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Chain results in 10 kidney swaps among strangers
(AP) -- When Matthew Jones decided to donate a kidney to a stranger, the Michigan father of five had no idea he'd be starting a lifesaving, "pay it forward" chain. His kidney donation to a Phoenix woman in ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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In NYC, cash and connections can get you a kidney
(AP) -- For most of the thousands of Americans who need a new kidney, there are only two ways to go: persuade a friend or relative to donate, or get on the transplant waiting list.
Aug 20, 2009 |
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CDC: Rare infection passed on by Miss. organ donor
(AP) -- An extremely rare infection has been passed from an organ donor to at least one recipient in what is thought to be the first human-to-human transfer of the amoeba, medical officials said Friday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 19, 2009 |
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Night home hemodialysis shown to be as good as transplant in treating kidney failure
For the first time, it has been shown that patients who receive night home hemodialysis live just as long as those who receive kidney transplants from deceased donors.
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Increasing the number of kidney transplants
In most transplant centers, the kidneys of very young deceased donors are transplanted together into one patient. According to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (C ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Kidneys from deceased donors with acute renal failure expand donor pool
Kidneys recovered from deceased donors with acute renal failure (ARF) - once deemed unusable for transplant - appear to work just as well as kidneys transplanted from deceased donors who do not develop kidney problems prior ...
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Kidneys from cardiac-death patients perform as well as those from brain-dead patients
The number of people on the kidney transplant waiting list in the UK continues to increase with over 7000 patients currently waiting for transplant and only 1600 kidney transplants performed from deceased donors each year. ...
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Kidney donors suffer few ill effects from life-giving act, landmark study finds
In a landmark study of more than 80,000 live kidney donors from across the United States, Johns Hopkins researchers have found the procedure carries very little medical risk and that, in the long term, people who donate one ...
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Survival matching should be used to allocate donated kidneys to transplant recipients
Providing kidney transplants to patients with the best probability of longer survival would reduce repeat transplant operations and improve life span after kidney transplant, says a U-M researcher in a commentary published ...
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Older kidney transplant patients should more often consider live donors
Almost half of kidney transplant candidates older than 60 who are put on the waiting list for a deceased-donor organ will die before getting a transplant, according to new findings from the University of Florida, Cleveland ...
Jun 24, 2009 |
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