Living donor's remaining kidney functions well.
BOSTON -- Living kidney donors appear to have a low risk of dysfunction in their remaining kidney unless their transplanted kidney had arterial abnormalities, according to the results of studies presented at the 2006 World Transplant Congress. Donors may suffer no ill consequences from nephrectomy because their...

Obese living kidney donors may face hypertension risk.
BOSTON -- Obese living kidney donors may have an increased risk of hypertension, but not renal insufficiency or proteinuria, many years after donation, Dr. Mehdi Tavakol said at the 2006 World Transplant Congress. In some reports, a high body mass index has been strongly associated with an...

Pro-Life News in Brief.
Two Australian Doctors Can Prescribe RU486 Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the government body that regulates medical drugs and devices, announced April 12 that it has approved the applications of two doctors to prescribe RU486, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Australian pro-lifers objected...

In death, infant becomes youngest organ donor.
Byline: MRIDULA CHUNDURI HYDERABAD: Four generations of his family served the Indian Army, battling enemies from across the border. His father is a Sena Medal winner and with Showrya as name, the boy seemed almost destined to follow. But a fatal fall from the first...

City toddler becomes daana, veera, Showrya.
Byline: MRIDULA CHUNDURI HYDERABAD: Four generations of his family served the Indian Army, battling enemies from across the border. His father is a Sena Medal winner and with a name like Showrya, he seemed almost destined to follow on these glorious footsteps. Alas, one fatal fall from...

A friend, indeed.
Tom DeWitte and Matthew Vice are two fathers in their 30s who met at their children's school bus stop in Lakeland, Florida. With their daughters involved in many common activities, the two men saw a lot of each other and became close friends. In September 2003, Vice...

Live organ donors sought via Internet.
Internet sites that match live organ donors with unrelated patients needing transplants appear to be getting more popular--and raising new ethical issues that some critics consider worrisome. One reason for the increased popularity may be the long waiting lists for organs. According to the United Network for...

Online organ donor matching gaining popularity: due to long organ donor waiting lists, some people are turning to Internet sites to find a live match.
Internet sites that match live organ donors with unrelated patients needing transplants appear to be getting more popular--and raising new ethical issues that some critics consider worrisome. One reason for the increased popularity may be the long waiting lists for organs. According to the United Network for...

Lung transplant recipients benefit from GERD surgery.
NEW YORK -- Surgeons at Columbia University in New York are performing laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in many lung transplant recipients who show evidence of significant gastroesophageal reflux and chronic rejection, Dr. Joshua R. Sonett said at a conference on pulmonary and critical care medicine sponsored by Columbia University. ...

Consider quality of life before liver transplant.
COLORADO SPRINGS -- The time has come to consider incorporating anticipated quality of life into decision making regarding liver transplantation--and the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score is a good place to start, Dr. Eric T Castaldo said at the annual meeting of the Western Surgical Association. ...