New Zeal in Organ Procurement Raises Fears
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After a long fight with a degenerative disease, Ruben Navarro appeared close to death. So the hospital caring for him alerted the local transplant network, which rushed a team to the medical center to try to salvage the 25-year-old's organs.
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An independent inquiry is ordered after an increase in the number of deaths after heart transplants.
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What if governments and insurance companies nip the incentive for the dangerous illegal organ trade by paying donors with free healthcare or cash? Plus: Indian Organ Mafia Busted In Bodyhack.
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For the second time in a year, people who received tendons, cartilage and other parts from donated cadavers are being urged to get tested for hepatitis and the AIDS virus because of scandals involving tissue suppliers.
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Today more than 5,500 people in the UK are waiting for an organ transplant that could save or dramatically improve their life. Most are waiting for a kidney, others for a heart, lung or liver transplant.
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Everyone should be viewed as an organ donor when they die unless they request not to be, England's top doctor says.
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An independent inquiry is ordered after an increase in the number of deaths after heart transplants in Scotland.
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Beyond her sorrow, the toughest dilemma Diane Quirley faced in the wake of her 23-year-old son Shawn&#39;s death in June 1997 was whether to donate his organs for transplant procedures.
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Â· One patient a day dies waiting for a transplant Â· BMA backs idea, but other groups voice concerns
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Kidney exchanges are helping doctors shorten transplant waiting lists, but they also pose serious challenges.
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The EU considers introducing a donor card to address a shortage of organs for transplant across member states.
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NEW YORK  - Extremely obese adults in need of a kidney transplant appear to wait longer for a donor organ than their thinner counterparts do, a study has found.
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DENVER Oct 20, 2004 - A Colorado man underwent surgery for a new kidney Wednesday in what was believed to be the first transplant brokered through a commercial Web site a transaction that has raised a host of ethical and legal questions.
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Authorities have arrested three organ brokers in the state of Tamil Nadu, where hundreds of people say they've illegally sold their organs while government authorities turned a blind eye. One official admits as much. By Scott Carney.
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Controversial Dutch show was a stunt designed to provoke debate on organ shortages.
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BEIJING, July 3 -- The Chinese government imposed new restrictions on organ transplants for foreigners Tuesday, part of an effort to curtail widely reported abuses such as selling organs and, in some hospitals, catering to foreigners looking for  discount hearts, livers and kidneys.
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Concern is raised about a new service brought in to provide medical cover outside surgery hours.