Former Vice-President Dick Cheney has received a heart transplant at Inova Fairfax Hospital after waiting approximately 20 months on the transplant … [Read more...]
Heart Transplant Recipient and Pro Golfer Erik Compton Wins Golf Tourney
Erik Compton has won the Mexico Open for his first tour victory in eleven years as a professional golfer. Comptom has also received two heart … [Read more...]
Horse Trainer and Heart Transplant Patient Kathy Ritvo Hopes For Derby Win With Mucho Macho Man
Kathy Ritvo received a heart transplant in 2008 and was told to avoid horses because of her lowered immunity. Brushing that advice aside, she has … [Read more...]
Patient Tyson Smith Receives Second Heart
Patient Tyson Smith received a transplanted heart at the UC San Diego Medical Center that was positioned next to his own heart, which remained in … [Read more...]
Arizona Begins Rationing Care For Medicaid Patients By Denying Coverage For Transplants
Arizona's Medicaid program has begun denying coverage for patients who need some types of heart and bone marrow transplants, lung transplants, … [Read more...]
Obese Patients Rarely Offered Heart Transplants
Obese patients must have a BMI less than 35 to receive a heart transplant but rarely lose the weight to do so reports heart researcher Dr. Jerry … [Read more...]
March 8, 2009
UK Surgeons Use Stem Cells To Repair Breast Cancer Incisions Dr. Eva Weiler-Mithoff is leading a studing in the United Kingdom that uses stem-cell … [Read more...]
Christiaan Barnard Quotes
"He had not said "Sir". It was simply you - as though we were equals, and perhaps it bore a suggestion that he was the superior one... Most certainly … [Read more...]