Search results
A heart was flown from Alaska to Boston, breaking a transplant record. Here's how it was done.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDr. Joseph Rubelowsky felt as if he had just robbed a bank. Still in his scrubs, he boarded the...
Boston Celtics champion Scot Pollard receives desperately needed heart transplant
WFXT via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPollard, who turned 49 on Monday, needed a transplant because of damage to his heart from a virus he...
Former Boston Celtics champion Scot Pollard waits in hospital for heart transplant
WFXT via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAt 6-foot-11, Scot Pollard’s size helped him play more than a decade in the NBA, earning him a...
Miami’s Jackson names new cardiac head to revive heart transplant center at hospital
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Miami Transplant Institute at Jackson Memorial has not done heart transplants since March, when...
Jackson overhauls top staff at heart transplant program, amid patient deaths, investigations
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“Both Dr. Mulinari and Dr. Hare are renowned experts in their field, and with their guidance, we...
'I love my heart': York fourth-grader shares his transplant journey
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 4 months agoYORK, Maine — Wesley Ethridge has faced more challenges than most people his age. He was born with...
US surgeons have transplanted a pig kidney into a patient
WFLA via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDoctors in Boston say they have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient. Massachusetts...
Former NBA, Kansas C Scot Pollard rings bell at hospital 2 weeks after heart transplant
Yahoo Sports via AOL· 3 months agoScot Pollard was in good spirits Thursday and appeared to leave the hospital nearly two weeks after...
After heart transplant, ex-Celtic Scot Pollard plans to campaign for organ donations
WFXT via Yahoo News· 3 months agoScot Pollard had grown so accustomed to his weak and failing heart that he didn’t realize how close...
‘Massive heart failure’: Local transplant patient grateful for stranger who drove him to operation
WFXT via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWe all get by with a little help from our friends, so it can be a problem when none of them are...