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Living organ donors take time off work and endure surgery to save the life of someone they may never meet. And we ask them to do this without any pay.
Dr. Davis closed his message by expressing hope and confidence in the future-both for the graduating class of 2025 and for ...
By changing incentives for prospective donors and transplant centers, we could save thousands of lives every year. The first and best step toward this goal is passage of the End Kidney Deaths Act ...
Robinson now has his new kidney thanks to donor Shane Cleveland. Shane Cleveland and Nate Robinson embrace in the emotional moment. Playmaker/YouTube Robinson and Cleveland were reunited as part ...
Boyertown teacher Maritza Ventresca and coach Paul Hernandez raised awareness about organ donation. Their team wore T-shirts ...
Doctors said Temple's Living Kidney Donor Program has grown over the years with patients coming from across the globe. "The transplant program at Temple is a multi-disciplinary effort," said Dr ...
AS HIS FAMILY AND DOCTORS SEARCH FOR A LIVING KIDNEY DONOR, IT’S NOT LIKE AN IMMEDIATE THING, BUT THEY DEFINITELY WANT TO GET ONE IN AS LIKE AS SOON AS THEY CAN. IT’S 4 TO 6 YEARS FOR A ...
Robinson now has his new kidney thanks to donor Shane Cleveland. Shane Cleveland and Nate Robinson. Playmaker/YouTube Robinson and Cleveland were reunited as part of the Playmaker video that was ...
While most transplants require a deceased donor, healthy people can donate one kidney and a portion of their liver. About 400 children and 10,000 adults are waiting for liver transplants ...
In 2023, Cizon noticed a college friend asking for kidney donors on Facebook. "I was like, 'It's only a blood test. Why not me?'" said Cizon. She had her blood drawn, only to find out she was not ...
When Melissa Pauke, a U.S. Postal Service clerk in Marshfield, scheduled her surgery to become a kidney donor last year, her supervisor assured her that her administrative leave benefits would ...
Her condition was hereditary and Nija was told it was unlikely she would be a donor match, but then mom said her daughter's suffering had gone on long enough waiting for a kidney donor.