First Mother-to-Daughter Uterus TransplantsDiscovery NewsTwo women now carry their mothers' wombs after successful transplant surgery in Sweden, the University of Gothenburg reports. It's a major step in a research project that surgeons had bee…
Waiting for a kidney transplant
Putting it mildly, Karen Raymer has been through the wringer and then some the last few years. She reads this column in the Clear Lake (Calif.) Observer American. "What I have is polycystic kidney disease," said 44-year-old Raymer. "It&#…
Organ donation hopefuls press for greater participation in Wayne County – The Detroit News
Organ donation hopefuls press for greater participation in Wayne CountyThe Detroit News"All of this attention to organ donation gives me more hope than ever for a transplant," Harris said. Starting Monday, the PSA should air on Comcast in Way…
Report: Nurse’s actions in botched kidney transplant ‘baffling’
A surgeon reviewing the University of Toledo Medical Center's kidney tansplant program called the actions of the nurse who accidentally disposed a usable kidney last month "baffling."
Patrick McMahon, Whistleblower, Claims Organ Donor Network Harvested From … – Huffington Post
SILive.comPatrick McMahon, Whistleblower, Claims Organ Donor Network Harvested From …Huffington PostPatrick McMahon, a former transplant coordinator for the nonprofit New York Organ Donor Network, filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday…
Spike in heart failures follows Japan's 2011 quake – Reuters India
Spike in heart failures follows Japan's 2011 quakeReuters IndiaNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Following the massive earthquake and tsunami of March, 2011, which devastated parts of eastern Japan, the number of heart failure cases spiked in Miyagi Pref…
Study of long-term kidney transplant failure funded by “researcher in training” program
A Southern Illinois University School of Medicine pediatrician is studying the leading cause of long-term failure of kidney transplants in children by following cases of children treated in St. Louis. Dr. Michael Seifert, who cares for patients at St. …
Julie Dawkins died of liver failure – This Is Hampshire
Julie Dawkins died of liver failureThis Is HampshireA DRINKER who struggled to get over the loss of her husband died of liver failure. Julie Dawkins, 62, was found dead on a sofa in the living room of her home in Bow Grove, Hook, on Monday, June 11. An…
Heal thy heart – The Hindu
The HinduHeal thy heartThe HinduThough the term 'heart attack' implies that your heart suddenly attacks you, nothing could be further from the truth. It takes several years (even decades) of gradual abuse and neglect for heart damage to occur. …
Transplant expert baffled by trashing of viable kidney in Ohio
TOLEDO, Ohio — A Texas transplant surgeon hired to evaluate the kidney transplant program at the University of Toledo Medical Center says the accidental disposal of a viable kidney by a nurse was a “baffling” act.