Great scope for medical tourism between Pakistan, IndiaThe News InternationalThere is great scope for medical tourism between Pakistan and India, especially in the domains of children's cardiac surgery and liver transplants, eminent hematologist an…
Slain CHP Officer Kenyon Youngstrom saves four lives by donating his organs
The kidneys, pancreas, liver and heart of Officer Kenyon Youngstrom were donated last week, per his wishes, saving one man and three women, the California Transplant Donor Network said. One of the recipients waited more than a decade to receive a new o…
The recipients of CHP Officer Kenyon Youngstrom's organs and tissues
Slain California Highway Patrol Officer Kenyon Youngstrom saved four people with his final deed of donating his organs and tissues. Those who were saved: A 52-year-old Bay Area woman who received a kidney after waiting for a new one on the California T…
'Excellent' Survival Seen for Liver Transplant From Live Donor – iVillage Entertainment
'Excellent' Survival Seen for Liver Transplant From Live DonoriVillage Entertainment11 (HealthDay News) — The 10-year survival rate for patients with acute liver failure who had a living donor liver transplant was 73 percent, a study of patien…
Device Aims To Help Congestive Heart Failure Patients – CBS Local
CBS LocalDevice Aims To Help Congestive Heart Failure PatientsCBS LocalSomething this woman with congestive heart failure is grateful for because without their research trial, she was heading toward a heart transplant. “I was actually relieved that t…
Organs in wrong spots, but gastric bypass successful – Times of India
Organs in wrong spots, but gastric bypass successfulTimes of IndiaAHMEDABAD: Forty-three-year-old Panna Mistry found that all her vital organs in the body – heart, lungs, liver and stomach – were 'mirrored', or lay in the direction opposite to …
Active follow-up with telephone help can reduce deaths in chronic heart … – Medical Xpress
Active follow-up with telephone help can reduce deaths in chronic heart …Medical XpressChronic heart failure (CHF) patients are less likely to have died a year after discharge if they are involved in a programme of active follow-up once they have ret…
Renal Transplantation Is Best Treatment Option for Improving Quality of Life … – Science Daily (press release)
Renal Transplantation Is Best Treatment Option for Improving Quality of Life …Science Daily (press release)11, 2012) — In people with late-stage chronic kidney disease, renal transplantation is the best treatment option to improve quality of life, …
Officer's Organ Donation Details Released
The California Transplant Donor Network has released details on the people who received organs from CHP Officer Kenyon Youngstrom. Photo Credit: CHP
CHP's Kenyon Youngstrom Organ Donation Details Released – NBC Bay Area
San Francisco ChronicleCHP's Kenyon Youngstrom Organ Donation Details ReleasedNBC Bay AreaCHP's Kenyon Youngstrom Organ Donation Details Released. Four lives were changed for the better following the tragic death of CHP officer Kenyon Youngstro…