Exercise partially alleviates depression in heart failure patientsNews-Medical.netBy Andrew Czyzewski. Structured exercise achieves modest reductions in depressive symptoms relative to usual care among patients with heart failure the results of a rando…
Slain officer honored as an organ donor – U-T San Diego
Slain officer honored as an organ donorU-T San DiegoTwo lives were saved because Officer Jeremy Henwood, 36, had signed up to be an organ donor, said Lisa Stocks, executive director of Lifesharing, San Diego's regional organ recovery organization. …
Drugs promise to make life easier for cystic fibrosis patients
Shelly Weiner Maguire’s lung capacity is at 59 percent and dropping. Below 30 percent, she will need a lung transplant to survive.
Port Huron lung transplant recipient completes 214-mile trek
Kyle Bailey, a 27-year-old lung transplant recipient, trekked across Michigan to help raise money for cystic fibrosis. / Wendy Torello | Times Herald MUSKEGON — A recipient of a double lung transplant has completed a 214-mile trek across Michigan.
Michigan lung transplant recipient completes 214-mile trek across state
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.
Well: Weight Can Be an Obstacle to Organ Donation
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…