aAn Alabama woman is free from dialysis and in better health after surgeons at NYU Langone Health performed a gene-edited pig kidney transplant last month. The surgery represents the latest …
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Janet Hong said she received a living donor liver transplant in September and is now on the road to recovery. (Courtesy of Janet Hong) Doctors told Janet Hong that she …
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Sandy Flash didn't want other families to go through the pain of waiting like her family did. CLEVELAND — The first time Sandy Flash saw Sonny White's bright smile, he …
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As a pastor and funeral director, Eric Barnes often comes face to face with people who are dealing with their own mortality. In recent years, however, he’s had several brushes …
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A patient who received a face transplant at Rochester's Mayo Clinic says he has a second chance at life.
by Jeremy Olsonby Jeremy Olson“People were always pointing fingers at me,” Derek Pfaff said Monday at the Gift of Life Transplant House in Rochester with his mother, Lisa. “I was home most of the …
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Liver Transplantation
Daughter gives mother a new life with living donor liver transplant
by News Sourceby News SourceTThe pain in his abdomen worsened day by day, and Consuelo Santiago could hardly get out of bed. For 10 years, she had suffered from a debilitating liver disease that …
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CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Former basketball coach Jamie Mahaffey, who recently underwent a heart transplant, is celebrating a remarkable recovery and a new lease on life. “I'm feeling better and my …
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A simple blood donation can save the life of 18-year-old Ramon Orestes Martinez, who has leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant to survive. If a compatible donor is found, …
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Organ Donation
December 16, 2024: Join UNOS and donate Life America to the National Tree of Life event
by jamesjobesby jamesjobesSeptember 30, 2024 |Join, News, Patients Donate to Life America and United Network for Organ Sharing invite you to the National Tree of Life virtual event to celebrate the gift …
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Heart Transplantation
Some hospitals kept brain-damaged patients on life support to boost their statistics. His sister is currently suing for medical malpractice. — ProPublica
by News Sourceby News SourceProPublica is a nonprofit news company that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive the biggest stories as soon as they're published. In 2018, after years of suffering from …