Transplant patients are especially vulnerable to COVID-19 and must take extra precautions to protect themselves during this pandemic. Here’s how the University Health System Transplant Center is making sure patients…
The economy wasn’t the only thing affected by the COVID-19 shelter in place or distancing rules. With the cancellation of blood drives and usual donors not going in to donate,…
For Sandra Diaz the moment of truth came when she was babysitting her 2-year old godson. As he darted toward the fireplace Diaz, 45, tried to get up off the…
All Baby Boomers should be screened for hepatitis C, according to federal recommendations. That’s because an estimated three-quarters of infections are in people born between 1945 and 1965, and most…
If you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer, you have a lot on your mind. Decisions need to be made. What treatment is best for you isn’t always clear at first.…
A month after having his tonsils and adenoids removed, 7-year-old Eden Gonzales stood before a wall-sized photograph of an operating room. A Child Life specialist at University Hospital used the…
Joanna Rivera’s father’s, Eulalio Rivera, health was deteriorating quickly. His liver was cirrhotic. His condition was worsening. Joanna wanted to help. Approximately 1,650 people die every year waiting for a…
They wanted to donate kidneys to their loved ones but didn’t match. So they joined a paired organ exchange. When Jose Maya’s husband Santiago Mejia needed a kidney transplant…
Halfway through what would have been a normal pregnancy, Adriana Zepeda went into premature labor with her second child. She delivered little Amber at 24 weeks gestation and a birth…
When it was time for Ryland Ward to go home from University Hospital, where he had been getting treatment — and encouragement from well-wishers around the world — since being rushed…