Word: transplants
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...consumer-advocate groups and the American Medical Association support this reform. They argue that in attempting to practice cost control, HMOs end up practicing medicine. Even judges have voiced frustration. Ruling in favor of an HMO in an Oklahoma case in which the insurer delayed a bone-marrow transplant for a woman, who later died of leukemia, a three-judge panel in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote, "Although moved by the tragic circumstances of this case and the seemingly needless loss of life...we conclude that the law gives us no choice." Perplexed by such cases, legislators...
AILING. EVEL KNIEVEL, 60, motorcycle daredevil; awaiting a liver transplant owing to the effects of hepatitis C; in Tampa, Fla. Knievel believes he contracted the disease during one of 14 operations to repair the 35 broken bones and other injuries caused by his stunts...
...initiative to hold a drive this year began, said Tambar, because one SAA member has an ill relative who is in need of a bone marrow transplant...
...fall of 1997, doctors told Alan J. Kuo '85 he had one month to live. The only thing that could save his life was a bone marrow transplant--and finding a marrow match was a challenge...
Gene therapy and gene-based drugs are two ways we could benefit from our growing mastery of genetic science. But there will be others as well, including new kinds of vaccines, new sources of transplant tissue, even techniques doctors may someday use to stave off the aging process. Here are just a few of the remarkable therapies on the cutting edge of genetic research that could make their way into mainstream medicine in the coming years...