Caroline County toddler battling leukemia gets stem cell transplantWTVRAlthough a bone marrow drive was recently held for Quinlan, doctors decided a stem cell transplant would work better. Quinlan had the transplant before the holidays and he was allow…
12-year-old awaits kidney donor – Deccan Herald
12-year-old awaits kidney donorDeccan HeraldA 12-year-old boy is struggling for life at All India Institute of Medical Sciences with both the kidneys damaged. Since last Monday, his life has become depended on regular dialysis. In absence of a donated …
Charlie Knuth's New Battle: School – WGBA-TV
Charlie Knuth's New Battle: SchoolWGBA-TVTrisha tells us while Charlie was recovering in a Minnesota hospital from his second stem cell transplant, the Kimberly School District, which he always attended, no longer considered Charlie a resident and …
Ahmedabad: Recipients of the organs thank 15 families for new lease of life – Daily Bhaskar
Ahmedabad: Recipients of the organs thank 15 families for new lease of lifeDaily Bhaskar“Across the world, 80% transplants happen through cadaver donation while in India 80% of it happen through live donations. There is a need to reverse this trend,
Mother of organ donor to be in Denver parade – Cody Enterprise
Mother of organ donor to be in Denver paradeCody EnterprisePatricia Thomas, a Cody mother of an organ donor, will be among a group escorting the first Donate Life Colorado float,“Gift of Life,” in the Parade of Lights on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 30-De…
New help for congestive heart failure patients – 7Online.com
7Online.comNew help for congestive heart failure patients7Online.comHeart failure patients live on a fine line between decent heart function one day and shortness of breath the next. Too much salt in the diet or too few of the drugs they take can tip t…
Transplant man meets family behind his heart
She laid her head on his chest and listened to the heartbeat she hadn't heard in more than 20 years. Debbie Atkinson, whose husband, Dusty, was the Harley enthusiast who donated his heart, met transplant recipient Dennis Harwood on Wednesday mornin…
Gastro experts await oral treatment for hepatitis C – Times of India
Gastro experts await oral treatment for hepatitis CTimes of IndiaIndian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL) would discuss about liver diseases and the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (SGEI) would talk about the science an…
L.A. Patient Receives 'Breathing Lungs'
New Technologies Keep Lungs 'Breathing' During Transplant Surgery
Heart Transplant Recipient Meets Donor’s Wife, Son
A semi-retired attorney met Wednesday with the wife and son of the man whose heart was donated to him 20 years ago.