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Organ Transplantation and Your Mouth
Dental & Craniofacial Research — If you are an organ transplant patient, you are at risk for serious mouth problems. Your medical condition and side effects from your transplant medications can affect your oral health and complicate dental care. This fact sheet identifies ...More…
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Cornea transplant
Mayo Clinic — Cornea transplant - Overview covers what to expect during and after cornea transplant. A cornea transplant is a surgical procedure to replace part of your cornea with corneal tissue from a deceased donor. Your cornea is the transparent, ...More…
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Immunosuppression & Skin Cancer
Skin Cancer Foundation — HIV, several diseases, and certain medicines used in treating organ transplants and other conditions all have something in common: They can weaken the immune system, leading to skin cancers. Organ transplant patients are particularly at risk. ...More…
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Survival Rate
Kidney Association — The success rates of transplant surgery have improved remarkably, but growing shortages exist in the supply of organs and tissues available for transplantation. Many Americans who need transplants cannot get them because of these shortages. The ...More…
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News and Highlights
Centers for Disease Control — What you need to know about rabies exposure and vaccination. The problem of bat-related rabies, how to handle encounters with bats, and how to "bat-proof" your home. Human Rabies Prevention - United States, 2008: Recommendations of the Advisory ...More…
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"Organ Transplantation"
Clinical Trials — Systematic Evaluation of Predictors of Quality of Life in the Long-Term After Solid Organ Transplantation Actinic Keratoses; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Organ Transplant Recipients Prophylactic Photodynamic Therapy to Organ Transplant ...More…
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Organ Transplant Increases Risk of Skin Cancer
Skin Care Physicians — This dermatologist-reviewed article explains why organ-transplant recipients have an increased risk of skin cancer and what can reduce this risk. In study after study, the finding is the same. Organ-transplant recipients have an increased risk of ...More…
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Intestine and Multivisceral Transplant Program
Children's Hospital Boston — Home Clinical Services Intestine and Multivisceral Transplant Program Intestinal Transplant: an operation done that replaces a diseased small intestine with a healthy one from another person. Intestine/Liver Transplant: an operation done that ...More…
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Statement on the U. S. Transplant Games, July 11, 2008 ...
National Institutes of Health — As we mark the occasion of the opening of the National Kidney Foundation's United States Transplant Games, we honor the courageous athletes preparing to compete in Pittsburgh. Not only have they shown skill and stamina in preparing themselves for ...More…
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Latest News
National Institute of Allergy — NIAID Web Site Redesign NIAID E-mail Updates Joint Statement on Food Allergy Awareness Week Flu (Influenza) Food Allergy NIAID Media Availability: Scientists Develop Mathematical Model to Predict the Immune Response to Influenza May 13, 2009 May ...More…
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Protect your skin when you're out in the sun. Learn more
MedlinePlus Health Information from the National Library of Medicine Start here with 750 topics on conditions, diseases and wellness About your prescription and over-the-counter medicines, herbs and supplements A service for finding local ...More…
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Protect your skin when you're out in the sun. Learn more
MedlinePlus Health Information from the National Library of Medicine Start here with 750 topics on conditions, diseases and wellness About your prescription and over-the-counter medicines, herbs and supplements A service for finding local ...More…