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Editorial: Save 1000 lives a year with one reform
OCRegister According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, as of Oct. 30 there were 106673 people in the United States waiting for transplants. … |
Rope in private hospitals for wider health care: Experts – Daily News & Analysis
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Rope in private hospitals for wider health care: Experts
Daily News & Analysis "We have approached the government to implement the EMS Act. We have also started working on organ–sharing and organ transplants in hospitals," said Dr GB … |
St. Francis organ program lauded – Monroe News Star
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St. Francis organ program lauded
Monroe News Star … the number of living and deceased organ donors in the US declined for the first time in 20 years, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. … |
Heart transplants for 10-year-olds 'rare' – Western Howard County View
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Heart transplants for 10-year-olds 'rare'
Western Howard County View Statistics are not kept on how many of the recipients are exactly 10 years old, but according to the United Network of Organ Sharing, the nonprofit … |
Canadian researchers pioneer gene therapy to repair lungs for transplant – The Canadian Press
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Canadian researchers pioneer gene therapy to repair lungs for transplant
The Canadian Press In pioneering research, Canadian scientists have successfully used gene therapy to repair damaged lungs from deceased donors, making them potentially … |
UPMC unit to increase use of organs from living donors – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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UPMC unit to increase use of organs from living donors
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Humar said he agrees with Starzl on vigilant monitoring, but said some patients facing long waits for livers from deceased donors could benefit from surgery … |
MU hospital's organ donation program honored – UM Maneater
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MU hospital's organ donation program honored
UM Maneater The hospital achieved a 75 percent organ conversion rate over the past year, meaning that 75 percent of eligible, deceased donors who have signed up to … |
Giving a kidney, Marine gives hope – The State
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Giving a kidney, Marine gives hope
The State Most transplanted kidneys are harvested from deceased donors, said Lucia Miles, living-donor transplant coordinator at the Charleston hospital. … |
Beliefs thwart organ donation programmes – National
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Beliefs thwart organ donation programmes
National Activists say opposition to organ extraction can be so strong that they are often subjected to physical and verbal abuse from relatives of deceased donors. … |
Partial versus radical nephrectomy for 4 to 7 cm renal cortical tumors – Abstract – UroToday
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Partial versus radical nephrectomy for 4 to 7 cm renal cortical tumors – Abstract
UroToday Recent observations suggest that partial nephrectomy for small renal tumors may be associated with improved survival compared with radical nephrectomy. … |