OAK LAWN, Ill. (WLS) — Stanley Pinkston received a heartwarming send-off as he was released from hospital ready for a third chance at life following his life-saving second heart transplant …
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Heart Transplantation
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Boston Celtics fan Ken Weeks has given his team something special: the number 18. For the Celtics, the number represents the record 18th championship they are seeking in the NBA …
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Lung Transplantation
Creative Reuse Saves Heart During Double Lung Transplant
by News Sourceby News SourceOld technologies, applied in new and innovative ways, can still save lives. It was for David “Davey” Bauer, a 34-year-old from Missouri who, as a heavy smoker and vape, had …
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Organ Donation
After pig's organs are harvested, transplant patient is stable and on dialysis due to “unique issues” with heart and kidney health
by Amanda Sealyby Amanda SealyCNN — NYU Langone Health announced on Friday that a genetically modified pig kidney had been removed from a transplant patient, 54-year-old Lisa Pisano of New Jersey, after it began …
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Organ Donation
Parents of child who died in swing accident say his heart is still beating somewhere after organ donation
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (KUSA) – The parents of a girl who died in a freak accident in their Fort Collins, Colorado backyard are sharing memories of their daughter. “She had …
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Heart Transplantation
A parade is planned to welcome home a St. Charles teen after successful heart transplant.
ST. CHARLES, Minn. (KTTC) — Braxton Wolfhard was released from the hospital on Friday and will return to his St. Charles home, a hometown ready to welcome him back. The …
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Heart Transplantation
Super Sammy returns after two years of heart surgery
by Trey Brownby Trey BrownRIVERSIDE, Ohio (WDTN) — A little boy known as “Super Sammy” is playing the game he loves. Two years ago, Sammy Jones had a heart transplant. Now he's dodging defenders …
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The day Lorraine and Dirk Schellen learned their son would not recover from the severe brain damage, they asked Robbie if he could donate his heart to them. The medical …
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Heart Transplantation
Former Stebbins player and heart transplant recipient throws ceremonial first pitch at Dragons game – WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio
by WHIO Staffby WHIO StaffDAYTON — A former Stebbins High School student will throw the ceremonial first pitch at this weekend's Dayton Dragons game after undergoing heart transplant surgery last year. >>RELATED: 'Cherish the …
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Kidney Transplantation
Surgeons perform first pig kidney transplant combined with heart pump to extend woman's life
NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors transplanted a pig kidney into a dying New Jersey woman. This is part of two dramatic surgeries to stabilize her weakened heart. Lisa Pisano has …