Kankakee Daily Journal |
Living donor liver transplant recipient marks 25th anniversary
Kankakee Daily Journal The procedure expanded the options for children with liver disorders, many of whom died while waiting for a liver from a deceased donor. It was first used only in small children. It’s now used for older children, and at some transplant centers, for adults. |
Petoskey News-Review |
A kidney for Christmas
Petoskey News-Review Of these, 11,163 kidney transplants came from deceased donors and 5,733 came from living donors. A direct man, Frank says he almost failed at life because of drugs. “I’m a recovering drug addict. I came up here at the end of my rope, my life. I heard … |
Wisconsin Rapids TribuneLetter: Save lives: Become an organ and tissue donorWisconsin Rapids TribuneEDITOR: A few years ago I was given a very special opportunity to consider being a living kidney donor for a man in our community named Lonnie. Although…
Tax incentives worldwide help increase charitable donations says new global …Charities Aid FoundationWhile the majority of countries offer incentives for people making donations within their lifetimes, only 46 percent of countries that impose taxes o…
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Eight donors and recipients take part in Australia’s biggest kidney swap
Sydney Morning Herald Many of the pairs listed on the register are highly sensitised, which makes them difficult to match with deceased donor kidneys – some have less than a one-in-10 chance of receiving a kidney from a deceased organ donor. All donors were male and all … |
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Memorial Medical Center launches kidney paired exchange program
The State Journal-Register This sort of kidney “swap” has gone on nationwide since the 1990s but has grown in popularity the past few years because of a stagnant number of available kidneys from deceased donors and a growing number of people on transplant waiting lists … |
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West Ga. Health notes 2014 LoveLight donors
LaGrange Daily News Donations from $5 to $500 are given in memory of a loved one or in honor of a person who has in some way enriched another person’s life. An ornament for each donation is placed on the Lovelight Tree in the lobby of the south tower at West Georgia Health. |
Indiana Public Media |
Living Kidney Donors Can Help Ease Widening Gap
Indiana Public Media According to Joel Newman, a spokesman for UNOS, “roughly two in five of the kidney transplants that take place are coming from living donors.” The rest of those donations are from deceased donors, or those who donate their organs after their death. |
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Liver transplant recipient marks 25th anniversary
Ashland Times Gazette (subscription) The procedure expanded the options for children with liver disorders, many of whom died while waiting for a liver from a deceased donor. It was first used only in small children. It’s now used for older children, and at some transplant centers, for adults. |
W*USA 9 |
Liver transplant recipient marks 25th anniversary
W*USA 9 The procedure expanded the options for children with liver disorders, many of whom died while waiting for a liver from a deceased donor. It was first used only in small children. It’s now used for older children, and at some transplant centers, for adults. |