High Cadmium Levels May Raise Risk for Dying From Liver Disease: Study
2013-05-24
Tobacco smoke most common source of exposure to heavy metal, researchers addContinue Reading
More Kids Getting Donor Organs, But Gaps Persist, Study Finds
2013-05-22
Researchers looked at whether change in U.S. donor criteria made a differenceContinue Reading
Study Links Coffee to Lower Risk for Rare Liver Disease
2013-05-20
Separate report calls for more hospice care for terminal cirrhosis patientsContinue Reading
HIV No Barrier to Getting Liver Transplant, Study Finds
2013-05-18
Procedure recommended to treat aggressive liver cancerContinue Reading
Too Much Drinking, Weight May Harm Liver
2013-04-27
Study suggests women at higher risk for chronic liver diseaseContinue Reading
Almost Half of Americans Would Consider Donating Kidney to Stranger: Poll
2013-04-25
Percentage of people in favor of donation keeps rising, experts sayContinue Reading
Many Kids Who Undergo Stem Cell Transplants Must Return to Hospital
2013-04-24
Study found readmissions for fever, infections and gastro problemsContinue Reading
Scarring May Raise Death Risk From Fatty Liver Disease
2013-04-16
Study looked at liver condition not tied to alcoholismContinue Reading
‘Bioengineered’ Kidneys Show Promise in Rat Study
2013-04-15
Artificial organs produced urine, but hurdles remain before they might be used in humans, experts sayContinue Reading
Roundworm Infections Threaten Organ Recipients
2013-04-11
CDC reports on three patients who were sickened by infected donorContinue Reading
Experimental Drug May Work Against Hepatitis C
2013-03-27
Miravirsen greatly reduced virus in patients in small studyContinue Reading
Rabies From Transplanted Organ Killed Recipient, CDC Says
2013-03-15
Such cases are very rare but other potential recipients are being vaccinated, agency saidContinue Reading
More U.S. Kidney Exchanges Would Allow 1,000 Additional Transplants Yearly
2013-03-14
Kidney chains let people donate even though organs can’t go to loved onesContinue Reading
Lung Transplant Hazard May Rise With Obese Recipients, Smoking Donors
2013-03-12
Study found more ‘primary graft dysfunction,’ which is tied to higher death riskContinue Reading