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Merv Sheppard's Transplant Network
http://www.mervsheppard.blogspot.com
A resource for information about organ and tissue donation, organ transplants and the diseases and conditions that cause the need for a transplant.
- Author: Merv Sheppard
- Listed in: Health Medicine
- Tags: organ donation organ transplant lung transplant tissue donation
Recent Posts
Baby\'s new liver from Mom is working
Luke Tanner Witt, 15 months, received a life-saving liver transplant donated by his mother, Leah Kent, background, at Rady Children's Hospital. (David Brooks/Union-Tribune)BY JOHN WILKENS The San Diego Union TribuneSAN DIEGO — Leah Kent gave life t...
GSK and Nabi announce agreement for NicVAX®, a vaccine for nicotine addiction
In a press release dated November 16, 2009, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals announced a licensing agreement for a nicotine conjugate candidate vaccine (NivVax®), an investigational vaccine for the treatment of nicotine addiction and the prevention of sm...
FDA approves new drug for nerve pain that follows shingles
This is exciting news for me. Like many transplant recipients who are immunosuppressed, I contracted shingles shortly after my lung transplant and the pain was the most excruciating I've ever known. My suffering from the postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) ...
Have you had your H1N1 flu shot?
After receiving the seasonal flu shot a couple of weeks ago I managed to get the H1N1 vaccine this week so I'm hopefully well protected against the flu for this year. I hope that all transplant recipients make an effort to get these shots. Medical sp...
Coming events in Toronto
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2009HOLIDAY PARTYCANADIAN TRANSPLANT ASSOCIATION&TEAM TRANSPLANTDRAGON BOAT TEAMINVITE YOU TO COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE THIS VERY SPECIAL TIME OF YEARSATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2009SOCIALIZING: 4:00 PMPOT LUCK DINNER: 6:00 PM...
Nova Sotia welcomes Olympic flame
It' great to see that a lung transplant recipient was given the chance to carry the Olympic torch on it's journey across Canada towards Vancouver, British Columbia where the 2010 Winter Olympic Games will be held from February 12th to the 28th. This ...
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