What impact will Facebook have on organ donations?
People are turning to social media to bridge the chasm between those in need of life-saving organs and those who can help. This offers hope but also introduces risks.
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Telemonitoring keeps heart failure patients out of ER – FierceHealthIT
Telemonitoring keeps heart failure patients out of ERFierceHealthITRemote monitoring can be effective in way to reduce emergency room visits for heart failure patients with implantable defibrillators, according to new research published in Circulation….
Study: Donated smokers lungs better than not getting transplant at all
A new study in the Lancet finds lungs donated from smokers are better than not having a transplant at all.
Kelowna woman to donate kidney to family friend
Julie Evaskevich will give the gift of life with kidney transplant operation set for September
Who Decides Whether This 26-Year-Old Woman Gets A Lung Transplant?
Ashley Dias needs lungs. So do lots of other patients. Scarcity is a problem with organ transplants, and, unlike other scarce resources, organs can't be bought or sold. Here's how doctors decide who gets to be at the top of the waiting list.
Use of Smokers' Lungs for Transplant Has Pros, Cons
TUESDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) — Should the lungs of smokers be included in lung transplants? A new study suggests their inclusion may be warranted.
Smoker's lungs better than none for patients who need transplant
Washington, May 29 : Patients who need new lungs are happy getting it from smokers than no lung at all, even though they know that they are likely to live shorter life than those who get a lung transplant from a nonsmoker, a new study suggested.
Lung transplant from smoker better than staying on waiting list
Patients who got lungs from smokers were 21 percent less likely to die three years after a transplant, compared to people still on waiting list
Smokers' lungs should be included in transplant pool
Even a smoker's lungs are better than no lungs at all, concluded a British study that found transplant patients who receive lungs from smokers have a better chance of survival than those who stay on waiting lists, hoping for a healthier set.
Texas mom to receive first US double arm transplant
After losing every one of her limbs from a flesh-eating infection, a 43-year-old Texas mother of three will have another person’s arms and hands transplanted onto her in the first ever procedure of its kind in the U.S., the Houston Chronicle reported.