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New Rule Allows HIV-Positive Organ Transplants

Previously, such transplants could be done only as part of research studies

Nov 26, 2024
Surgical instruments and supplies lay on a table during a kidney transplant surgery.
Kidney Transplant Trouble Spelled Out for Newer Rejection Episode Categories

Study details an intermediate prognosis with newer microvascular inflammation phenotypes

Oct 25, 2024
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Rainfall and Mortality; Identifying Risk for Preeclampsia

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Oct 19, 2024
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People With HIV Can Safely Receive Kidneys From Donors With HIV

U.S. study findings should help squash "remaining doubts" about safety, researcher says

Oct 16, 2024
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It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Donate an Organ

Financial support and incentives can help close the living donor gap

Oct 12, 2024
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Timely Skin Cancer Screening After Organ Transplant Still Lacking

Only a minority of patients adhered to SUNTRAC screening recommendations

Sep 26, 2024
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HHS Proposes Rule to Increase Access to Kidney, Liver Transplants in HIV Patients

Rule would streamline criteria for organ donation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV

Sep 13, 2024
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Mortality Risk Dropped for Living Kidney Donors Over the Past Decade

Deaths more common in male donors and those with history of hypertension

Aug 28, 2024
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Do People Buy Into Hospital-at-Home Care?; Nicotine Pouch Use

Also in TTHealthWatch: preventing kidney transplant rejection

Jul 13, 2024
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What Cognitive Tests Show; Pig Kidney Recipient Dies; Human Plague Case Reported

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Jul 10, 2024
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Medicare's Financial Incentives Still Falling Flat for Home Dialysis Uptake

Kidney transplants did not increase either

Jul 02, 2024
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Woman Is Back on Dialysis After Doctors Remove Transplanted Pig Kidney

Patient was the second person to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig

May 31, 2024
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Monoclonal Antibody May Benefit Patients With Kidney Transplant Rejection

But results were not fully durable after treatment cessation

May 28, 2024
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Outcomes OK With Transplant of Previously Dialyzed Kidneys

Risk for delayed graft function higher, but other endpoints no different

May 23, 2024
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