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There's A Real Chance To Stop This Miserable, Fatal Infection
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDying from hepatitis C is a notoriously miserable way to go. The virus attacks your liver ― in many...
Man receives first genetically edited pig kidney transplant
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMelissa Mattola-Kiatos, R.N., nursing practice specialist, removes the pig kidney from its box to...
Surgeons complete first-ever gene-edited pig kidney transplant
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAfter around four hours of tense operating, surgeons in the room reportedly said they saw the...
Biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant
WJZY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital...
More people need transplants than there are organ donors. Pigs might be a solution
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe need for transplant organs is immense and growing. Some scientists think animal organs might be...
What Causes Hepatitis C?
Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMedically reviewed by Mary Josephine Hessert, DO Hepatitis C is not hereditary, meaning it is not passed from parent to child. Instead, the hepatitis C...
B.C. boy, 9, dies from asthma ‘exacerbated’ by wildfire smoke: How smoke impacts asthma
Yahoo Canada Style· 10 months agoCarter Vigh was just nine years old when he died from asthma attack that was worsened by wildfire...
Two Venice brothers are in end-stage renal disease. A live kidney donor could save them
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMatthew Cipolla's night routine has an extra step beyond the common practices of carefully applying...
Race shouldn't be a factor in diagnosing chronic kidney disease
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn recent years, there has been a broad shift in the field of medicine to recognize race as a social construct instead of a biological one. This has made significant changes to the field of ...
Hepatitis B vs. Hepatitis C: What Are the Differences?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA viral hepatitis infection is an inflammation of the liver, resulting in liver damage. There are...