Donor Milk, Formula Go Head-to-Head for Extreme Preemies in the NICU
Whether extremely preterm neonates got nutrient fortified, pasteurized donor milk or preterm formula in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) made little difference in neurodevelopmental outcomes, a randomized clinical trial found. Among newborns fed minimal maternal milk, the adjusted mean Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID) cognitive score at 22 to 26 months […]
Opinion | Dignity for the Deceased: The Need for Federal Regulations
Champney is a professor of cell biology, and a body donor program coordinator. A faculty colleague at another institution contacted me to let me know that his mother had donated her body to our body donation program. I replied that we would take care of her and treat her with the respect and dignity she […]
State Insurance Mandates Don’t Improve Racial Disparities in ART Live Births
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Insurance mandates for fertility treatment with donor oocytes may improve overall live birth rates, but the current policies fail to reduce racial disparities in assisted reproductive treatment (ART), according to a retrospective study. Overall, state insurance requirements for coverage of donor oocytes were linked to a 10% increase in the odds of […]
Heart Transplant: A Slightly More Level Playing Field Under New UNOS System
Recent changes to U.S. donor heart allocation were followed by a narrowing of racial disparities in listing and transplant, though much more work remains to eliminate inequality, researchers warned. Black patients listed for cardiac transplantation in 2011-2020 were less likely than white peers to die while waiting (adjusted HR 0.88, 95% CI 0.78-0.98). However, they […]
West Nile Virus Infection Symptoms, Treatment, Definition & Transmission
Iwamoto, M., et al. “Transmission of West Nile Virus From an Organ Donor to Four Transplant Recipients.” N Engl J Med 348 (2003): 2196-2203. . Johnston, B. Lynn, and John M. Conly. “West Nile Virus – Where Did It Come From and Where Might It Go?” Can J Infect Dis. 11.4 July-Aug. 2000: 175-178. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2094770/>. […]