Five years ago this month, the surgery team at Oxner Hospital in New Orleans removed the kidneys from my cousin Aisha and put it inside me. Before the implantation, doctors …
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Liver Transplantation
Rogersville Review021924 Liver Transplant Montenovo, MD, and MD, Wali Johnson, Liver Transplant Patient Work in Operating Room 24, Mday banderbilt University Medical Center February 20 hours ago
Rogersville Review021924 Liver Transplant Montenovo, MD, and MD, Wali Johnson, Liver Transplant Patient Work in Operating Room 24, Mday banderbilt University Medical Center February 20 hours ago news source
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Dialysis
People with poor communication from city officials will irritate Weirton dialysis and affect patient care
Weirton, W. Va. – Weirton dialysis is facing serious challenges due to Weirton's ongoing water situation, making it difficult to provide the care it needs to patients. On December 20th, …
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Doctors at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital pronounced Jimmy Howe brain dead on Friday, September 20th. The Cave Spring resident is 30 years old. The cause was “progressive disease” related to …
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I will never forget the morning of my college graduation ceremony. Not because I was looking forward to celebrating four years of education, but because I heard the most shocking …
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Heart Transplantation
An 8-year-old heart transplant patient wanted to eat pickles, so a hospital chef taught him how to make them.
by Andy Corbleyby Andy CorbleyHomemade pickles with Emerson Bayes, 8, at Boston Children's Hospital – Bayes family reveals An 8-year-old girl waiting for a heart transplant had the time of her life when hospital …
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Lung Transplantation
The proposed scoring system has the potential to increase equity in organ transplantation, increase transplantation rates, and improve patient survival rates
by Patty Zamoraby Patty ZamoraThe system, devised by researchers at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic, better accounts for the biological shortcomings that limit some patients' access to transplants. Researchers at Case …
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News
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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Lung Transplantation
Heart-lung transplant patient is doing well after realizing his dream for the first time in 16 years
by Lynn Nicholsby Lynn NicholsStanford Medicine Children's Health celebrates two milestones in thoracic organ transplantation: 35 years of pediatric lung transplants and 50 years of heart transplants Needing a heart-lung transplant won't stop Tony …
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Dialysis
Fresenius Medical Care ramps up supply of IV fluids and PD products after Hurricane Helen to ensure patient and employee safety in the face of Hurricane Milton
by News Sourceby News Sourcemedia statement Bad Homburg (October 10, 2024) Fresenius Medical Care (FME), the world's leading provider of products and services for individuals with kidney disease, is committed to ensuring no disruption …