liver-transplant

And now his health has returned: Mr. Allman, 63 years old, underwent liver-transplant surgery in June.

Allman's Latest Blues Were a Source of Hope Jim Fusilli 2011

But the agency said it was concerned with two serious side effects seen in clinical studies, one being post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder — a type of lymphoma associated with organ-transplant patients — and a brain infection known as progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, or PML, that was seen in one patient in the kidney studies and another patient in an ongoing liver-transplant study.

Drug to Help Transplants Wins Support Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2010

But the agency said it was concerned with two serious side effects seen in clinical studies, one being post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder — a type of lymphoma associated with organ-transplant patients — and a brain infection known as progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, or PML, that was seen in one patient in the kidney studies and another patient in an ongoing liver-transplant study.

Drug to Help Transplants Wins Support Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2010

He was a liver-transplant survivor, and "decided I'd rather spend whatever time I have left alive at peace and not in court fighting for money," he says.

Tort King's Path to Bribery Charge 2008

And surprise: For as many citizens who don't want an illegal immigrant on a liver-transplant waiting list when supplies are low and costs are high, there are humanitarians in medicine and the field of medical ethics who believe that a hospital should not drop a pediatric immigrant transplant case -- or any other type of chronic case -- just because the patient has reached the legal drinking age.

Adam Baer: Keep Kids Covered -- Especially Immigrants 2008

He said Nataline "lost her life a couple of weeks ago because her insurance company would not pay for a liver-transplant operation."

A Medical Case Becomes Political 2008

A couple of weeks ago, an article in the LA Times about young immigrant liver-transplant survivors who hit 21 and lose state health coverage which often causes a lapse in their post-transplant care without chances for re-transplantation, should have caused more of a (political) stir than it did.

Adam Baer: Keep Kids Covered -- Especially Immigrants 2008

It says it stands by his clinical work, noting that one-year survival rates for liver-transplant recipients improved in the three full years of his tenure as head of its program.

Doing a Volume Business in Liver Transplants 2008

He promised to double liver-transplant volume in his first year and to bring with him pairs of living donors and recipients from where he then worked, the University of Rochester (N.Y.)

Doing a Volume Business in Liver Transplants 2008

Mostly, Kramer hunts for a liver-transplant program that will accept him.

The Angry Prophet Is Dying 2007