Rowena Roque, 46, was having a problem that many people can relate to: doing everything in her power to lose weight and get healthy but never succeeding.
From fad diets to two-hour workouts, there isn’t a diet or workout regimen that Roque didn’t try. Read the full story in News Medical Life Sciences.
This video explores reasons for organ transplants and the beginning of a patient’s transplant journey. It also highlights the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) as a valuable resource for transplant-related information. Watch the video from SRTR.
In 1984, Chelsea Roman entered the world two months early. Her mom went into labor in a parking lot. Fortunately, that parking lot was across the street from a hospital.
Chelsea’s mom walked to the hospital in severe pain, and before they could even numb her up, she endured a delivery by cesarian. Chelsea was stillborn. For the first five minutes of her life, Chelsea was not breathing. Read more about Chelsea’s transplant journey on CareDx.com.
CareDx hosted the “Ask the Experts: Mental Health Matters” webinar in partnership with the National Kidney Foundation serving Northern California and the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday, May 18. More than 600 members of the transplant community, comprised of transplant recipients, caregivers, and clinicians, joined the live virtual discussion to learn more about the role mental health plays in the pre- and post-transplant journey.
Below is a summary of the questions posed during the session, as well as answers from both the patients’ and clinicians’ perspectives. Read the full article on CareDx.com.