UNC Hospitals Performs First Domino Liver Transplant in Decades
Newswise — For the first time in two decades, Chirag Desai, MD, FACS, an abdominal organ transplant and hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgeon at...
Month: February 2024
A Hero in Scrubs: Nurse Angel Tsai lives up to her name, donating a kidney to a stranger
As UCLA nurse Angel Tsai walked along the beach at Playa del Rey on a sunny and warm August day...
Liver cancer – Symptoms and causes
Mayo Clinic explains liver cancer Sean P. Cleary, M.D., Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgeon, Mayo Clinic: Hello. I'm Dr. Sean Cleary,...
Lengthy shortage forecast for Rebinyn 3,000 IU for hemophilia B
Unexpectedly high demand for the 3,000 international units (IU) vial size of Rebinyn (nonacog beta pegol) has resulted in a...
The impact of COVID-19 on the diagnosis and treatment of HCC: analysis of a nationwide registry for advanced liver diseases (REAL)
Study design and participantsIn this study, we retrieved data of patients initially diagnosed with HCC between January 2018 and December...
Cost Burden of Alcohol-Related Liver Disease to Skyrocket
TOPLINE: The indirect and direct costs of alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) could sap the US economy of $880 billion from...
