What your doctor is reading on Medscape.com: APRIL 06, 2020 — Currently, living donors are urged to go ahead with the preliminary steps in the process remotely, but in-person appointments and transplants are largely on hold. Deceased-donor transplantations — deemed essential surgeries — are moving forward, but surgeons …
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THURSDAY, March 2, 2017 (HealthDay News) — From face-lifts to fat grafts, Americans are increasingly turning to cosmetic procedures to look their best. The number of these procedures in the United States rose 3 percent last year from 2015, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. That’s 17.1 million …
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By Alan MozesHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) — Doctors may have a leg up on baldness: Transplanting hair from a patient’s legs to his head for what may be a more natural look. In the February issue of the Archives of Dermatology, Dr. Sanusi Umar explained that the …
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By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Feb. 20, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Stem cell transplants may halt the progression of aggressive multiple sclerosis (MS) in nearly half of those with the debilitating disease, but picking the right patients for the treatment is key, a new study suggests. Specifically, younger patients with …
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By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) — People who donate corneas are giving the gift of sight, but they may also be passing along a serious infection to the recipients, a new study finds. This infection, called endophthalmitis, most commonly comes from donors who die in a …
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