRECIOUS PHOTOS.
Byline: Rebecca Taylor The Register-Guard Terri Brazell missed much of her toddler son's first year while undergoing aggressive treatment for bone cancer. On Friday, she lost an additional six months of memories when her digital camera fell out of the stroller she was pushing at...

Jewish Hospital, University of Louisville, and Kleinert Kutz Team Performs Nation's Third Successful Hand Transplant on Nov. 29.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- David F. Savage, a 54-year-old Bay City, Michigan resident, joined a group of select men to become the nation's third hand transplant recipient on Nov. 29, 2006. A special news conference was held today (Nov. 30) at 11 a.m. (EST), to announce the...

More delay in kidney transplant project.
Byline: Ashish Tripathi LUCKNOW: Already late by 18 months, the kidney transplant project of the King George's Medical University (KGMU) has hit another roadblock. Although the infrastructure is ready, but the project has been further delayed by six months. The reason: KGMU does not have any regular...

World's top liver-transplant surgeon for Mahajan.
Byline: Kounteya Sinha NEW DELHI: Mohammed Rela, the expert who has flown in from London to give his opinion on the condition of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, is the world's top liver-pancreas transplant surgeon. Forty-five-year-old Rela heads one of the four transplant teams at King's...