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HHS Recognizes Hospitals with Highest Organ Donation Rates
eNews Park Forest … organizations comprising the Community of Practice has helped make possible the transplant of 3088 more organs from deceased donors in 2008 than in 2003. |
Kidney donation 101 – Globe and Mail
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Kidney donation 101
Globe and Mail In cases of deceased donors, many transplant programs allow recipients to send in thank-you cards, which are forwarded to the donor's family. 1. … and more » |
Largest National Kidney Swap Here in Central PA – CBS 21
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Largest National Kidney Swap Here in Central PA
CBS 21 Maria was on the national list for a cadaver organ, essentially waiting for someone to die who would donate, her estimated wait was seven years. … |
Nigeria: Country Records First Paediatric Kidney Transplant – AllAfrica.com
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Nigeria: Country Records First Paediatric Kidney Transplant
AllAfrica.com NIGERIA has recorded its first paediatric kidney transplant. It was performed at St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos. The feat was made possible by the donations … and more » |
Organ donors, and recipients, are aging – Grand Forks Herald
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Organ donors, and recipients, are aging
Grand Forks Herald … and the criteria they use vary, said Dr. Robert Higgins, president of UNOS and chairman of heart transplantation at Rush University Medical Center. … and more » |
Dialysis Patients Not Given Transplant Option – eMaxHealth
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Dialysis Patients Not Given Transplant Option
eMaxHealth The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), a nonprofit organization that tracks data, reports that about 16000 transplant operations are performed each … Private insurers keep dialysis clinics hummingPittsburgh Tribune-Review all 322 news articles » |
Loughrea man a living testimony to organ donation – Connacht Tribune
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Loughrea man a living testimony to organ donation
Connacht Tribune … hadn't donated their organs ten years ago,” says Declan O'Doherty, whose life was saved when he received a double lung transplant at the age of 25. … |
Augusta hand transplant patient coming home this weekend – Augusta Chronicle
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Augusta hand transplant patient coming home this weekend
Augusta Chronicle An Augusta man who received the nation's first double hand transplant will be back home on Saturday, five months after the … and more » |
No need for a Three Rivers heart transplant – London Free Press
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No need for a Three Rivers heart transplant
London Free Press “When we were in Pittsburgh shooting, Kate (Moennig) and I had a chance to sit through a heart transplant, literally right in front of the patient, … CBS' transplant drama 'Three Rivers' needs more heartNew York Daily News 'Three Rivers' review – Sepinwall on TVThe Star-Ledger – NJ.com Good prognosis for 'Three Rivers'Los Angeles Times San Francisco Chronicle –Pittsburgh Post Gazette –New York Post all 57 news articles » |
Raising the level of transplant awareness – Amherst Citizen
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Raising the level of transplant awareness
Amherst Citizen … their lives improved through tissue donation, such as blind Canadians who wait up to 18 months to have their sight returned through a cornea transplant. … |