Merv Sheppard's Transplant Network
Blog URL http://www.mervsheppard.blogspot.com
Located Toronto, Ontario Canada
Tags Organ transplantation, Organ donation, Lung transplant, Heart Transplant, Kidney Transplant, Liver Transplant
Mission: To be a resource for transplant information; to be an advocate for organ & tissue donation awareness; to promote funding for transplant research.
Latest Blog Posts
- Happy Thanksgiving on Nov 25, 2009 in Thanksgiving
AS Americans celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend we are reminded that we have much to be thankful for, especially those of us who have been given a second chance at life by an organ transplant. We thank our donors, our donor families, our families an...
- Baby's new liver from Mom is working on Nov 24, 2009 in pediatric organ transplant living liver transplant Liver transplant
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 on Nov 23, 2009
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...
- Surprise lung transplant gives mom renewed hope on Nov 22, 2009 in Natalie Ritchie Toronto General Hospital Cystic fibrosis Lung transplant CF
By BARBARA TURNBULL Staff Reporter - The Toronto Star Healthzone.ca"Be brave. Even when you are scared. Be Brave. Whatever it is, you can do it. Manage it. Overcome it."– Natalia Ritchie Just weeks ago, John Boguslawski was stoically waiting for hi...
- H1N1 Vaccine as Safe as Seasonal Vaccine, WHO Says on Nov 21, 2009 in Seasonal flu vaccine H1N1 Flu H1N1 Flu Vaccine Flu shot WHO
For anyone avoiding the H1N1 flu shot because of concerns about potential side effects this briefing from the World Health Organization is certainly great news. The WHO says that all data compiled to date indicate that pandemic vaccines match the exc...
- FDA approves new drug for nerve pain that follows shingles on Nov 20, 2009 in Qutenza Postherpetic neuralgia shingles PHN capsaicin
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? on Nov 18, 2009 in H1N1 Flu Swine flu 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...
