As a high school student, Jeremy Peterson knew his future was Painful dialysis sessionsextreme weight loss, and on the brink of death while waiting for a kidney donor. What does …
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Carl Summerhill needs a healthy kidney from a living donor. “Or I will die much sooner than I would otherwise,” he told me before undergoing dialysis treatment this week. The …
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Lung Transplantation
University of Chicago Medicine's Latino Transplant Program transplants 'beautiful new lungs' into Northwest Indiana man
See the history of the Spanish language and click here As his chest X-ray appeared on the computer screen, Bensavio Guajardo was comforted by the nurse's words. “Mira tas hermosos …
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A 58-year-old American man has become the first person in the world to have his failing heart replaced with a temporary titanium blood pump. This metal organ appears to have …
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Kidney Transplantation
Good Morning America Doctor implants artificial heart in patient awaiting transplant A 57-year-old man in Texas waiting for a heart transplant had the bottom half of his heart removed and replaced with an artificial heart. 2 days ago
by News Sourceby News SourceGood Morning America Doctor implants artificial heart in patient awaiting transplant A 57-year-old man in Texas waiting for a heart transplant had the bottom half of his heart removed and …
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A 28-year-old Chicago man is conscious as he undergoes organ transplant surgery, with doctors showing him his kidney on the operating table.
by News Sourceby News SourceJohn Nicholas, 28, is one of a select few patients to undergo a kidney transplant while fully conscious. While he was on the operating table, doctors talked to him throughout …
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A 98-year-old man was donated with his liver, believed to be the oldest organ donor in American history.
by JIM SALTERby JIM SALTERST. LOUIS (AP) — Orville Allen dedicated his life to public health, but when he died at age 98, he left one thing behind: his liver. Allen, a World War …
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Heart Transplantation
Woods Cross Youth City Council holds blood drive to support young man undergoing heart transplant
by Eliza Paceby Eliza PaceWoods Cross — The Woods Cross Youth City Council is rallying together to support a city council member who is recovering from a heart transplant. The city council will be …
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The International Donor and Transplant Games are set to take place this weekend in Birmingham, Alabama. According to Kansas City resident Chris Paxton, who received a kidney transplant, the event …