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Recent Articles
Artificial Liver Extends Lives
Each year, more than 6,000 people undergo a liver transplant in the United States, says the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Patients receive donor livers either from someone with a healthy liver who has recently died or a family member who donates part of his or her liver
California RNs Debate Organ Donation After Cardiac Death
For many years ethicists have debated, "When does life begin?" A lesser-known ethical question now being debated is "When does death begin?"
2008 was record-Breaking year for organ donor program
Obion County Clerk Vollie Boehms recently announced more than a quarter of a million dollars ($260,790) was raised by county clerks across Tennessee this past year for organ donor awareness
Donor kidney removed via vagina
US surgeons say they have successfully removed a healthy donor kidney through a small incision in the back of the donor's vagina
Treatment for a Nampa baby with a rare and dangerous condition raises complex issues for doctors, parents, insurer
Tiny Lucca Danti lies in a crib at St. Luke's Boise with a rare condition that will kill him unless he gets at least two surgeries and care that likely will total more than $1 million
Early Transplants Not Better for Alcoholic Cirrhosis Patients
Patients with stage B disease have higher risk of cancer after transplantation
Post-Transplant disorder a risk: Lymphoproliferative condition can be life-Threatening
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) can follow organ transplantation. This life-threatening complication has been reported to occur in 1 percent to 10 percent of organ transplant recipients (OTRs), mostly children