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Cancerous Lung Lawsuit for Medical Malpractice May Go to Trial (Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog)

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:26:55 GMT

A lawsuit surrounding the wrongful death of a patient after he received cancerous lung transplants may go to trial. Though many medical malpractice lawsuits settle, parties in this suit may seek justice in court. The medical malpractice lawsuit surrounds a lung transplant operation that led to the patient’s death: the doctors transplanted cancerous lungs...

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Debate At ISHLT: Lung Transplants In Cystic Fibrosis Patients With Life-Threatening Bacteria (Medical News Today)

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:00:00 GMT

During the Satellite Symposium 3: The Challenges of Lung Transplantation in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) at the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, clinicians and researchers discussed some of the unique challenges in achieving excellent lung transplant outcomes in patients with CF.

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Lung Transplants In Cystic Fibrosis Patients With Life Threatening Bacteria Sparks Debate At ISHLT Meeting (Medical News Today)

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT

During Wednesday's Satellite Symposium 3: The Challenges of Lung Transplantation in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) at the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, clinicians and researchers discussed some of the unique challenges in achieving excellent lung transplant outcomes in patients with CF.

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Lung transplants in cystic fibrosis patients with life-threatening bacteria sparks debate at ISHLT (Eurekalert)

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT

During Wednesday's Satellite Symposium 3: The Challenges of Lung Transplantation in cystic fibrosis at the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, clinicians and researchers discussed some of the unique challenges in achieving excellent lung transplant outcomes in patients with CF.

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Lung Transplants In Cystic Fibrosis Patients With Life-threatening Bacteria Sparks Debate (Science Daily)

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT

At a recent symposium researchers discussed some of the unique challenges in achieving excellent lung transplant outcomes in patients with CF. Patients with life threatening lung disease due to CF have a lot to gain by lung transplantation. Compared to other possible indications for transplant, patients with CF have, in general, the best outcomes, and a successful...

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Lung Transplants Not Dangerous for Children with Cystic Fibrosis, After All (Curing Death by Curing Aging)

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:34:12 GMT

Experts Say Recent Study Was Seriously Flawed

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Lung Transplants Not Dangerous For Children With Cystic Fibrosis, After All - Experts Say Recent Study Was Seriously Flawed (Medical News Today)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Responding to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which concluded that lung transplants were harmful for children with cystic fibrosis, articles published in the latest issue of Pediatric Transplantation refute the conclusions and argue that the highly influential research was severely flawed.

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Lung Transplants Not Dangerous For Children With Cystic Fibrosis After All, Researchers Argue (Science Daily)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Responding to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which concluded that lung transplants were harmful for children with cystic fibrosis, articles published in Pediatric Transplantation refute the conclusions and argue that the highly influential research was severely flawed.

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How can publicists promote a book about identical twins? (The Publicity Hound's Blog)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:48:17 GMT

Publicity Hound Sharon Dotson of Houston, Texas writes: “I am working with two other publicists to promote identical twins Anabel Stenzel and Isabel Stenzel Byrnes, 35, of Redwood City, CA, who between them have survived three lung transplants. “Half Japanese and half-German, the sisters were born with cystic fibrosis and were not expected to live to adulthood, [...]

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Survival Rates Exceed National Averages For UCSF Heart, Liver And Lung Transplant Programs (Medical News Today)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:00:00 GMT

One-year survival rates for patients receiving heart, liver and lung transplants at UCSF Medical Center exceed national averages at statistically significant levels, according to new data compiled by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR).

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UCSF Medical Center transplant-survival rates top U.S. averages (The San Francisco Business Times )

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:14:34 GMT

UC San Francisco Medical Center said Friday its one-year survival rates for patients receiving heart, liver and lung transplants exceed national averages at statistically significant levels.

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Survival rates exceed national averages for UCSF heart, liver and lung transplant programs (Eurekalert)

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT

One-year survival rates for patients receiving heart, liver and lung transplants at UCSF Medical Center exceed national averages at statistically significant levels, according to new data compiled by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.

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The freedom to breathe: Cystic fibrosis and lung transplants (The Independent)

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:01 GMT

... old and the only reason I'll be able to celebrate 27 is because four months ago I had a double lung transplant. I have cystic fibrosis and, for almost as long as I can remember, I've had a fairly mature sounding smoker's type cough.

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A victory for HPS lung transplants (Living on the frontlines)

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:27:00 GMT

Before Christmas I started talking on the phone with a new HPS friend named Janet. Janet lives in the Chicago area and didn't realize that she had the HPS type of albinism until her lungs were already quite sick. Her lungs were too sick for her to participate in any of the trials at NIH, and thus a lung transplant was her best option. Getting on a transplant list...

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Blacks awaiting lung transplants more likely to die or be denied than whites (Eurekalert)

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Blacks with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were less likely to receive a lung transplant and more likely to die or be removed from the transplant list than whites, according to Columbia University Medical Center researchers.

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Years & Years of Whine & Roses (Kiko's House)

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:19:00 GMT

High up on my short list of pet peeves are whiny bloggers . I managed to keep blogging even while the pain killers were coursing through my brain after recently undergoing simultaneous heart, kidney and lung transplants. But there are other bloggers out there who can't resist whining about how being angry over something, a dearth of imagination, a midnight visit to the veterinarian,...

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20-year history of heart and lung transplants (Express & Echo)

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:40:00 GMT

Each year, the hospital carries out between five and 10 lung transplants and 20 heart transplants. When GOSH started carrying out lung transplants, the average survival rate used to be around three years, but today it is between six and seven ...

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Hospital opens tower for lung transplants (Arizona Republic)

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:00:00 GMT

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center will open its eight-story Heart & Lung Institute Tower to patients Sunday. The $15 million addition to the hospital will meet a growing demand by lung patients for transplants.

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AGH to perform lung transplants (Today's Tribune-Review)

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:55:23 GMT

In its new program, Allegheny General Hospital expects to perform about 20 procedures every year.

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Allegheny General to begin lung transplants (Today's Tribune-Review)

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:49:08 GMT

Allegheny General Hospital announced this morning it will become Pennsylvania's fourth center for lung transplantation.

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