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Opinion
Here's What It Will Take to Grow HIV-Positive to HIV-Positive Transplant Access

Updated federal regulations are an essential step, but more work remains

Jan 14, 2025
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Opinion
Bodies Into Other Bodies

A patient's perspective on transplantation and time

Jan 07, 2025
A photo of a surgeon holding a kidney for transplant.
Medicare Will Cover Blood Tests to Monitor for Transplant Rejection, for Now

Test advocates awaiting more details from CMS on its coverage policy

Dec 27, 2024
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Woman Dialysis-Free After Receiving Gene-Edited Pig Kidney

Clinical trials of xenotransplantation expected to kick off next year

Dec 17, 2024
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Opinion
How 'General Hospital' Missed a Chance to Promote Living Organ Donation

A recent storyline offered a negative spin

Dec 16, 2024
A photo of surgeons removing a kidney from a living donor.
New Rule Allows HIV-Positive Organ Transplants

Previously, such transplants could be done only as part of research studies

Nov 26, 2024
Surgical instruments and supplies lay on a table during a kidney transplant surgery.
ľֱ Transplant Trouble Spelled Out for Newer Rejection Episode Categories

Study details an intermediate prognosis with newer microvascular inflammation phenotypes

Oct 25, 2024
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Rainfall and Mortality; Identifying Risk for Preeclampsia

Also in TTHealthWatch: HIV-positive kidney donors

Oct 19, 2024
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People With HIV Can Safely Receive Kidneys From Donors With HIV

U.S. study findings should help squash "remaining doubts" about safety, researcher says

Oct 16, 2024
A photo of a kidney laying in a dish in the operating room prior to transplantation.
Opinion
It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Donate an Organ

Financial support and incentives can help close the living donor gap

Oct 12, 2024
A photo of surgeons about to put a kidney on ice after removal from a living donor.
Timely Skin Cancer Screening After Organ Transplant Still Lacking

Only a minority of patients adhered to SUNTRAC screening recommendations

Sep 26, 2024
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HHS Proposes Rule to Increase Access to Kidney, Liver Transplants in HIV Patients

Rule would streamline criteria for organ donation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV

Sep 13, 2024
A photo of surgeons performing a kidney transplant.
Mortality Risk Dropped for Living Kidney Donors Over the Past Decade

Deaths more common in male donors and those with history of hypertension

Aug 28, 2024
A photo of surgeons performing a laparoscopic kidney removal from a living related donor.
Do People Buy Into Hospital-at-Home Care?; Nicotine Pouch Use

Also in TTHealthWatch: preventing kidney transplant rejection

Jul 13, 2024
TTUHSC EL PASO HEALTHWATCH with their logo and photos of Rick Lange, MD, and Elizabeth Tracey
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