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Finger Lakes man was saved by daughter's organ donation, but NYS enrollment 'unacceptable'
The Corning Leader· 15 hours agoKen Owen registered as an organ donor several years ago, volunteering his organs for transplant at...
Atlanta Radio Host Frank Ski Announces Son's Death From Longtime Illness
Black Enterprise· 5 days agoAtlanta media personality Frank Ski has announced his son’s death following a long-term liver...
Pigs aren't the future of organ transplants—stop acting like they could be
Fast Company Magazine· 2 days agoWhile the hospital, Massachusetts General, has stated that there’s no evidence that the patient’s ...
Study finds eliminating race-based metrics improves prediction for COPD outcomes
Medical Xpress· 3 hours agoResults are published...affects roughly 16 million Americans. Lung function (spirometry) tests are...
The Source |First Human to Receive Pig Kidney Transplant Dies at 62
The Source· 7 days agoSlayman died at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, the same facility where he underwent the...
Young vaper who required double lung transplant shares warnings as e-cigarette sales rise
Fox News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJackson Allard’s parainfluenza escalated to pneumonia, then acute respiratory stress syndrome. After...
Heart transplants may soon be more accessible thanks to 'heart-in-a-box' tech
Homenewshere.com· 5 days agoHeart transplants in Canada could soon become more accessible, now that some hospitals have been...
Six red flags for sepsis you should never ignore
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 10 hours ago“If working in a dirty environment, wear gloves. Don’t handle contaminated materials with your bare hands. Reduced immunity is an important factor, and...
Pig-to-human transplants condemned as "cruel and dangerous" after death
Newsweek· 6 days agoAnimal rights organization PETA has condemned the use of animal organs in human transplantation...
UPMC enrolls liver transplant patients sidelined by pause of Hershey Med’s program
The Patriot-News· 6 days agoThe Pittsburgh-based system performs about 150 liver transplants a year.