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Chrissy Teigen gets slammed online for posting about eyebrow transplants
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 23 (ANI): American model and TV personality Chrissy Teigen, who earlier this year came under fire for cyberbullying other celebrities, has found herself in a similar situation once again.
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Xenotransplantation solution to donor organ shortage in India, says Nephro
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 23 (ANI): As surgeons in the United States had successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a brain-dead human, senior Nephrology Specialist and transplant physician at Fortis Hospital, Chennai, Dr NK Ganesh Prasad said that such transplants can eventuall
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Transplant recipients face elevated risk of developing cancer: Study
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that people who have received organ transplants face an elevated risk of developing cancer, primarily due to immunosuppression from medications to prevent organ rejection, as well as underlying medical conditions.
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Organ transplant recipients remain vulnerable to COVID-19 even after secon
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that two doses of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes COVID-19 -- confers some protection for people who have received solid organ transplants, it's still not enough to enable them to dispense with COVID
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6 Bengaluru children overcome challenges to receive critical liver transpl
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 25 (ANI): In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and consequent lockdown, six children suffering from end-stage liver disease, overcame all challenges to receive life-saving critical liver transplants at Aster RV Hospital here.
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Study: Prospects of success increase in heart transplants with larger case
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 2 (ANI): A recent study has found that a positive correlation can be drawn to infer among the quality of treatment results for adult heart transplantations and the volume of services.
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Frailty associated with higher mortality for women awaiting liver transpla
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 2 (ANI): A recent study headed by UC San Francisco and Columbia University highlights the role that frailty plays in a higher mortality rate in women awaiting liver transplants.
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Frailty associated with higher mortality for women awaiting liver transpla
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 30 (ANI): Women awaiting liver transplants in the United States are known to be about one-third more likely than men to become too ill to undergo surgery or die before receiving a liver.
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4 infants from Philippines undergo successful liver transplants at Delhi h
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): The ease in travel restrictions has come as a respite for four infants from the Philippines who recently underwent liver transplants at a Delhi hospital.
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Study reveals details behind transplant disparities experienced by patient
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 26 (ANI): Studies have observed that patients of colour are less likely to receive kidney transplants than white patients, but it's not clear when during the transplant evaluation process this disparity occurs.
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Mumbai based Dr Vaibhav Shah gives free Hair Transplant to acid and burn g
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India],October 5 (ANI/India PR Distribution): Dr Vaibhav Shah well-known clinic for hair transplants in Mumbai whenever we talk about hair transplants in Mumbai. Dr Vaibhav Shah comes top on the list. After post-graduation in surgery and fellowship in cosmetic facial su
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Lung transplant patients not given antifungal preventive drugs have higher
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minnesota [US], September 23 (ANI): Antifungal preventive medications reduce mortality risk by half in the first year following lung transplantation, according to Mayo Clinic research involving 667 patients who received lung transplants from 2005 to 2018.
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