By Annalisa Merelli
By the time his wife Glenda Daggert received a double organ transplant in 1999, Ira Copperman already had a lot of experience as a caregiver. The couple had been together for over two decades, married for one, and Copperman had become accustomed to helping Daggert manage her diabetes and its complications. Mixing insulin, going along for doctor’s visits, administering injections: it was all routine. Read the article in STAT.
By Nicole Lou
The newborn that received the world’s first partial heart transplant in 2022 continued to do well a year later, according to a case report from the transplant team.
Born with type A2 persistent truncus arteriosus and irreparable truncal valve dysfunction, Owen Monroe received living tissue implants containing the aortic and pulmonary valves — tissue that is expected to grow alongside the child. Read the article in MedPage Today.
By Aubrey Whelan, The Philadelphia Inquirer
When Rich Green learned that he needed a new kidney last fall, several of his friends and family members stepped forward as potential donors. But none were an exact match.
Patients who need transplanted organs must receive them from someone whose blood type and tissues are compatible with their own, so their body doesn’t attack their new organ after surgery. Read the article in Medical Xpress.
By F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE
This transcript has been edited for clarity.
F. Perry Wilson, MD: Hello. I am Dr F. Perry Wilson. I’m an associate professor of medicine and public health at the Yale School of Medicine. I am joined today by two amazing physicians, Dr Rade Tomic, who is a professor of medicine, pulmonology, and critical care and medical director of the Lung Transplant Program at Northwestern Medicine.
Read more in Medscape.
Members of the Mayo Clinic’s Inpatient Team walk you through what to expect during your transplant hospitalization and your immediate post-transplant clinic follow up. Watch the video from the Mayo Clinic.
By Andrew (Drew) Rhoades
Rates of completion for recommended tests and specialty referrals ordered across all visit types were “unacceptably low” at primary care sites, but particularly for telehealth visits, researchers reported. Read the article in Healio.
By Julie Corliss, Executive Editor, Harvard Heart Letter
Longtime readers of the Heart Letter know that most of our stories focus on steps you can take right now to improve your heart health. But once in a while, we look ahead at what’s on the horizon in this dynamic field. We consulted Dr. Eugene Braunwald, Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, where he has worked since 1972. At age 94, he continues to work and publish, adding to the more than 1,100 articles he has authored since the early 1950s. His pioneering research helped elucidate how heart attacks happen, which ushered in new ways to treat and prevent them. Read the article from Harvard Health Publishing.
By Sarah Blackmore
Bonita and Dex Pelley stand in Bridie Molloy’s, a lively pub in downtown St. John’s, wearing a wedding dress and a suit. These are the same outfits they wore 24 years ago, the first time they said, “I do.”
Now they’re doing it all again, but this time, with a change of heart. Read the article in CBC News.
By Kristen Monaco
Women with pregnancy-related end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) had lower access to care compared with those who had other causes of ESKD, according to results from a cohort study. Read the article in MedPage Today.
By Caitlyn Stulpin
Influenza vaccine efficacy during the 2022-2023 influenza season was “moderate” but still prevented many health care encounters and hospitalizations among adult patients, researchers determined. Read the article in Healio.