A recipient of a double lung transplant has completed a 214-mile trek across Michigan. MLive.com reports 27-year-old Kyle Bailey arrived Sunday in the West Michigan community of Muskegon, three days after leaving Port Huron. Bailey has cystic fibrosis.
Lung-Kidney Transplant Patient Wins Three Gold Medals in Transplant Games
Nathan Weimer, who has overcome extraordinary health challenges including transplants of one kidney and both lungs, has won three gold medals in the Transplant Games of America.
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Add one more unexpected consequence of Americans' expanding waistlines: A growing number of potential organ donors are ineligible to donate because of their weight.
Kidneys, liver fail, Vilasrao Deshmukh on life support
Union science and technology minister Vilasrao Deshmukh was admitted to hospital in Chennai on Monday in a critical condition.
Donna R. Cryer, JD, Liver Transplant Survivor, Named President And Chief Executive Officer Of American Liver Foundation
NEW YORK, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Board of Directors of the American Liver Foundation has named Donna R. Cryer, JD, as President and CEO. Cryer is the first patient to head the national organization and has vowed to use both her p…
Kidneys, liver fail, Vilasrao Deshmukh on life support – Times of India
Kidneys, liver fail, Vilasrao Deshmukh on life supportTimes of IndiaMUMBAICHENNAI: Union science and technology minister Vilasrao Deshmukh was admitted to hospital in Chennai on Monday in a critical condition. "Deshmukh is on life support. His co…
Rituxan May Help With Kidney Disorder – dailyRx
Rituxan May Help With Kidney DisorderdailyRxIdiopathic membranous nephropathy patients taking rituximab experienced remission. While medications can help people with kidney problems, they are no magic bullet. In some cases, the drugs used to treat kidn…
Vilasrao hospitalised
Union Minister of Science and Technology Vilasrao Deshmukh was flown to Global Hospitals in Chennai, from Mumbai on Monday afternoon, in an air ambulance. The former Chief Minister of Ma…
Vilasrao may undergo liver transplant op: Cong sources
Mumbai, Aug. 7 — Union minister for science and technology Vilasrao Deshmukh, 67, was rushed to Global Hospital at Chennai by a special flight on Monday. Unconfirmed reports said Deshmukh was likely to undergo a liver transplant operation at the Chenn…
Vilasrao Deshmukh on life support after liver, kidney failure
Chennai, Aug. 7 — A critically ill Union science and technology minister and former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh was rushed to a Chennai-based super specialty hospital and admitted there late on Monday evening.He was brought to Chennai…