Breitbart News |
Gift of Life: Texas Son Gives His Father Restored Health with a Kidney Donation
Breitbart News The majority come from deceased donors, but doctors experienced a better outcome using living donors. Post-surgery, the family eagerly awaited the first flow of ‘liquid gold’ as it is called, urine output. That’s the true measure of a successful … The Faces of Organ DonationKGAN TV |
Brooklyn DailyDouble dose! Fidler finds two matching kidney donors on same dayBrooklyn DailyBecause the average wait for a matching kidney harvested from a deceased donor is three to five years, Fidler began searching for a living donor last fall seeki…
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Two Springville men take ‘Love Thy Neighbor’ literally
Good4Utah It may sound cliché but people who’ve received organs from living or deceased donors say it’s the real deal. You can donate a kidney or liver to anyone who’s a match. In our continued partnership with Intermountain Medical Center we introduce you to … |
WANENeed high for organ donationsWANEThere are two different kinds of donations, a living donation and a deceased donation. Living donations make up about half of the population of donors. People can also sign up to be a deceased donor. A living donati…
Windsor Star (blog) |
Fewer than one in four Windsorites registered as organ donors; city has one of …
Windsor Star (blog) Last year, there were three deceased donors at the Windsor Regional Hospital. This year so far there’s been one. One person’s donation can save as many as eight lives. Heather St. Pierre, 32, said she never expected to end up on the list. She was young … |
Globalnews.ca |
Diabetes triggers kidney failure and a need for organ donors
Globalnews.ca SASKATOON – It’s a report that highlights the need for more Canadians to sign up to become organ donors. On Tuesday, the Canadian Institute for Health Information(CIHI) released its latest report showing diabetes among Canadians in the last 10 years … |
She just wants to be a normal mumNew Zealand HeraldShe is one of 20 Bay of Plenty people on the waiting list for a transplant, yet only six transplants were performed on Bay people last year – three from live donors and three from deceased donors. Brid…
Globalnews.ca |
#48in48: Organ donors needed in Saskatchewan
Globalnews.ca This week is organ donation awareness week in Canada, and various agencies are asking Canadians who want to donate to register their wishes, and make them known to family and friends. “The organs from one deceased person can save up to eight lives … |
Tallahassee.com |
Kidney donor and recipient discuss transplants
Tallahassee.com Schwarz, who later received a liver transplant from a deceased donor in February 2014 after being diagnosed with polycystic liver disease, was comforted in their similar faith after Mayo reached out using the name “Padre.” “I was over the top excited … Husband donates LHSC’s 500th living donor kidney Sister’s Kidney Provides Second Chance LHSC reaches transplant milestones |
The Ridgefield Press |
Kidney donation gives the gift of time
The Ridgefield Press “When you go to the Yale transplantation clinic, they really try to emphasize you’re going to be much much better off if you bring a living donor to the table, as opposed to a deceased donor, because there just aren’t enough kidneys to go around … |