Latrobe Valley Express |
Larry’s heartfelt plea
Latrobe Valley Express In 2017, 1675 lives were saved through the generosity of 510 deceased organ donors and their families and 273 living donors. Today around 1400 Australians and their families are waiting for a call to say an organ has become available. For more … |
St. Louis Public Radio |
Local living kidney donor, experts discuss life-saving way to ‘help someone else catch a break’
St. Louis Public Radio Five-year patient survival, after a living-donor transplant, is 85 percent, compared to 75 percent after deceased donor transplant and only 40 percent on dialysis,” Lentine added. Because donors must undergo a surgical procedure, kidney donation is not … |
The News-Press |
Kidney transplants on hold at Gulf Coast MC because no surgeons are available
The News-Press Gulf Coast, in south Fort Myers, now performs transplants using only those from deceased donors. The live-donor program has been shut down since 2015, though administrators had hoped that it would resume this fall. That won’t happen. And, for now … |
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MatchingDonors.com helps woman find kidney donor
hngnews.com Since the average wait time on the government’s deceased donor list is 7-10 years, she agreed to do more research on the site. Seeing countless news reports on MatchingDonors.com, she and her husband decided that there was nothing to lose by trying the … |
India TodayBody blowIndia TodayThe live donor pool has, with the changes in transplant laws, since 2011, widened the scope of near-relative donors. But it is inadequate. For most transplants, including those of heart, lungs, pancreas and intestines, th…
B92 |
New law makes all Serbian citizens organ donors by default
B92 … citizens potential organ donors – unless they opt out by “expressly objecting to it, addressing the Administration for Biomedicine” – an institution that is yet to be established in Belgrade. Those who do not wish their organs to be harvested after … |
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Three-way kidney swap saves multiple lives
Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog) She had several mini strokes, leg issues, general malaise and no appetite and her thoughts were cloudy. Last summer, doctors put Nan on the national registry for deceased donors, but she was told it could be a four- to 10-year wait. She didn’t have … |
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A part of you can save a life
manilastandard.net “In essence, deceased organ donation is a legacy of voluntarily giving your healthy organs and tissues to be transplanted to another person with organ failure at the time of your death,” explains Dr. Arlene Lamban of MakatiMed’s section of Nephrology. |
manilastandard.net |
A part of you can save a life
manilastandard.net “In essence, deceased organ donation is a legacy of voluntarily giving your healthy organs and tissues to be transplanted to another person with organ failure at the time of your death,” explains Dr. Arlene Lamban of MakatiMed’s section of Nephrology. |
PBS NewsHour |
Iran pays kidney donors. Should the US follow?
PBS NewsHour In short, a kidney transplant would be a colossal cost-benefit win-win. But, with no living donor, someone with a matching blood and tissue type willing to give him one of their two kidneys, Acevedo’s sole option is a waiting list for a deceased donor … |