By Regina Schaffer
Women who reported sleep difficulties or sleeping less than 6 hours per day were more likely to develop hypertension compared with women who slept 7 to 8 hours, with shift work not affecting the association, researchers reported.
“Both sleep difficulties and hypertension are very prevalent conditions,” Shahab Haghayegh, PhD, a research fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, told Healio. Read the full article in Healio.
By Veronica Giarla
Reagan, 18, is gearing up for her freshman year of college this fall, and she has a solid idea about her future career. “I hope to become a transplant nurse or a child life specialist,” she shares with a smile. Her inspiration to enter this field of medicine comes from her experiences with the care team that she and her family met while at Boston Children’s Hospital when she was only an infant. Read more from Boston Children’s Hospital.
Transplanting liver tissue from a healthy living person to a patient in serious need is safe, increases the donor pool, and saves lives, Thomas G. Cotter, MD, MSCP, and colleagues report in Liver Transplantation.
“Living-donor liver transplantation among patients with MELD scores of 25 or above can be done safely,” Dr. Cotter notes. Read more in Physician’s Weekly.
Kidney transplant survival and the genetic landscape of donor-recipient variations.
By Dr. Prajakta Banik
Kidney transplantation is a life-saving medical procedure that offers a chance for a better quality of life for individuals with end-stage kidney disease. However, the success of kidney transplantation depends on various factors, one of which is the compatibility between the donor’s kidney and the recipient’s body. Read more in Tech Explorist.
By Shawn M. Carter
Slow walking pace and weight gain may be linked to chronic kidney disease risk in adults who have obesity but not diabetes, according to a study by Drexel University researchers.
Results from the College of Medicine and Dornsife School of Public Health suggest staying fit and avoiding weight gain may be more pivotal than weight loss alone to reduce CKD risk.
Read the full article in Healio.
By Matt Batcheldor
In early 2020, Vanderbilt’s heart transplant program was among the first in the country to begin performing transplants using hearts from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors. Similar to DBD (donation after brain death) donors, DCD donors have sustained devastating, non-recoverable neurologic injury.
Unlike DBD donors, however, DCD donors don’t yet meet formal brain death criteria – as such, the methods that are used for withdrawal of donor life support and surgical retrieval of DCD versus DBD organs differs. Read the full article in the VUMC Reporter.
Transplant centers are reporting a rise in patients in need of new livers.
By Mary Kekatos
Excessive drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to skyrocketing rates of alcohol-associated liver disease to the point of needing transplants, according to doctors.
Transplant centers across the United States are reporting more patients in need of a new liver than ever before, sometimes seeing double the number of patients needing transplants compared to pre-pandemic levels. Read the full story in ABC News.
The following is a summary of “Thromboembolic complications after COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients,” published in the September 2023 issue of Nephrology by Artan et al.
COVID-19 is associated with increased thromboembolic risk in the general population, and data is lacking on this risk in kidney transplant recipients. Researchers performed a retrospective study to assess the prevalence and risk factors for thrombotic complications in kidney transplant patients. Read more in Physician’s Weekly.
By Tahleel Mohieldin
MILWAUKEE – Before the hugs and congratulations at the finish line, John Allision had a clear mission at the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon Sunday.
Allison’s goal was to help raise awareness for veteran suicide and after finding an outlet for his own mental health struggles he wanted to encourage others to not give up. Check out the full story in WTMJ-4 Milwaukee News.
9News
Every nine minutes, a name is added to the waiting list for a life-saving organ transplant. The American Transplant Foundation is working to solve this crisis. Watch the story in 9News here.