Maine girl bouncing back after 6-organ transplant
A 9-year-old Maine girl is home after undergoing a transplant of six organs to remove a tumor that was spreading throughout her abdomen. View full post on Yahoo! Health News
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Enema transplant works for stubborn infection: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with nearly no options to treat a persistent bacterial infection wreaking havoc on their bowels, a transplant of someone else's fecal matter, delivered by enema, helps heal in nine out of 10 cases, acco… View full post on Yahoo! Health News
Complication in first triple limb transplant
A Turkish doctor whose 25-member team performed the world's first triple limb transplant — two arms and a leg — says the leg has been removed due to tissue incompatibility. View full post on Yahoo! Health News
Turkish surgeons carry out country’s first face transplant
Turkish surgeons on Saturday successfully performed the country's first-ever face transplant, the Anatolia news agency reported. View full post on Yahoo! Health News
Turkish hospital performs triple limb transplant
A hospital in southern Turkey on Saturday performed the world's first triple limb transplant, attaching two arms and one leg to a 34-year-old man, an official said. View full post on Yahoo! Health News
NJ parents: Disabled girl was denied transplant
The parents of a 3-year-old New Jersey girl say she's being denied a kidney transplant because of her mental disabilities, but experts caution the situation may be much more complex. View full post on Yahoo! Health News
Belgian doctors carry out country’s first face transplant
Belgian surgeons have successfully performed the country's first-ever face transplant, the 19th in the world, doctors announced Saturday. View full post on Yahoo! Health News
Babies Put on Transplant List Before Birth Get Hearts Faster
SUNDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) — Unborn babies diagnosed with severe heart problems who are put on the heart transplant list before birth get new hearts more quickly than babies listed after birth, according to a new study. View full post on Yahoo! Health News
Black Children Less Likely to Get Kidney Transplant Before Dialysis
THURSDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) — Minority children are less likely than white children to get a kidney transplant before their kidney disease gets so bad they need dialysis, U.S. researchers find. View full post on Yahoo! Health News
China arrests 18 in illegal transplant crackdown
Police in eastern China have arrested 18 people after a raid on two clinics offering illegal organ transplants, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday. View full post on Yahoo! Health News
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