Sacramento Bee |
Sacramento area woman says giving kidney to stranger was ‘right thing’
Sacramento Bee Using a live donor is two to three times more successful in the long run than giving a kidney patient an organ from a deceased donor because it avoids the long wait list associated with the latter method, said Dr. Steven Katznelson, medical director of … |
Danbury News Times |
Historic eight-person kidney transplant at Yale
Danbury News Times I was never hoping I’d get a live donor. I thought I might get one that was deceased.” Already, Brakoniecki said, his quality of life has improved dramatically. “One thing I don’t have to do is go on dialysis anymore,” he said. “With the new kidney, I … 8 patients, 4 kidney exchanges, all in one day at Yale New Haven HospitalFOX CT Some Injured Kidneys May Be OK for Transplant, Study FindsHealthDay Study shows even injured kidneys can be used for transplantsdomain-B Huffington Post –Daily News & Analysis all 147 news articles » |
Diabetes Insider |
Some Injured Kidneys May Be OK for Transplant, Study Finds
HealthDay To find out, Parikh’s team tracked kidneys from more than 1,600 deceased donors and, as expected, found an association between acute kidney injury and kidneys being discarded. They also found a link between injured kidneys and a condition called … Study shows even injured kidneys can be used for transplantsdomain-B How the United States Stacks Up to Other Countries in Chronic Kidney DiseaseHuffington Post |
Politico |
Missouri GOP chair denies leading whisper campaign against deceased …
Politico He also said Schweich’s chief-of-staff Trish Vincent on Wednesday misrepresented a conversation they had in December in which she said he told her he had been telling party donors that Schweich was Jewish but that he wasn’t saying that anymore. Missouri GOP chair defends himself against calls to resignSalon Hancock defends against anti-Semitic campaign allegationsKRCG |
Wall Street Journal (blog)Organ transplantsThe EconomistIt was slow to get going: by the end of 2014 it had received only about 8,000 organs from deceased volunteer-donors (it is not clear if this includes organs from executed prisoners; there is littl…
Pacific Standard |
The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors
Pacific Standard The European model of “presumed consent,” wherein a person’s organs are taken posthumously unless an individual has specifically forbidden their retrieval, is not a potent solution as less than one percent of deceased individuals are medically eligible … |
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Doctors can double transplants, but donors aren’t there
BDlive The Organ Donor Foundation says the number of deceased donors has remained virtually unchanged despite population growth, and the number of solid organ transplants has hovered around the 300 mark for the past decade. Solid organs include the lungs, … |
Diabetes InsiderAcute Kidney Injury May Not Preclude TransplantMedscapeIn light of reasonable 6-month graft function, clinicians should consider kidney transplant from deceased donors with acute kidney injury (AKI), according to a multicenter study pub…
Huffington PostHow the United States Stacks Up to Other Countries in Chronic Kidney DiseaseHuffington PostThe United States could benefit by learning from Spain – greater public education could help to further dispel the many myths and misconceptions t…
Yale NewsStudy shows even injured kidneys can be used for transplantsYale NewsKidneys from deceased donors that have acute injuries are frequently discarded instead of being used for transplant. However, a Yale-led study finds that such kidneys may be …