Transplant

Heart Transplant: Expert explains everything you need to know about the procedure

From the procedure to its success rate, Dr Santosh Kumar Dora, Senior Cardiologist, Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai explains everything you need to know about heart transplant.
Researchers find a better way to deal with organ transplant rejection

Today, transplant patients take daily doses of immunosuppressant drugs to avoid rejection, leaving them vulnerable to cancer, diabetes, infectious diseases and a host of other ailments that come along with a weakened immune system.
Structural features of donor's kidney may predict recipient's compatibility

Kidney donors are extensively evaluated to ensure that they do not have any medical conditions that would disqualify them from donating. Yet subtle features are often overlooked.
Liver transplant: When it is needed and who can donate

Patients waiting for a liver transplant are much more than the number of available deceased donors. Living-donor liver transplant is an alternative way to reduce waiting list deaths.
New machine can repair injured human livers, keep them alive for a week outside body

It's a major breakthrough in the transplantation medicine. It could help save life of many people, who are suffering from liver diseases or cancer.
Dieting and exercising together can affect your bone health: Study

According to a study, published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, combining exercise and dieting may impact your bone health. Read on to know more.
Taking antibiotics before liver transplants leads to better outcomes: Study

Researchers say that antibiotics play a vital role in recovery of liver transplant patients. Read on to know more.
Top Delhi surgeons under police scanner in international kidney racket

The Fortis hospital has been served notice in cases relating to the violation of Transplantation of Human Organs Act.
Genetic incompatibility could be the reason why kidney transplants fail: Study

According to a study published in the Journal of Medicine, genomic collision, a genetic incompatibility between the kidney donor and recipient could be the reason behind kidney transplant failure.
Scientists dispel myths associated with heart failure

It is just a myth that heart failure patients should avoid exercise. In fact, it can be a treatment for this disease.
Planning a hair transplant? 5 expert tips you should keep in mind

Hair transplantation, if not done under proper expert guidance, can lead to severe complications or even death (in rare cases).
What is 'No Root Touch' surgical hair transplant and restoration?

Find out what happens in this procedure.
Hair loss mega guide - causes, treatments, medications, home remedies and more...

All you need to know about hair loss and the various treatment options.
India's youngest liver transplant patient is just five-months old

Ariana Dey, a baby girl from Kolkata got her liver transplanted at the Max Super Speciality Hospital, Delhi.
Know whether cell therapy can be a replacement for kidney transplant

For tackling chronic kidney disease, researchers are working on a promising approach by regeneration of damaged tissues with the help of therapeutic cells.
On World Kidney Day, story of a renal transplant survivor

Renu Kaul survived the onslaught of renal failure and bounced back to life after her kidney transplant surgery. Kudos to her patience, positivity and balance.
Are you suffering from diabetes? Get your kidneys checked ASAP

Diabetes mellitus is known to be one of the most notorious culprits behind kidney failure. On this World Kidney Day, we tell you everything about diabetic nephropathy, a condition where uncontrolled blood sugar levels impair your kidney functions leading to the failure of this organ.
World Kidney Day 2019: All you need to know about CKD

The growing burden of CKD around the globe is alarming which calls for mass awareness programmes. On this World Kidney Day, we give you a low-down on the condition to help you manage it better.
Researchers take a huge stride in growing made-to-order human kidneys

Researchers have now successfully grown functional mouse kidneys inside rats from just a few donor stem cells and are now closer to generate made-to-order kidneys for human.
Follow these diet tips post kidney transplant