A longtime southern Indiana emergency room doctor is recovering after receiving a life-saving heart transplant during a winter storm.Dr. Stephen Kemker, an emergency physician at Ascension St. Vincent in Salem, …
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Houston doctor indicted for allegedly altering medical records, making patients ineligible for organ
by News Sourceby News SourceDr. John Bynon Jr.’s attorney spoke as they left the federal courthouse on Thursday, proclaiming his client’s innocence without …
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Liver Transplantation
Doctor indicted on charges he falsified records to block patients’ liver transplants
by ABC Newsby ABC NewsA Houston doctor has been indicted on charges of falsifying medical records for five patients, making them ineligible to receive a liver transplant, federal prosecutors announced on Thursday. Dr. John …
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Dialysis
Ask a Doctor: Lifestyle and health are factors in deciding between dialysis and kidney transplant
Q: If someone’s kidneys are failing, how do they decide between staying on dialysis or pursuing a kidney transplant? ––– A: This is one of the most common and difficult questions …
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Liver Transplantation
CU Doctor Helps Patients in Underserved Communities Get Liver Transplant Care
by Tayler Shawby Tayler ShawFor a person who needs a liver transplant, where they live has a major influence on how difficult it is for them to get a transplant. Patients living in Montana or New …
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Organ Donation
A Surgical Team Was About To Harvest This Man’s Organs — Until His Doctor Intervened
by Cara Anthonyby Cara AnthonyST. LOUIS — Lying on top of an operating room table with his chest exposed, Larry Black Jr. was moments away from having his organs harvested when a doctor ran …
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Heart Transplantation
Israel's first Jerusalem: A successful artificial heart implant, Hadassa's doctor has given her first full artificial heart transplant for a 63-year-old patient, offering new hope two days ago.
by News Sourceby News SourceIsrael's first Jerusalem: A successful artificial heart implant, Hadassa's doctor has given her first full artificial heart transplant for a 63-year-old patient, offering new hope two days ago. news source
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Organ Donation
Mount Sinai doctor successfully performs the first triple organ transplant in New York State
by News Sourceby News SourceNew York (WABC) – Surgery on Mount Sinai made history and leased a new life to a 64-year-old man. The doctors performed the first triple heart, liver and kidney organ …
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Heart Transplantation
Press Release | May 29, 2025 – Israel's first artificial heart transplant was performed by a doctor at Hadassa Medical Institution
by News Sourceby News SourceJerusalem – The first life of a 63-year-old man in Israel Hadassa Medical Institution A total artificial heart transplant was performed. Only 114 such transplants have been performed anywhere in …