Advanced liver cirrhosis can push levels of ammonia in the blood to hazardous levels, but skipping meat at mealtime can help reverse that, new research shows. “It was exciting to see that even ...
New Jersey native Lisa Pisano was staring down the end of her days. The 54-year-old had heart failure and end-stage kidney disease, but several chronic medical conditions excluded her as a candid...
Rick Slayman, the first person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, headed home Wednesday after faring so well that he was released from the hospital just two weeks aft...
https://ladylively.com/organs/first-pig-kidney-transplant-patient-discharged-from-hospital/
Dr. Gary Gibbon didn’t have long to live. A harsh cocktail of chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy for his advanced lung cancer had permanently destroyed his lungs and caused irreparable d...
https://ladylively.com/cancer/doctor-gets-first-u-s-lung-liver-transplant-for-advanced-lung-cancer/
The odds in the United States that a well-functioning donor heart will go to a Black man are lower than for white transplant candidates of either gender, new research shows. The news is troubling...
(HealthDay news) — For the first time ever, doctors have transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a human suffering from advanced kidney failure. Such pig kidneys, altered to lower the...
Millions of Americans whose livers develop scar tissue due to a common disease now have the first approved drug, Rezdiffra, to treat the condition, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced...
https://ladylively.com/organs/fda-approves-first-drug-for-common-serious-liver-disease/
Researchers hope findings from a new study of liver transplant patients will lead to improved interventions for those from racial and ethnic minority groups. The study — led by researchers at U...
https://ladylively.com/alcoholism/race-ethnicity-plays-role-in-liver-transplant-survival/
Weight-loss surgery may help patients struggling with obesity and kidney failure become eligible for a lifesaving transplant, researchers report. Obesity is a key reason why some kidney patients ...
A new study of aging U.S. veterans finds that one in every 10 who have been diagnosed with dementia might actually have brain impairments caused by liver cirrhosis. It’s a condition called hepa...
https://ladylively.com/mental-health/could-many-cases-of-dementia-in-men-be-liver-cirrhosis-instead/