Monthly Archives: July 2010

Egyptian gets Indian heart in city hospital – Times of India


Egyptian gets Indian heart in city hospital
Times of India
CHENNAI: When Hakim, a 43-year-old lawyer from Egypt flew down to Chennai on June 9 to mend his ailing heart, he never thought that he would be flying back ...

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Increased Hypertension Risk Found in Live Kidney Donors – Renal and Urology News

Increased Hypertension Risk Found in Live Kidney Donors
Renal and Urology News
MUNICH, GERMANY—Live kidney donors may experience an increase in blood pressure following nephrectomy, new data suggest. Geir Mjøen, MD, and colleagues at

Man receives kidney from improbable donor – Turn to 10.com

Man receives kidney from improbable donor
Turn to 10.com
And when I met with the transplant coordinator, she said it was three- to four-year wait," Paul said. That's when his 22-year-old son, Andrew,

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Stem cell donation less invasive than bone marrow transplants – LubbockOnline.com

Stem cell donation less invasive than bone marrow transplants
LubbockOnline.com
and it is an out-patient procedure, said Denise Kramer, transplant coordinator for Dr. Louis Pineiro at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas.

Woman in need of transplant – LubbockOnline.com

Woman in need of transplant
LubbockOnline.com
Denise Kramer, transplant coordinator for Pineiro, said a stem cell transplant is easier to collect and less invasive for the donor, unlike a regular bone

Chain of transplants gives 14 kidney patients new life – Washington Post

Chain of transplants gives 14 kidney patients new life
Washington Post
"This is the start," said Rosalyn Carter, a transplant coordinator. "If we can do this here, we can constantly make it bigger and bigger and bigger.

Portsmouth kidney donor saves a stranger’s life – Seacoastonline.com

Portsmouth kidney donor saves a stranger's life
Seacoastonline.com
Though he still does not know the identity of his recipient, Robertson checks the patient's status through the hospital's transplant coordinator.

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Bemises honored for 25 years of organ donor advocacy – Lincoln Journal Star

Bemises honored for 25 years of organ donor advocacy
Lincoln Journal Star
The memorial includes a 10000-square-foot garden on the grounds of the United Network for Organ Sharing headquarters. A website, www.donormemorial.org,

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Organ transplants can extend a patient’s life by years; donors are always needed – Plain Dealer


Plain Dealer
Organ transplants can extend a patient's life by years; donors are always needed
Plain Dealer
from an organ procurement organization enters medical information about the donor into the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) computer system.

Transplant recovery takes them back to tennis – Pittsburgh Post Gazette


Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Transplant recovery takes them back to tennis
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
"Five months post transplant, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma and received six months of chem therapy," she said. "The new organ tolerated the chemo