Surgery opens up new door to future.
Byline: Jeff Wright The Register-Guard When she awoke from the heart-lung transplant surgery, Crystal Houser had a ready question for the doctors and family members who surrounded her: Are my hands still blue? The answer came back: No - they're pink like everyone else's. "If...

Son fine on kidney of aging mother.
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard Oregon's oldest kidney donor and her son who received the organ were both doing well Tuesday after successful transplant surgery at Oregon Health & Science University. Jane Hanrahan, 76, of Corvallis, donated a kidney to 56-year-old Patrick Rasmussen of Blue...

Scalpel is mightier than laser in hair transplants. (Better Spacing, Less Expense).
NEW YORK -- Hair transplant patients expect a natural hairline, and scalpels create a more natural look than lasers do, Dr. Mark Avram said at the 11th International Symposium on Cosmetic Laser Surgery. "Straight lines [of hair transplants] are unacceptable," said Dr. Avram, a New York City-based...

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Named One of Nation's 100 Top Providers of Cardiovascular Care.
NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognized for outstanding outcomes in adult cardiac care, the Saint Barnabas Heart Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center has been named among the nation's 100 top hospitals for cardiovascular performance by Solucient(R), a leading national source of health care information products. Newark...

Hand Transplant Recipient Moves Fingers for the First Time.
Transplant Procedure Performed Feb. 16-17 at Jewish Hospital By Kleinert, Kutz and Associates and University of Louisville Surgeons LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The medical team responsible for the care of Jerry Fisher, the nation's second hand transplant recipient, today reported the...

Transplant: From Myth to Reality.
More than 40,000 organ transplants are carried out each year, making such surgery a fairly routine treatment for people with organ failure. Tilney traces the idea of transplantation from biblical times. In 1954, the first kidney was transplanted between twins. The author describes how physicians since then have overcome...

Rapamycin may ward off skin ca after organ transplant.
NEW YORK -- A novel peptide with immunosuppressive and antineoplastic properties may hold hope for reducing skin cancers in solid organ--transplant patients, Sarah B. Weitzul, M.D., said at the American Academy of Dermatology's Academy 2004 meeting. Rapamycin, derived from a bacteria strain found in soil samples from...

PEGASYS(R) (peginterferon Alfa-2a) Studied in Post-Liver Transplant Patients With Recurrent Hepatitis C Infection.
Investigational Treatment Option for Most Difficult to Treat Patients CHICAGO, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Preliminary data presented in a plenary session at the American Society of Liver Transplantation (AST) is the first to study PEGASYS(R) (peginterferon Alfa-2a) in patients with recurrent hepatitis C infection after...

Seropositivity mismatches: CMV infection risk rising in liver transplant patients.
CHICAGO -- The proportion of liver transplant recipients at risk for potentially serious primary cytomegalovirus infection has more than doubled since 1989, Dr. Nina Singh said at the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. This unwelcome trend is due to two simultaneous recent developments: The...

Rapamycin may reduce SCCs after organ transplantation.
NEW YORK -- A novel peptide with immunosuppressive and antineoplastic properties may hold hope for reducing skin cancers in solid organ-transplant patients, Sarah B. Weitzul, M.D., said at the American Academy of Dermatology's Academy 2004 meeting. Rapamycin, derived from a bacteria strain found in soil samples from...