In a first-of-its-kind procedure, a terminally ill New Jersey woman received a pig kidney transplant and a surgically implanted mechanical heart pump.
A New Jersey woman who was near death has received a transplanted pig kidney, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart. Doctors at NYU Langone Health say 54-year-old Lisa Pisano is recovering well. She is only the second patient ever to receive a pig kidney. The first, a man transplanted last month in Boston, also is faring well. Pisano was far sicker, suffering a combination of heart and kidney failure. It's the latest in a string of attempts to make...
A month ago, Richard Slayman became the first living person to receive a kidney transplant from a gene-edited pig. Now, a team of researchers from NYU Langone Health reports that Lisa Pisano, a 54-year-old woman from New Jersey, has become the second. Her new kidney has just a single genetic modification—an approach that researchers hope…
Kettering General Hospital has become the first hospital in Europe to fit 100 of a new type of recording device to measure heart rhythm for up to three years. The device – called an implantation loop recorder - is an inch (2.5cm) long and is fitted just under the skin of a patient’s chest and used to diagnose infrequent heart rhythm disturbances like atrial fibrillation (unusually irregular/fast heart rate). Because such disturbances can occur infrequently it can be difficult to determine what...
TOPEKA (KSNT) - KSNT 27 News had the opportunity to visit the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to learn about the hospital's mission. The facility is centered around collaboration. St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes to help save thousands of children worldwide. KSNT 27 News spoke with Emily Hanzlik, she's an instructor in the []
Quito, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) The Association of Dialysis Centers in Ecuador warned that some 16,000 kidney patients require hemodialysis and their life is at risk due to the energy crisis. The post Power outages affect treatment of kidney patients in Ecuador first appeared on Prensa Latina.
Ministers accused of dragging NHS into ‘culture wars debate’ with proposal for patient rights updateTransgender people will be treated in single rooms in hospitals in England under new government plans to update the NHS constitution.The proposal follows a pledge last year by the then health secretary Steve Barclay to prevent people who had changed their gender identity from being treated on male-only or female-only wards. Continue reading
Surgeons at NYU Langone Health renowned academic medical center lin New York, have performed the world's first combined heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant on a woman with end-stage kidney disease.
‘What our findings indicate is that female and male physicians practice medicine differently, and these differences have a meaningful impact on patients’ health outcomes,’ professor says
According to job search company, Zippia, Black mixologists make up less than 6% of America’s bartenders. Charleston native Latoya Vickers is hoping to shine a light on that disparity — and showcase those Black mixologists who are serving up drinks all over the country. On April 26, Vickers has invited four talented Black mixologists from across […]
Contractors for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) cut access to tests for transplant patients that could show early signs of organ rejection despite expert physicians advising the opposite, a new report has found. The Health Equity in Transplantation Coalition (HEiTC) announced Friday that a Freedom of Information Act request found that Medicare
BATON ROUGE - With only a few days to spare, doctors and staff at Prairieville ER and Hospital, also known as Prairieville Family Hospital, will have to find new jobs. The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) decided to revoke the hospital's license after the facility failed to meet the minimum requirements for an average patient's length of stay. The facility is also breaking state regulations by operating a free-standing emergency room, according to documents from the LDH. "In...