Monthly Archives: October 2009

Soldier dies after receiving smoker’s lungs in transplant – CNN International


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Soldier dies after receiving smoker's lungs in transplant
CNN International
The statement added that the hospital had no option but to use lungs from smokers as "the number of lung transplants carried out would have been ...
Transplant soldier given smoker's cancerous lungsCambridge Evening News
Transplanted lungs were cancerousThe Press Association

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Cleveland Clinic sets lung transplant record – WKYC-TV


Cleveland Clinic sets lung transplant record
WKYC-TV
On Tuesday, Oct. 13, the Cleveland Clinic Lung Transplantation and Heart-Lung Transplantation Program performed its 129th lung transplant - 124 single-lung ...
Rare flu leads to rare lung transplant for Omaha nativeUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
The Cleveland Clinic transplants more lungs than anyone elseMedCity News

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Laser technology may soon be used for corneal transplants – Channel News Asia


Laser technology may soon be used for corneal transplants
Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE: In what could be a medical breakthrough in Singapore, corneal transplants may ...

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Researchers Find Brain Cell Transplants Help Repair Neural Damage – RedOrbit


Researchers Find Brain Cell Transplants Help Repair Neural Damage
RedOrbit
A Swiss research team has found that using an animal's own brain cells (autologous transplant) to replace degenerated neurons in select brain areas of donor ...

pensioner still going strong 21 years after heart and lungs transplant – This is Local London


pensioner still going strong 21 years after heart and lungs transplant
This is Local London
A pensioner has defied the odds to live over two decades after a heart and lungs transplant. Jacqueline Ladbroke, 69 ...

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Hair way to heaven as transplant operations rocket – Private Healthcare UK


Hair way to heaven as transplant operations rocket
Private Healthcare UK
Figures released by leading hair transplant provider, The Hospital Group, show a massive 444 per cent growth in treatment between 2004 – 2009. ...

Religion has role in organ donation – Chicago Daily Herald


Religion has role in organ donation
Chicago Daily Herald
Thousands more are in need of tissue transplants such as corneas, bone, skin, and heart valves. Some people feel they are too old to become donors or their ...

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Failing kidneys worked as matchmakers – Beaver County Times


Failing kidneys worked as matchmakers
Beaver County Times
The first two from deceased donors failed. This kidney, which Aaron aptly nicknamed “Li'l Peggy,” is the first from a live donor. ...

Transplant recipient going swimmingly – Wynnum Herald


Wynnum Herald

Transplant recipient going swimmingly
Wynnum Herald
THREE swimming lessons a week is a big ask for any nine-year-old boy let alone one who underwent liver transplant surgery in April. ...

Teen awaits double lung transplant – Savannah Morning News


Teen awaits double lung transplant
Savannah Morning News
Courtesy of Connie HodgesKadi Hodges, a Pembroke teenager, is awaiting a double lung transplant at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. ...

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