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It's Safer to Donate a Kidney Now Than at Any Time in History
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 28, 2024
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The risk of death associated with donating a kidney is at an all-time low, a new study finds.
A kidney donor’s risk -- already small a decade ago -- is now lower by ...
First Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Discharged From Hospital
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- April 4, 2024
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Rick Slayman, the first person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, headed home Wednesday after faring so well that he was released from the hospital just two weeks after his groundbreaking surgery.
"This moment -- leaving the hospital today w...
Second Person to Receive Pig Heart Dies Six Weeks After Transplant
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- November 1, 2023
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The second person to ever receive a transplanted pig heart has died.
Lawrence Faucette, 58, got the transplant just six weeks earlier at the University of Maryland Medical Center in an experimental procedure.
Unfortunately, the heart had been showing signs of rejec...
New Approach to Transplants Could Boost Supply of Donor Hearts
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- June 8, 2023
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A new transplant method that "reanimates" donor hearts appears safe and effective, a new clinical trial has found -- in an advance that could substantially expand the supply of donor hearts available in the United States.
The trial tested an approach that allows doctors ...
Blood Donors' Gender Doesn't Affect Outcomes for Recipients
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- April 13, 2023
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Whether the gender of a blood donor could affect the recipient's survival was an unanswered question in medicine. Until now.
"Some observational studies had suggested female donor blood might be linked with a higher risk of death among recipients compared to male donor b...
Debunking Myths About Organ Donation
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- April 9, 2023
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Far more people need an organ transplant than there are organs available.
It doesn't have to be that way.
Dr. Johnny Hong, chief of transplantation at Penn State Health's Mi...
Feds Propose Overhaul of U.S. Organ Transplant System
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- March 23, 2023
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A single nonprofit has what amounts to a monopoly over all organ transplants performed in the United States, but the federal government said Wednesday that it plans to change that.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which has contracted with the Un...
Massachusetts Bill Would Let Prisoners Donate Organs in Exchange for Shorter Sentence
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- February 9, 2023
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Massachusetts legislators have proposed a bill that would allow prison inmates to donate their organs or bone marrow as a way to trim the length of their sentence.
While some experts wonder about th...
There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- January 9, 2023
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A new way of allocating donor lungs that eliminates geographical restrictions could save more lives, new research suggests.
In early 2023, the current U.S. system, which looks for compatible candidates within a fixed radius, will be replaced by the Composite Allocation S...
Need for Organ Transplants Surges at Big Motorcycle Rallies: Study
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 29, 2022
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Once a year, giant motorcycle rallies ride into places like Daytona Beach, Fla., and Sturgis, S.D., bringing hundreds of thousands of people, an economic boost -- and a wave of crash-related deaths.
That means more organs available for donation and the need to be prepar...
69 vs. 70: Bias Against Older Organ Donors May Be Costing Lives
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 21, 2022
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The difference between age 69 and age 70 is, of course, just a single year.
Yet, organizations that receive organs for transplant patients are less likely to choose one from the older donor, a
Heart's Electrical Signals Changed in First Pig-to-Human Cardiac Transplant
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- October 31, 2022
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Less than a year after the first-ever transplant of a pig heart into a human patient, doctors are reporting that the heart showed unexpected changes in its electrical system before the recipient ultimately died.
The changes are not believed to have contributed to the pat...
Donating Portion of Your Liver to Someone in Need Is Safe, Life-Saving: Study
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
- September 27, 2022
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Thousands of people die every year while waiting for a liver transplant. Living-donor transplantation holds the potential to save many of these lives, yet remains underused in the United States.
During the procedure, a portion of a donor's liver is removed and transplant...
Organ From Live Donor Best When Child Needs New Kidney
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- August 17, 2022
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Children who need kidney transplants have better long-term outcomes when the donor is a living person and not someone who has died and donated organs, a new study finds.
"Th...
Liver Transplants From Donors Who Overdosed Rose During Pandemic
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- May 23, 2022
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Organs from donors who died of drug overdoses helped keep the number of U.S. liver transplants steady during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds.
"When the pandemic began, we saw no decline in liver transplants, which seemed surprising since many s...
Kidney Transplant Safe When Organ Donor Has COVID: Study
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- May 13, 2022
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Even before the pandemic, the demand for donor kidneys far exceeded supply. That shortfall only worsened when hospitals started refusing to use kidneys fr...
Thinking of Donating a Kidney? New Data Shows It's Safe
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- April 29, 2022
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If you're thinking about donating a kidney, new research could alleviate your concerns.
"The results of this study are extremely reassuring for individuals who are considering being living kidney donors. We found that this lifesaving surgery, when performed at experience...
Organs Donated by People Who Had COVID Are Safe: Study
- March 23, 2022
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For those waiting during the pandemic for a new kidney or liver, new research is reassuring: Organs from deceased donors who had COVID-19 did not cause infection in recipients and posed no risk to health care workers.
In a study that began in September 2021, the Duke Uni...
Man Who Received First Pig Heart Transplant Has Died
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- March 9, 2022
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The first person to receive a pig heart transplant in a groundbreaking procedure performed at the University of Maryland Medical Center in January has died, hospital officials said Wednesday.
David Bennett, a 57-year-old Marylander, suffered from severe heart disease and...
Scientists Create 'Universal' Donor Organs Where Blood Type Doesn't Matter
- February 17, 2022
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It's possible to create "universal" donor organs that would eliminate the need to match transplant donor and recipient blood types, researchers report.
"With the current matching system, wait times can be considerably longer for patients who need a transplant depending o...
Doctors Transplant Gene-Modified Pig Kidneys Into Brain-Dead Patient
- Ernie Mundell
- January 20, 2022
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In another breakthrough for animal-to-human organ transplantation, U.S. researchers say they've transplanted two genetically modified pig kidneys into a living human.
The recipient was Jim Parsons, 57, a brain-dead man on life support whose family agreed to allow the sur...
In Breakthrough Transplant, Man Receives Genetically Modified Pig Heart
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- January 11, 2022
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In a medical first, doctors from the University of Maryland have implanted the heart of a genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man facing the final stages of heart disease.
When Kidney Transplant Fails, Trying Again Is Best Option: Study
- Robert Preidt
- December 28, 2021
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You were lucky enough to receive a kidney years ago, but now it is failing. Is it better to opt for another transplant or go on dialysis?
New research suggests a second transplant may be the better option.
Doctors Report That Kidney Grown in Pig Worked in a Human
- Robert Preidt and Robin Foster
- October 20, 2021
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A kidney grown in a genetically altered pig functioned normally after being attached to a human patient during a groundbreaking procedure performed by U.S. doctors.
If the technique proves generally successful it could revolutionize organ transplant, greatly expanding th...
AHA News: Women May Be More Willing Than Men to Donate Organs
- American Heart Association News
- September 24, 2021
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Men and women have similar reasons for becoming -- or not becoming -- an organ donor, according to a new study. Yet women appear more willing to donate their organs to family members or strangers.
The results, published Sept. 24 in the Journal of the American Heart...
U.S. Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Improving
- Robert Preidt
- August 24, 2021
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Here's some hopeful news for those who have kidney transplants: Long-term survival rates have improved over the past three decades, a review shows.
"There has been a gratifying improvement in kidney transplant survival, both for patients and the kidney graft itself, from...
FDA to OK COVID Booster Shots for Vulnerable Americans
- Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- August 12, 2021
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans on Thursday to authorize a third "booster" shot of coronavirus vaccine for people with weakened immune systems, as the highly contagious Delta variant surges across the country.
Expanding the emergency use of the Pfizer and Mod...