Aetna's IOE Transplant Network to add UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital
Aetna announced today that UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital has been designated as a participating facility in Aetna's Institutes of Excellence Transplant Network.
Man beats the odds despite medical condition
One North Valley man is beating the odds after facing a medical condition that almost cost him his life.
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital Will Participate in Aetna’s Institutes of Excellence™ Transplant Network
Aetna announced today that UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital has been designated as a participating facility in Aetna’s Institutes of Excellence™ Transplant Network.
Saving baby Clayton from a transplant: Intestinal Rehab
SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME: Short bowel syndrome is a health condition in which nutrients are not properly absorbed due to the surgical removal of a large portion of the small intestine or severe intestinal disease. When areas of the small intestine are …
Omaha boy learning how to eat at 5 years old
Jack Moser wants to eat pizza. It’s such a simple request for a 5-year-old, but nearly impossible.
500 students walk to help transplant patient
Jack Moser wants to eat pizza. It’s such a simple request for a 5-year-old, but nearly impossible.
Friends line up to support Coogan through liver transplant
Donations welcome at Island Savings trust fund helping Coogan's family with transportation and lodging expenses.
Washington University receives $8 million to lead international childhood malnutrition effort
( Washington University School of Medicine ) Jeffrey I. Gordon, M.D., at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, will lead an international team of scientists to find new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent a critical global health probl…
Mom, baby who had rare transplant doing well
For Vanessa Negrete, the hardest part was not being able to pick up her baby girl for a few days after she donated a section of her liver to her 1-year-old daughter, Aliyah. But now mother and daughter are recovering well.Vanessa, 26, has some pain but…
Gift of life in demand: Lifebanc says thousands in need of organ and tissue transplants (with video)
In 1994, doctors told Jim Lunder he had probably five years to live.