Bioengineered Vein Implanted Into Kidney Dialysis Patient
In a first-of-its-kind operation in the United States, a team of doctors at Duke University Hospital helped create a bioengineered blood vessel and transplanted it into the arm of a patient with end-stage kidney disease.
Kidney flushing makes blood match irrelevant
Kidney transplant patients are being flushed out so that they can receive organs from donors with incompatible blood groups.
5 Important Facts About Kidney Cancer
Each year in the United States, about 51,000 adults will be diagnosed with kidney cancer. As with so many serious diseases, the earlier kidney cancer is found, the better the outcome. Kidney cancer can often be cured if found and treated before it has spread.
Meaningful use incentives ascend past $14.5B
As of the end of April, the federal government has paid out $14.6 billion in EHR incentive payments, according to Robert Anthony, deputy director of the HIT Initiative Group at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of E-Health Standards and Services.
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