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Transplant patients need to prevent infection

Transplant patients need to prevent infection

  • Post author:Kimberly Nelson
  • Post published:June 18, 2020
  • Post category:Blog/COVID-19/Infectious Diseases/Surgery/Transplants
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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…

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Blood donations are needed

Blood donations are needed

  • Post author:Teresa Niño
  • Post published:April 29, 2020
  • Post category:Emergency care/Surgery/trauma/Uncategorized/Wellness
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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,…

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Benefits and risks of weight-loss surgery

Benefits and risks of weight-loss surgery

  • Post author:Shelley Kofler
  • Post published:January 15, 2020
  • Post category:Surgery/Women's Health
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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…

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Finding hepatitis C
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Finding hepatitis C

  • Post author:Don Finley
  • Post published:December 2, 2019
  • Post category:Cancer/Infectious Diseases/News/Research/Surgery/Transplants

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…

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How to choose the best treatment for breast cancer

How to choose the best treatment for breast cancer

  • Post author:Jackie Boyle
  • Post published:October 23, 2019
  • Post category:Cancer/Surgery/Women's Health
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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.…

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First rule in preparing kids for surgery: don’t lie

First rule in preparing kids for surgery: don’t lie

  • Post author:Shelley Kofler
  • Post published:October 17, 2019
  • Post category:Children's Health/Emergency care/Surgery
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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…

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How to donate life and keep living

How to donate life and keep living

  • Post author:Ashley Festa
  • Post published:April 23, 2019
  • Post category:Surgery/Transplants

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…

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How transplant patients are getting organs sooner and living longer

How transplant patients are getting organs sooner and living longer

  • Post author:Shelley Kofler
  • Post published:April 16, 2019
  • Post category:Surgery/Transplants

  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…

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A medical miracle

A medical miracle

  • Post author:Don Finley
  • Post published:May 18, 2018
  • Post category:Children's Health/News/NICU/Pregnancy/Research/Surgery

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…

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A sweet ride home for a little hero

A sweet ride home for a little hero

  • Post author:Don Finley
  • Post published:January 12, 2018
  • Post category:Children's Health/Emergency care/News/Surgery

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…

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