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Donors are lined up, but insurance snafu delays Tri-City firefighter’s transplant
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRay Newton was excited to find out if he was going to get a new kidney. After months of the West...
Statesman exclusive: Gift of a kidney launches new Austin transplant program
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"It's gorgeous," says Dr. Nicole Turgeon, the division chief of transplant surgery and the director...
A Cedarburg mom who donated a kidney will join other donors in climb of Mount Kilimanjaro
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWhen Cedarburg resident Natasha Irish donated her kidney to a stranger, she said it was...
Organ transplant milestone: As US crosses 1 million mark, advances offer hope for millions more
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRichard Herrick, 23, was facing certain death in 1954 when his identical twin, Ronald, agreed to...
Who gets on a kidney waitlist? We're in the dark on a crucial step toward transplant
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTo have even a chance at a kidney from a deceased donor, an ailing patient needs to get onto the...
Intermountain Medical Center ranks 1st for well-matched kidney donations this year
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIntermountain Health’s Transplant Services was named as the top Kidney for Life program in the...
Clovis man backs law to protect organ donors from job losses, higher insurance rates
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoEvery time I renew my driver’s license, I’m asked to decide if I’d like to continue displaying that...
Ex-Rockland man had rare medical setbacks after donating a kidney. Now bills are piling up
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhen Kevin Kiernan decided to give a kidney to a family friend, he thought he would end up like the...
NC receives ‘D’ grade from group monitoring protections for live organ transplant donors
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAdvocates have repeatedly proposed “living donor protection acts” to the NC state legislature and to...
Biden announces plans to overhaul U.S. organ transplant system
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSurgical instruments and supplies lay on a table during a kidney transplant surgery at MedStar...