By Richard Damas
WORCESTER, Mass. – A warm welcome Sunday afternoon for Christ Jubilee International Ministry Pastor Edith Stevquoah at her home after she underwent surgery for a kidney transplant earlier this fall. Read the article in Spectrum News 1.
By Kristen Monaco
Short-term prophylaxis with direct-acting antivirals was fully effective at protecting kidney transplant recipients when their donors had hepatitis C, a proof-of-concept study showed.
In the small, uncontrolled trial, a 2-week prophylactic course prevented hepatitis C infection in all 10 negative recipients of positive donor kidneys, Christine Durand, MD, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, and colleagues, found. Read the article in MedPage Today.
By Phaedra Threthan
This summer, the last thing on Kaitlin Seigel’s mind was whether she’d be able to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal with her family.
The 15-year-old from Clark, New Jersey, felt nauseous all the time. She was listless and all the color was gone from her face. She couldn’t eat, and the lack of nourishment was making her weak. She didn’t want to hang out with her friends or take part in any school activities, fearful she might get sick. The isolation made her sad and anxious.
Read the full story in USA Today.
By Kyle Munz
Presenters at ASN Kidney Week 2023 emphasized the importance of patient education, awareness, and advocacy in the realm of kidney transplantation.
A session at ASN Kidney Week 2023 offered first-perspectives from patients and professionals on the growing efforts to mitigate barriers and inequities impacting patients in need of kidney transplants. Presentations featured stories from a kidney transplant recipient and donor, as well as evidence-based knowledge highlighting the needs to increase donor numbers and patient engagement. Read the full article in AJMC.
By Stephanie Stahl
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Montgomery County bakery and Facebook played critical roles in saving a life and creating a new forever friendship.
Strangers met for the first time at Penn Medicine and there was already an intense, emotional connection. Check out the full story from CBS News 3 Philadelphia.
by Prabhjot Sohal
According to nephrologist Dr. Amit Garg, for those with advanced chronic kidney disease, the treatment options are stark: continuous dialysis or a kidney transplant to survive.
“A kidney transplant not only gives a patient up to a decade of longer life and quality of life, but data also shows that every 100 kidney transplant procedures save the health care system a staggering $20 million over five years by sidelining dialysis costs. Read the full article in Medical Xpress.
By Kim Clarke
Joan and Janice Ottenbacher were always close as sisters. A lifesaving operation at University Hospital in 1964 made their bond extraordinary.
The 15-year-old identical twins were patients in the first human organ transplant in Michigan when Joan donated her kidney to Janice. Read the full story in The University Record.
By Annalisa Merelli
Kidney transplants are the most common organ transplant procedure in the U.S., with 25,000 taking place in 2022. But for patients who receive new kidneys, the transplant is often followed by severe lifelong challenges, many of which are linked to the immunosuppression drug regimen required after surgery to ensure the body does not reject the new organ. These treatments have side effects and toxicities that impact patients’ long-term health, and even survival, leading to a transplant failure rate of 30-50% at the 10-year mark. Read the full article in STAT.
By Victoria Socha
Improved access to kidney transplantation as well as better rates of patient survival may be associated with an increase in older kidney transplant recipients experiencing graft failure. Y. Chen and colleagues conducted a study designed to examine age disparities in access to first and repeat kidney transplantation. Read more in DocWire News.
By Niko Clemons
Two lives were saved at once after a paired kidney exchange at the Miami Transplant Institute.
Doctors diagnosed Michael Deitado with chronic kidney disease when he was 28 years old. Fast forward 29 years, he was in desperate need of a kidney transplant. His wife, Astrid, was a perfect kidney donor match, but her kidneys were too small. Check out the full story from 6 (NBC) South Florida News.