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Increased Hypertension Risk Found in Live Kidney Donors
Renal and Urology News MUNICH, GERMANY—Live kidney donors may experience an increase in blood pressure following nephrectomy, new data suggest. Geir Mjøen, MD, and colleagues at … |
Man receives kidney from improbable donor – Turn to 10.com
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Man receives kidney from improbable donor
Turn to 10.com And when I met with the transplant coordinator, she said it was three- to four-year wait," Paul said. That's when his 22-year-old son, Andrew, … |
Stem cell donation less invasive than bone marrow transplants – LubbockOnline.com
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Stem cell donation less invasive than bone marrow transplants
LubbockOnline.com … and it is an out-patient procedure, said Denise Kramer, transplant coordinator for Dr. Louis Pineiro at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas. … |
Woman in need of transplant – LubbockOnline.com
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Woman in need of transplant
LubbockOnline.com Denise Kramer, transplant coordinator for Pineiro, said a stem cell transplant is easier to collect and less invasive for the donor, unlike a regular bone … |
Chain of transplants gives 14 kidney patients new life – Washington Post
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Chain of transplants gives 14 kidney patients new life
Washington Post "This is the start," said Rosalyn Carter, a transplant coordinator. "If we can do this here, we can constantly make it bigger and bigger and bigger. … |
Portsmouth kidney donor saves a stranger's life – Seacoastonline.com
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Portsmouth kidney donor saves a stranger's life
Seacoastonline.com Though he still does not know the identity of his recipient, Robertson checks the patient's status through the hospital's transplant coordinator. … |
Bemises honored for 25 years of organ donor advocacy – Lincoln Journal Star
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Bemises honored for 25 years of organ donor advocacy
Lincoln Journal Star The memorial includes a 10000-square-foot garden on the grounds of the United Network for Organ Sharing headquarters. A website, www.donormemorial.org, … |
Organ transplants can extend a patient's life by years; donors are always needed – Plain Dealer
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Organ transplants can extend a patient's life by years; donors are always needed
Plain Dealer … from an organ procurement organization enters medical information about the donor into the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) computer system. … |
Transplant recovery takes them back to tennis – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Transplant recovery takes them back to tennis
Pittsburgh Post Gazette "Five months post transplant, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma and received six months of chem therapy," she said. "The new organ tolerated the chemo … |
Donated kidney came riddled with cancer – Sun-Sentinel
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Donated kidney came riddled with cancer
Sun-Sentinel … said the kind of cancer Warzel's organ donor had, a slow-growing disease called splenic marginal zone lymphoma, could well have caused no symptoms. … |