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The MELD Score and Liver Transplant: An Update for Patients

Liver Transplant Patients awaiting transplant commonly have questions regarding there MELD score, and how this number is determined. As you can imagine, there is great anxiety in patients awaiting...

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Dr. Saira Khaderi Discusses Hepatology

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Liver Transplant Houston: Calculating the MELD Score and How it Works

For those patients awaiting a liver transplant, the MELD score, which is a number calculated by evaluating the bilirubin, creatinine, and INR, is what the allocation of donor livers is based on. The...

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Wilsons Disease Houston:Transplant Will Cure the Disease

While still on vacation this week, I received news from my murse that one of our patients who has Wilsons Disease received his liver transplant. It was quite a relief for the patient, his family, and...

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Alcohol, Liver, Cirrhosis and Transplant: Dr. Galati Discusses

A segment that I recorded for this weeks Your Health First was with Dr. Howard Monsour. who’s the Chief of hepatology at Houston Methodist. In this two-part interview, we discussed various aspects of...

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Should Alcoholics Be Allowed to Receive Liver Transplants?

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Alcoholic Liver Disease: What You Need to Know-The Basics

Our latest video covers the basic aspects of alcohol related liver disease, and the complications of excessive alcohol intake. In general, there are three areas of concern: 1. The development of...

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Liver Transplant with Donors Over 80 Years Old Do Well

A research paper presented this morning at the AASLD Liver Meeting indicates that liver donors 80 years of age and older do just as well as those receiving a liver transplant from a donor less than 80...

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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: What You Need to Know? Dr. Rashid Khan...

Dr. Rashid Khan, Hepatologist at Liver Specialists of Texas, guest edited this blog entry on Fatty Liver Disease. Obesity and Fatty Liver In my 9 years of medical practice, it still does not cease to...

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Top Five Reasons to Evaluate Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

Dr. Rashid Khan adds this blog entry further reviewing important issues related to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) I few weeks ago I wrote on this topic as guest editor on Dr Joe Galati’s...

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Survey of the Public’s Perception of Liver Transplant and Alcoholics

Our team is very interested to learn about the public’s perception regarding alcoholism and the availability of liver transplantation. For the past 25 years, most programs have been hesitant to...

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