Medical University Of Vienna

The past 2 years have brought a decisive leap forward in the management of age-related macular degeneration.

A cardiac transport system for donor hearts was associated with fewer complications than conventional ice storage in patients receiving extended-criteria donor hearts, researchers reported in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.

An estimated 10% to 40% of patients with solid tumors develop brain metastases.

A cardiac transport system was better than conventional ice storage at preventing primary graft dysfunction in recipients implanted with extended-criteria donor hearts, researchers reported.

Adults who eat a vegan diet and perform resistance training at least once per week have stronger bone microarchitecture than vegans who do not perform resistance training, according to study findings.

Individuals with non-O blood types had an increased risk for venous thromboembolism 3 months after a cancer diagnosis or recurrence, according to study results published in Blood Advances.

A cardiac transport system for donor hearts was associated with better 1-year outcomes for recipients compared with traditional cold storage, according to new data from the GUARDIAN registry.

Early second kidney transplantations correlate with patient survival compared with those waitlisted and on dialysis, according to data published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

The addition of palbociclib to adjuvant endocrine therapy did not extend invasive DFS for patients with early hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, according to results presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

A booster dose of both vector and mRNA vaccine products yielded improved immune response in immunosuppressed patients using rituximab who had previously failed to show a response to the first two vaccines, according to data presented here.