Specialists highlight importance of living liver donors
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Living liver donors can be a life-saver
WESTON, Fla. – There are more than 17,000 people in the United States on a waiting list to receive a liver transplant but many don’t realize a living friend or family member could be their life-saver.
A team at the Cleveland Clinic Weston recently performed the hospital’s first live liver donor transplant operation involving a mother and daughter from Davie.
“A living donor transplant is a very high tech, complex procedure and definitely there is a lot of risk and not all hospitals like to take it but I think the most important thing is the community has to be aware,” said Dr. Antonio Pinna, director of the hospital’s abdominal transplant center.
Early-onset diabetes may raise risk of dementia-related disease
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Researchers explore diabetes-dementia connection
WESTON, Fla. – Researchers are discovering that the early onset of Type II diabetes may increase the risk of various forms of dementia later in life.
Dr. Damon Salzman, a neurologist with Cleveland Clinic Weston said that over time, increased blood sugar appears to affect the brain’s ability to function well.
“In addition, untreated diabetes, especially Type II diabetes, may also increase the risk of atherosclerosis or thickening of the blood vessels and this can also impede perfusion to the brain,” he said
Salzman said the study found the risk of dementia-type diseases increased 25% with early-onset diabetes.
/PRNewswire/ Cleveland Clinic s Weston Hospital has performed its first living donor liver transplant, in which a daughter donated a portion of her liver to.
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