New data supports CellCept's position as a world leader in solid organ transplantation
...Cept and sirolimus in patients with chronic kidney failure is safe, preserves graft function and improves kidney function. This may help avoid CNI-related nephrotoxicity, a common problem after heart transplantation, which can lead to increased morbidity and impairment of patients' quality of life. in adul...Ganciclovir (Valcyte/Cymevene) reduces risk of cancer in kidney transplant patients
...ant impact on the development of chronic allograft failure and subsequent graft loss.4 In addition to organ rejection, there is also a long-term risk of complications, including infection and malignancy, all of which jeopardise graft function and patient survival. The risk of developing certain cancers incre...Urine protein test: A tipoff to kidney transplant rejection
...simple urine test that identifies impending kidney failure or rejection following transplant surgery. Their work, presented this week in a special invited lecture to the American Transplant Congress in Boston, Mass., is based on proteins found in urine, and could lead to a urine test kit that may allow many...Advances emerging in hepatitis management
...ave serious complications such as cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer. Until now, it has been difficult to identify HBV patients who are likely to develop complications. A team of doctors led by Anna Lok, M.D. from the University of Michigan report today that they have developed a set of models based...On the edge: Are we at risk of an ESRD pandemic?
...the causes of renal failure: 14% of European renal failure patients had diabetes as their primary diagnosis, ...d renal failure." The studies in which these renal failure patients were enrolled were set up to assess the efficacy and safety of FOSRENOL (lanthanum carbonat...University of Pittsburgh approach has lung recipients taking far fewer drugs
...atients by five years and usually results in organ failure and death. These bleak outcomes have motivated us to introduce an approach that we hope will enhance long-term survival, reduce the rates of complications associated with these drugs and improve quality of life," said Dr. McCurry, who also is directo...NIH launches study of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe, treatment-resistant lupus
...ence more complications of lupus, including kidney failure for both and neurological problems for African Americans....New research in atrial fibrillation
...hm that also puts people at risk for stroke, heart failure and heart attacks, is growing rapidly. There is a tremendous need for innovative approaches to the treatment of this life-threatening condition, according to Kevin Donahue, M.D., an expert on the condition. "Two and a half million people in the Unite...Why youngsters try to do impossible things
... study co-investigator. The study also suggests a failure of inhibitory control, implicating immaturity of the prefrontal cortex. It is well established that infants and young children have great difficulty inhibiting inappropriate responses. In the case of scale errors, an action appropriate for one object...Specialized care from hospital to home improves the health of elderly with heart failure
... among elders throughout an acute episode of heart failure on a spectrum of clinical and economic outcomes. A...tients 65 years or older with a diagnosis of heart failure were assigned to either the group receiving transitional care or a control group that received routi...Dad's death helps national expert evaluate end-of-life care
...hink of hospice in terms of cancer, or maybe heart failure but dementia is different, because the prognosis is so uncertain. But as he got sicker, my father did not want any life-prolonging therapy. He wanted aggressive symptom management, and if possible to say in his own home surrounded by family. That is...Hebrew University one of 25 institutions involved in new European Vascular Genomics Network
...nt to improve cardiac oxygenation and reduce heart failure (angiogenesis is the science that studies the formation of new vessels which would improve cardiac blood perfusion). Each of the three areas has the potential for the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies that will provide permane...Living wills don't work, study says
...ves, a new University of Michigan study says. The failure of the living will is highlighted in an article th...pensive." If living wills were free, perhaps their failure wouldn't matter. But living wills cost money. Patients must take time to write them, and doctors a...Obese men may have increased risk for prostate cancer recurrence after surgery
...Obesity is an independent predictor of biochemical failure following radical prostatectomy. Stephen J. Freedland, William J. Aronson, Christopher J. Kane, Joseph C. Presti, Christopher L. Amling, David Elashoff, Martha K. Terris....Most household cleaners remove peanut allergens, Hopkins study shows
...he bigger concern to emerge from the study was the failure of hand sanitizers, frequently seen by teachers as more convenient than sending children to the bathroom to wash up, to eliminate Ara h 1. "Their use may not really remove the allergen, but just spread it around," he says. In the study, published in...American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 56th Annual Meeting
...ned, half involved communication errors, including failure to follow up on test results. The authors urged their colleagues to stay involved with the patient, to track and respond to testing results as they become available, and to communicate with the patient, family, and other medical professionals to impr...Examining motivational interviewing in drug abuse therapy
...AT IT MEANS: The finding from the first study--the failure of motivational interviewing to have a positive impact on drug use behaviors--was unexpected because previous assessments had shown that the technique improved treatment retention, adherence, and outcome. Results of the second study suggest that ther...Europe's legacy to its children - A healthier environment?
...achievable? Or will we lament in 5 years' time the failure to progress any of these objectives just as we do with the Millennium Development Goals today? Would it not be better to pick only a few areas where clear disease causation and a high disease burden is proven and commit to immediate and specific Euro...Urgent need for investment in human resources to respond to global health crises
...eek's issue of THE LANCET highlight how the global failure to develop the necessary human resources to deliver health-care improvements in less-developed countries requires urgent attention if the millennium goals for global health are to be achieved. Vasant Narasimhan from Harvard University, USA, and coll...Survey shows new Mayo Clinic treatment for intractable low blood pressure
...mission which causes orthostatic hypotension. This failure of autonomic nerve function leads to the sudden dr...various physical systems due to age to unspecified failure of the autonomic system, to damage to the autonomic system due to autoimmune disease. Researchers ar...