The meaning of Nurse Magnet, 'best practices,' and scores of other measures in the rankings.

Ottawa lung-transplant patient Hélène Campbell, is now dreaming about the future, and pursuing her campaign to get more organ and tissue donors signed up.

THE Renal Disease Control Program (Redcop) of the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday it recorded at least 10 percent increase in the number of new patients diagnosed with kidney disease every year. Kidney disease, the 10th most common disease in th…

WEDNESDAY, May 30 (HealthDay News) — More patients and families are using Facebook to seek kidney donations, but it's not clear if doing do improves the chances of obtaining a donor organ, a new study finds.

Since launching in February 2004, Facebook has proved highly effective at creating opportunities for the average Web user to create campaigns that reach a mass audience.

People are turning to social media to bridge the chasm between those in need of life-saving organs and those who can help. This offers hope but also introduces risks.

Insides Trading: What Impact Will Facebook Have on Organ Donations?

( Loyola University Health System ) Loyola University Medical Center researchers are reporting one of the first studies to examine how patients and families are soliciting living kidney donors on Facebook.

Loyola University Medical Center researchers are reporting one of the first studies to examine how patients and families are soliciting living kidney donors on Facebook.

OVER A SPAN OF months, transplant coordinator Ruth Shorey gets to know her kidney transplant patients intimately.