ST. ALBANS — The fate of a St. Albans dialysis clinic is up in the air. Due to budget cuts, the University of Vermont Medical Center is considering outsourcing its …
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Devastating flooding from Helen has temporarily shut down a major IV fluid manufacturer in North Carolina. Baxter International serves hospitals nationwide. Now living with stage 5 kidney failure, the Sunman, …
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Chance O'Hearn, 21, of Kentwood, currently lives with his mother, Alice McFarlane, in Nashville, Tennessee, where he is waiting for a complete heart and liver transplant. Chance has struggled with …
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Organ Donation
Local organ donor hopes to inspire others on 'WV Donor Day'
by Barbara Ronby Barbara RonMORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — Not only is August 1 the month that many people return to school, West Virginia will also be holding its fifth annual “WV Donor Day” as …
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Heart Transplantation
Local boy who received a heart transplant will throw out the first pitch at Friday's Seawolves game
by Matt Mathiasby Matt MathiasThe Erie community rallied around a local boy who appeared as a special guest at UPMC Park on Friday night. Jonah Allgaier was diagnosed with a rare heart disease at …
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Dialysis
Dialysis patient citizen group announces Japan's first kidney disease training curriculum for local healthcare workers
Registration is now open for community health workers to apply for the CHW Chronic Kidney Disease Training through the Illinois Public Health Association. Washington, July 11, 2024 April 18, 2020 …
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Dialysis
Dialysis patients announce kidney training course for local medical workers
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Photo credit: Kapaopae John Nicholas of Chicago has become the first patient to undergo a kidney transplant while conscious, according to doctors at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. Instead of using …
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Organ Donation
Dixon woman receives much needed kidney through exchange program – Shaw Local
by Cody Cutterby Cody CutterDIXON — Julie and Scott Helfrich are no different from any other couple who's been together a long time. Married for more than 40 years, they've been by each other's …
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It all started with a minor cough when Shannon was in her final year of graduate school at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. “The cough turned out to be pneumonia …