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Has kidney trafficking come to the US?
American Medical News 23% of all living kidney donations in 2006 were from unrelated donors other than spouses. UNOS has no process in place to allow transplant centers to notify … |
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Spouses can make good organ donors
Reuters … also evidence that organs from "living-unrelated donors" such as spouses yield similar survival rates to those from well-matched living-related donors. … |
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Hospitals may be fostering kidney-selling
Coos Bay World Between 1997 and 2006, the percentage of unrelated donors climbed from 7 percent to 24 percent, government data show. Transplant specialists say that … |
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Kidney transplant went 'perfectly'
York Daily Record Shari Perkins and Mario Rene Lozano are listed in good condition after a kidney transplant surgery today at The Methodist Hospital in … Kidney transplant goes well |
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Medical Minute: Bone Marrow Transplant
KAALtv.com "Your skin really takes a beating," says Amy Brooks. The treatment was harsh, but it did seem to deliver the knockout blow to her Leukemia. … |
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UPMC liver transplant study finds flaws
Pittsburgh Post Gazette … a reversal of fortune," 11 of the 121 recipients became so sick after their initial transplants that they had to get second livers from deceased donors. … |
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Living every day to its fullest: Kidney donation gives woman new …
Temple Daily Telegram The organ donor doesn't pay for any of the medical tests leading up to the surgery or the actual transplant surgery, but he or she is responsible for … |
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Living kidney donor need is on the rise
eMaxHealth According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, for example, more than 80000 Americans are waiting for a kidney. Each day thirteen of these individuals … |
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False perceptions harm organ donation
U.TV In 1923, Lord Hewitt said that it "is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, it should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be … |
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Selling organs: Jewish values vs. market value
New Jersey Jewish Standard The United States has an opt-in system for organ donation, meaning people have to specify that they want their parts donated after they die. … and more » |