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Importance of eye donation underlined
Assam Tribune The only cure for corneal blindness is corneal transplantation. “For corneal transplantation one has to depend entirely on human donor. … State turning blind eye to corneal transplants |
Double organ recipient going to prison – Naperville Sun
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Double organ recipient going to prison
Naperville Sun 22, 2002 double organ transplant. Havens, his wife Candace and their two pre-teenage children formerly lived in Aurora and on Deer Chase Lane, … |
Tiffin man gets lung transplant – Tiffin Advertiser Tribune
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Tiffin man gets lung transplant
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune Bower is responding well after receiving a lung transplant July 13 at the Cleveland Clinic. Bower and his wife, Shelly, were surprised to get the call so … |
Woman Has Double Lung Transplant – Today's TMJ4
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Woman Has Double Lung Transplant
Today’s TMJ4 They considered Froedtert "out of network" and said the hospital didn't do enough lung transplants. Nicki was furious. She's been treated at Children's … |
Locals sell kidney to make ends meet – Republica
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Locals sell kidney to make ends meet
Republica "The number of victims has gone up because the man who supposedly worked to raise awareness is himself into the kidney racket," claimed Badri Dhungana, … |
Organ trafficking stirs concern – Xinhua
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Organ trafficking stirs concern
Xinhua 24 — The number of organ transplants from deceased donors in China has only been 130 since the first case in 2003, one of the country's leading transplant … |
Extending Gift of Life From Young Donors – Ivanhoe
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Extending Gift of Life From Young Donors
Ivanhoe Kidneys from pediatric deceased donors are usually transplanted together into one patient. According to a new study, however, a single kidney from a very … |
Hospitals may be fostering kidney-sel… – Coos Bay World
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Hospitals may be fostering kidney-selling
Coos Bay World Between 1997 and 2006, the percentage of unrelated donors climbed from 7 percent to 24 percent, government data show. Transplant specialists say that … |
Spouses can make good organ donors – Reuters
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Spouses can make good organ donors
Reuters … also evidence that organs from "living-unrelated donors" such as spouses yield similar survival rates to those from well-matched living-related donors. … |
Has kidney trafficking come to the US? – American Medical News
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Has kidney trafficking come to the US?
American Medical News 23% of all living kidney donations in 2006 were from unrelated donors other than spouses. UNOS has no process in place to allow transplant centers to notify … |