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She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump
Houston Chronicle· 7 days agoLisa Pisano’s combination of heart and kidney failure left her too sick to qualify for a traditional...
Thousands of Black patients moved up the national kidney transplant waitlist after new, race-neutral...
13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads· 8 hours agoAfter a series of tests, doctors told Norris he had pneumonia. "They did [an] ultrasound on my ...
Kidney Patients Issue National Health Alert on High Potassium
WFRV 5 Green Bay· 8 hours agoThe American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the oldest and largest independent kidney patient consumer organization in the U.S., is raising public ...
Woman Becomes First Person to Receive Both Pig Kidney Transplant and Heart Pump
Scientific American· 7 days agoPeople with heart failure may be eligible to receive a heart transplant; people with kidney failure...
... 14K Black Patients Moved Up On The Kidney Transplant Waitlist After Race Was Determined An...
AfroTech via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA long-time factor for a medical test for kidney transplant evaluations has been rectified, which...
US surgeons transplant pig kidney to live patient for second time
AFP via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSurgeons in the United States have transplanted a modified pig kidney into a living person for the...
Woman becomes 1st patient to undergo combined heart pump implant, pig kidney transplant
22 WSBT South Bend· 7 days agoA 54-year-old woman from New Jersey became the first patient to undergo a combined heart pump...
University of Utah Health's living kidney donor program is saving additional lives
KSL Salt Lake City· 1 day agokidney donation at University of Utah Health's Transplant Center. The growth in the living donor...
Wife on a mission: Polk woman refuses to 'wait-and-see' on husband's kidney transplant
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNancy’s self-imposed role is summed up in a header on the website she created to prepare for Ed’s...
Family seeks justice after alleged wrongful death linked to organ transplant program
FOX 26 Houston· 9 hours agoRecent developments surrounding Memorial Hermann's organ transplant program have sparked legal...